Tag: therapy
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What is Somatic Therapy and What Are Its Benefits?
While traditional talk therapies can be beneficial in helping people uncover and heal from the trauma that underlies mental health and addiction, recent research has focused on the mind-body connection in relation to trauma. In fact, there is a whole realm of therapy that operates out of the belief that trauma is carried far more…
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Bad Therapy
Therapy is helpful … except when it isn’t. While getting therapy can be a critical part of addressing mental health issues, behavioral health problems, and a variety of life challenges, bad experiences with therapists can turn many people away from what is normally a lifeline for healing. It adds insult to injury when you are…
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Beyond Words: How Expressive Arts Help Heal
By Christa Banister Mention the word “therapy” and for many people, a very specific image springs to mind. An overstuffed couch. Someone dutifully taking notes. Questions about your childhood. Lots and lots and lots of talking. Thankfully, therapy can be about much more than talk. For those who may find it challenging to verbally convey…
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Leaning into Program Wisdom During COVID-19: How the Slogans Shape our Thinking, Feeling, Actions, and Day
When COVID began, I had a strange déjà vu feeling. I have been here before, but how exactly? I wondered. Then I remembered. All the days of uncertainty, all the mornings waking up afraid of what the day might bring, the feeling that life as I knew it was chaotic and changing, that normal routines…