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Understanding Alcohol Use Disorder and Treatment Options

Addiction and Recovery

If you or someone you love can’t stop or control your alcohol consumption despite its adverse impacts on your life, you may have alcohol use disorder. This post will help you understand this disorder, its symptoms, and treatment options. What is Alcohol Use Disorder? Alcohol use disorder is also known…

Adjusting and Coping in a World of Constant Change

Transitions and Change

You’ve probably heard the adage: the only thing that’s certain in life is that change will happen. But how do you go about adjusting to change in a constantly changing world, with rapid technological shifts, people coming and going from your life, and even weather sometimes changing from minute to…

Why is Changing Careers So Hard?

Careers and Work

You may be familiar with this experience. You’re uninspired at your current job, coming to work every day is difficult, and you’re itching for something new. You’re unhappy with your circumstances, but the thought of changing careers makes your palms sweat and your heart race. Why is it so hard…

Exploring the Different Types of Gender Identity

Culture and Society

Research found that 5.6% of U.S. adults identify as LGBT, 0.6% as transgender, and 0.2% as other (queer, etc.), according to Gallup’s 2020 update on lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender identification. These percentages are rising, with each younger generation often feeling more comfortable identifying as a gender other than cisgender.…

How to Cope With Aging Parents and Anger

Transitions and Change

Watching your parents experience the challenges that come with aging can be difficult. Watching your aging parents become angry because they are experiencing these challenges can be heartbreaking. How can you be a supportive member of your parents’ lives even when they are frustrated by the aging process? What’s the…

Finding Inclusive Therapists

Therapy Tools

You decided to pursue therapy and you’re interested in finding an inclusive therapist who can understand you and your specific lifestyle. But how and where do you start the search for a therapist that matches your unique needs? In today's post, we'll explain what an inclusive therapist is, why you…

Signs Your Child Needs Counseling

Relationships and Family

Are you a parent looking out for signs your child needs counseling? You may find yourself concerned about your child, nervous about their struggle, and searching for a solution. Childhood is not all sunshine and rainbows. As a parent, you know this. Learning new things, brain and body changes, and…

Understanding and Embracing Integrative Therapies

Therapy Tools

Your mind, body, and spirit are connected. The way you treat each affects the others. That's why integrative therapies work toward healing your whole person. Integrative therapy is a form of psychotherapy that combines therapeutic tools and approaches to fit each individual's needs. The term integrative means multiple methods used…

Everything You Need to Know About Vicodin Addiction

Addiction and Recovery

Vicodin is a common prescription painkiller often used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Being opioid-based, it also has the potential for dependence and addiction. Vicodin addiction and misuse is a growing problem in the U.S. and a significant contributor to the country’s opioid epidemic. This post provides helpful information…

Coping With Job Burnout

Careers and Work

Coping with job burnout can feel like fighting an uphill battle. You’re more tired than you’ve ever been, you don’t feel fulfilled, you’re irritable, and you have a certain cynicism regarding work that won’t ease up. While not a medical diagnosis, job burnout can negatively affect both the people dealing…

How to Tell If Your Therapist Doesn’t Like You

Therapy Tools

Therapy can make you feel vulnerable. So, it’s natural to be curious about the person you’re sharing the space with — your therapist. You may wonder how to tell if your therapist doesn’t like you? And, does it really matter? The point of therapy is not to get your therapist…

How Much Does Therapy Cost?

Therapy Tools

Like many other essential healthcare services, therapy is usually not free. So, how much does therapy cost? While it’s impossible to give an exact answer due to factors like insurance, area, and service, this post will provide you with an idea of what to expect. Why People Seek Therapy The…

Embracing the Aging Process

Transitions and Change

People live in an age-obsessed culture, yet the aging process is an unavoidable aspect of being human. It’s difficult embracing the aging process when you see advertisements for products that try to sell you youth in a bottle everywhere you turn. Somehow, western society convinced people that the aging process…

8 Common Questions About Internet Addiction

Addiction and Recovery

You've likely joked about spending too much time online. You may even cringe when you get your weekly screen time report. Who doesn't? But there is a difference between spending more time than you think you should online and internet addiction. When you have an internet addiction, you can't balance…

Managing Betrayal Trauma Triggers

Relationships and Family

You never know when your betrayal trauma triggers could turn a happy afternoon into an emotional rollercoaster. Partners of people with sexual addictions often experience betrayal or infidelity trauma.  Trauma is an emotional response to an event or series of events. Near-death experiences, natural disasters, abuse, or violent crimes are…