My Client Wants To Talk Career Counseling! HELP! I don’t know about you, but career counseling was not big in my graduate degree. I had a summer class crammed with information, but it wasn’t until I had an internship at my university’s career center that I truly saw what career counseling was all about. It [...]
Turning Towards to Move With: A How-to on Dealing with Emotions Written By: Leah J. Singer, M.Ed., LPC, RYT-200 “This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a [...]
Choosing a Counselor: How Bad Counseling Experiences Inspired Me to Become a Counselor Written By: Nancy E. Castellon, PhD, LPC Associate I am sure you've heard it before - choosing the right counselor is vital in your treatment. No pressure, right? So, how do you pick the right one for you? Short answer - "Listen [...]
Things have been rough lately, haven't they? Mental health professionals, like me, are not exempt from that. We also don't have a magical solution to protecting our personal mental health. We have to put in the same work that we tell you to do. We have to keep a list of things that help with [...]
A Letter to Our Community Written By: Jessica Eiseman, MS, LPC-S, NCC Owner & Clinical Director, Ajana Therapy & Clinical Services I have been struggling with the words since the horrific and inexcusable attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. That will be a day that will forever be sealed into the memories of [...]
Navigating the Pandemic Productivity Myth During Your Time-off This Holiday Season Written by: Kristen Suleman, M.Ed., LPC For many of us, we are smack dab in the middle of that strange time each year between Christmas and New Years' – otherwise known as “The Holiday Week When No One Knows What Day It Is”. [...]
COVID, Online Dating, and the Anxious-Avoidant Cycle Written By: SJ Knowlton, M.Ed., LPC-Intern If you haven’t read Gabi’s great blog about the book Attached feel free to get a refresher on attachment styles before reading this. But if you’re only up for one blog today, I’ll be doing a quick recap of attachment styles for [...]
Riding the Coronacoaster Written by: Kristen Suleman, M.Ed., LPC Coronacoaster. n. The ups and downs of a pandemic; the feeling of uncertainty, anxiety, and helplessness surveying news and information concerning humankind's possible demise from COVID-19. The past 4 months have been a wild ride for all of us, to say the least. Riding the [...]
Resistance, Acceptance, and Mindfulness Written By: Leah J. Singer, M.Ed., LPC, RYT-200 Pressure. There it is. Pushing and weighing down on me. One step at a time feels like an eternity. The invisible box I’m in feels to be shrinking instead of expanding. Finding time to breathe deeply and fully seems to be a luxury. [...]
To Be Human in 2020 Written by Leah J. Singer, M.Ed., LPC, RYT-200 Ever heard of the term “existential crisis?” I remember hearing this phrase all the time growing up and I remember never really knowing what it meant. Existential as an adjective, relates to simply existing and existential therapy is rooted in the belief [...]
