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 [...]
What Are You Passionate About? Why This Question Can Create Anxiety… Written by: Bryana Ortiz, M.Ed., LPC-Intern, Supervised by Jessica Eiseman, MS, LPC-S, NCC, CCTP People always say, “What are you passionate about?” Usually, this question comes about whenever people are discussing what they want to do in life. It’s a pretty well-known question but [...]
Affirmations for COVID-19 Anxiety Written By: Kristen Suleman, M.Ed., LPC COVID-19. Coronavirus. Pandemic. Social Distancing. Quarantine. What do you notice as you read these words right now? For me, I notice a tightness in my shoulders (and not just because I haven’t had the best posture working from home lately!). I also notice that [...]
