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and your relationships. They can also let you know if they need you to go through any evaluations for a diagnosis. After your first couple of sessions, your therapist can start developing a treatment plan. They may also indicate how many sessions to expect and discuss payment arrangements ...
BRIDGES Life is a journey; it can be messy and complicated. Sometimes life throws you curve balls. Maybe you lost your job, are going through a terrible break-up, experienced a traumatic event, or are struggling with depression for any number of reasons. Whatever the issue, talking and work...
Many teens also see progress when they combine talk therapy with medication or start with talk therapy and then see if medication is needed. Again, your family physician should be able to recommend multiple treatment options and should be able to work with your child’s therapist to come up w...
“Hank, if I did that, I’d become a pest,andI’d feel guilty. But I’m working on the guilt thing. I found a therapist!” “Good for you! Give me a second, would ya? I’ve got to get to the end of the bar and run interference.” Hank grabbed a beer and slid it to the...
When unsure of how to find a therapist, online directories are always a good starting point, and an example is the resources at www.goodtherapy.org. These platforms will provide credible and accurate reviews of the excellent performance of different mental health centers, allowing you to make ...
When you hear specific financial advice on social media, financial therapist and accredited financial counselor Rahkim Sabree suggests first checking the credentials of the advice-giver. “A lot of influencers provide information that is very subjective,” he says, and their advice may apply o...
The first vision therapist I saw long ago worked a lot with the emotional connections associated with eyes. One of the things he talked about was how near-sightedness is caused by emotional trauma and tightening the muscles around the optic nerve. It’s a way, he said, of blurring the ed...
I spent several months last year trying to find a therapist certified in a certain type of therapy that we have been told will help Daniel with his behavioral and attachment issues. I kind of gave up after several therapists were either not taking new clients or talked to me and said they...
But my mind flits past that and settles on the one nurse who, after I had just met with a therapist about how to handle a preemie, broke all the “rules” I had just been taught and roughly picked up my baby, startling him into screams. She moved quickly and suddenly with him and...