The daily conversation between my thoughts and me feels like an awkward attempt at picking up a girl. Me: Hey, thoughts! Are you tired? Thoughts: No, why? Me: Because you’ve been running through my mind […]
For some reason or another, I worked with difficult populations in the mental health field. I specialize in early onset psychosis. I worked with individuals coming out of short-term units often following a suicide attempt. […]
Trust provides a fundamental foundation for any relationship. However, the extent to which we trust covers a vast spectrum. At the most basic level, we even trust strangers. When we walk down the sidewalk or […]
When asked where we see ourselves in “X” amount of years, so many of us envision someone by our side. Few of us truly desire becoming old cat ladies, living in solitude. Human beings crave […]
Your boy had some serious writer’s block this week. I legitimately could not come up with a topic for this week’s post. There were no major revelations. There were no areas of interest for yours […]
As much as I like cooler weather, I look forward to being able to drive home while the sun is still high in the sky. The extra bit of time opens up so much opportunity […]
I typically consider myself more of a nerd than a geek, but one area that I do geek out over. I openly admit that I am a big fan of Pokemon. I was sucked into […]
Last week I posted about how mental health stigma can present itself as an obstacle to one’s self-care. To check that post out, click here: https://caringcounselor.blog/2019/01/29/stigma-and-self-care-pt-1/ Picking up where I left off though, we cannot […]
One of my favorite activities as a group facilitator involved the topic of stigma, or the “societal labels.” I stood in front of the six-foot whiteboard holding my dry erase marker. I asked my clients […]
Sitting here trying to write this post drove me insane. I deleted and rewrote the introduction at least five times over the course of an hour. I sat here staring at an empty screen. I […]