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Handling Your Winter Blues

by Beth Granet, PsyD Winter is here. We have changed our clocks, pulled out our sweaters, and gotten our shovels ready for use. For many of us, it is dark outside when we wake up in the morning and when we leave work in the evening. The cold weather makes it all too tempting to…
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Night-time Sleep: One of the Keys to Positive Days

By Deb A. Garbeil We often hear about how we need sleep and how important it is to our health. But if you’re like me, when the conversation gets a little too filled with percentages or statistics, I tend to zone out, which doesn’t count toward the recommended rest one should get in a day.…
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Managing Stress, With your Breath

by Deb A. Garbeil In emotional times, stressful times and just plain busy times, we’re often told to “just breathe” or “you need to take a breath” as a way to handle the situation. Taking that one mindful breath for a few seconds may help at that moment, but shortly after we’re likely to go…
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What is CBT?

By Gina McSheffrey-Emmons, PhD When you think of therapy, what comes to mind? A common and often misperceived image of therapy is the client lying down on a couch talking about his/her problems with the therapist passively sitting in the background taking notes. Therapy can be more than just talking about one’s problems and can…
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Mom Guilt & Self-Care

As a mom, we want to take care of everyone and be there for everyone; therefore, we often put others’ needs ahead of our own. When we realize that we cannot do it all, we feel guilty for it, and with that guilt can come stress.

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Why Do You Meditate?

I’ve been meditating for about 5 years now. One question I am often asked is, why? Why do you meditate? I meditate for many reasons, some physical, some mental and some I just can’t put into words…

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Is Psychotherapy Right For Me?

Figuring out if psychotherapy is right for you can be a stressful process especially if you’ve never experienced therapy before or have had discouraging therapy experiences in the past.

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