Opposite Action is an Emotion Regulation skill for when you have an unjustified emotion that is triggering you to act in a way that doesn’t help you. All emotions are valid in that they are real and you experience them as physical sensations, thoughts and action urge. Some, however, are unjustified in that their extreme…
Individual and Couple Counseling My name is Bernard de Wet, and I am a born and raised South African. In 2007, my family and I moved to Doha, Qatar where I began school in the American schooling system. After graduating high school I moved to Mount Vernon, Iowa to pursue my bachelor’s degree in psychology…
Bilingual and Sliding Scale Sessions Marilyn currently attends graduate school at Loyola University Chicago; she will be receiving her Master’s in Social Work May 2018. Her specialization is Children and Families, with a sub-specialization in Migration Studies. Marilyn is a bilingual speaker, fluent in Spanish and English. She has taken part in different experiential learning…
By Lynn Gilman, LPC Hypnotherapy has helped millions of people stop smoking. Studies have shown that hypnotherapy is an effective method of stopping smoking for good. There are some medications that can help, but they can have side effects. Quitting cold turkey can work, but that’s using your willpower. Willpower is located in the conscious…
Are there times when you have one thought that seems to replay over and over in your mind? Do you find it affects your feelings and sometimes your behavior? You are not alone. Many people have obsessive thoughts. Approximately 2.2 million people have obsessions and it occurs equally in men and women (http://www.adaa.org/about-adaa/press-room/facts-statistics.) These thoughts…
Crystal Clair – LCPC We call them “slow motion meltdowns” in our house. I am a mom of a 20-month-old, spirited boy. He wants what he wants, when he wants it. Don’t we all? My son knows how much it hurts to throw himself on the ground when I can’t catch him. So instead, he has…
by Megan McIntire In the TV show Doc Martin, Martin Clunes plays a socially awkward, but brilliant surgeon who develops a phobia to blood. This lands him in a small town, taking on the job of G.P. and facing an array of interactions that just might challenge him more then his blood phobia. Watching his hilarious…
Most people have witnessed or experienced a tantrum from a child. Everything is going well until the child gets triggered by something, anything, and it escalates from there. Caregivers often have their own way with dealing with a child when they are throwing a tantrum, but it may not always be effective in helping the…
By Lynn Gilman, LPC Choosing the ideal partner for you – the person that you want to spend the rest of your life with – is one of the most important decisions you’ll make in your life. So many people fall mindlessly into relationships that don’t work out. You might have had that experience yourself….