When you choose the behavior, you choose the consequences. When you choose the thoughts, you choose the consequences. -Dr. Phil, Life Strategies In my practice with clients, I have found myself using these Dr. Phil words over and over again. It sounds so simple, but most … [Read more...]
Radical Acceptance and Letting Go
Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. –C.S. Lewis Are you holding on to something that is prohibiting you from moving forward in life? Are you stuck in the past, missing the moment? Are … [Read more...]
Love or dependency
Written by Kristin Barton Cuthriell, M.Ed, MSW, LCSW Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you. -Wayne Dyer … [Read more...]
Healthy Boundaries: A Good Practice
"Good fences make good neighbors" Robert Frost Boundaries are those invisible lines that separate you from other people. When children grow up in families that practice healthy boundaries, these boundaries are typically passed down through generations. The same is true when … [Read more...]
Steps to Reduce Vulnerability to Extreme Emotional Mind
Several years ago, I was working as a therapist in a day treatment facility for substance abusers. HALT was one of the relapse strategies that was taught. HALT is an acronym for the four words hungry, angry, lonely, and tired. When a person struggling with an addiction is in … [Read more...]
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