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What Can Couples Counseling Help With?

by Allison | Jul 3, 2023 | Parenting Blogs, Relationship Blogs

This blog answers the question: what can couples counseling help with? You may feel that your relationship is in a rocky place right now. Even after trying to work things out and talk to each other, you can’t seem to see eye to eye. You aren’t wanting to end...

How to Cope with Infertility

by Allison | Jun 26, 2023 | Family Blogs, Parenting Blogs, Relationship Blogs

This blog touches on how to cope with infertility. Infertility is a common issue affecting both men and women. According to the World Health Organization in a 2023 report, about 1 in 6 people will experience infertility. Infertility is a condition of the male...

4 Signs to Start Therapy for Depression

by Allison | Jun 20, 2023 | Anxiety & Depression Blogs

If you are currently experiencing thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or 988 or text the Crisis Line at 741741. You can also go to your nearest emergency room. In Ventura County, you can contact the...

3 Ways to Support an LGBTQIA+ Teen

by Allison | Jun 15, 2023 | Family Blogs, LGBTQ+ Blogs, Parenting Blogs, Teen Blogs

This blog shares 3 ways to support an LGBTQIA+ teen. Whether you are a parent, relative, or loved one, you are wanting to know ways to be an ally to the community, as well as closely support them. They may have shared information such as their pronouns, their...

4 Steps to Manage Your Inner Critic

by Allison | Jun 5, 2023 | Anxiety & Depression Blogs, Individual Therapy Blogs

This blog shares 4 steps to manage your inner critic. Who, you may ask? Your inner critic is that nagging, negative, or judgmental voice in your head. It may produce thoughts or beliefs that make you feel sad, frustrated, distressed, or more. The negative...

What is Trauma Therapy?

by Allison | May 30, 2023 | Trauma

This blog briefly answers the question: what is trauma therapy? You may have heard of trauma therapy or been recommended to seek this out. Individuals may not realize that you can develop trauma from a number of causes or situations. This leads some to go through life...

How to Cope with Change

by Allison | May 25, 2023 | Anxiety & Depression Blogs, Individual Therapy Blogs

This blog shares 4 ways on how to cope with change. Life transitions occur for us all the time through small, big, exciting, or difficult changes. They occur whether you are the orchestrators of these changes, or if they are out of your control. You may be the type of...

Having Self-Compassion (When You Don’t Want To)

by Allison | May 16, 2023 | Individual Therapy Blogs

This blog shares 4 tips on having self compassion when you don’t want to. You may struggle with self compassion on a regular basis. This could look like holding your mistakes or perceived inadequacies over your head. You believe you are entitled to go through life...

3 Ways to Trust Yourself More

by Allison | May 8, 2023 | Individual Therapy Blogs

This blog shares 3 ways to trust yourself more. At some point in our lives, all of us have been faced with difficult choices to make. These decisions are not easy, and we may very well want to avoid making them. In fact, we may turn to others to make them for us....

How to Be Vulnerable

by Allison | May 1, 2023 | Individual Therapy Blogs

This blog shares 4 ways on how to be vulnerable. It’s not an easy thing to do, especially if you have been shamed or discouraged from sharing your feelings in the past. Whether it was in your childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, you experienced rejection,...