In some respects, the psyche is like a garden. When it is well tended, beautiful thoughts and emotions fill our clients’ minds and hearts. At times when clients display stress and anxiety, we want to calm them down in order to give them a chance to focus more on their personal development. These conditions cause the flowers of thoughts and positive
When you offer a special service, clients want to know that you’re qualified to provide it. Certification is a very important part of being a successful mental health practitioner. Even indeed.com notes that gaining extra credentials adds to your appeal when it comes to seeking employment or getting business in the mental health field. When you
Good therapists want to empower their clients to eventually be able to care for their own emotional needs. A large part of treatment entails training patients to reframe the ways they look at themselves, and educate them about how the brain works.
When a client has a hypnotherapy session, the conscious, normal waking awareness is
What are personality disorders, really? A recent post on Psyche.co explores
Building your practice while using the same kind of therapy you’ve always subscribed to isn’t impossible, but it it’s not easy, either. To attract more clients and create more than one stream of income, you need to develop skills and acquire certifications that show potential clients that you have what they want and need.
What does prosperity mean to you? For most people, visions of riches and worldly possessions come to mind when they envision what it means to prosper. This is, of course, a valid view of prosperity, but it’s not the only one.
So many clients, too many, in fact, arrive at their therapists’ office in a state of total burnout.
The idea of the mind-body connection isn’t new. It was only when the scientific revolution of 300 years ago or so fragmented our senses of being into various parts that healers stopped treating the mind and body as a whole. The word psychosomatic exists to explain ailments that are as much of a product of mind as they are of body.
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The traditional container we establish as mental health professionals, the face-to-face dyad, can be extremely effective. However, it’s also limited. There are so many instances when, while coming to a point that could lead to a breakthrough, our clients retreat. Their desire to avoid feeling deep emotions,
Hope for the afflicted and the affected
Dementia is an all-too-common condition, and when it encroaches upon a person’s life, it changes everything. Suddenly, the ability to function fully is ripped from the afflicted individual, and in many cases, dementia gets compounded by depression, anxiety, and grief. The Alzheimer’s Association