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In the Market for a New Therapist? A Guide to Letters and Licenses
What is the difference between a counselor and a therapist? How about a psychologist and psychiatrist? Better yet, what type of provider should you be looking for as you start your search? And what on Earth do those little letters after their names mean? If you glimpse at the pie chart below, you can see the pool of mental health providers is diverse. The letters after a provider’s name (their credentials), their title, and the license(s) they hold can be really helpful if you know a little bit about them. The following sections provide a brief guide to the mental health providers you will most likely encounter during your search.…
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Give yourself the gift of gratitude
It’s that time of year again. The holiday hustle and bustle is in full-force. Reminders of the cheerful, joyous holiday atmosphere are everywhere. And, with that, are expectations of gratitude. On the surface, the idea of practicing gratitude may sound cheesy, like an overused holiday punch line. The truth is practicing gratitude can actually significantly enrich your life – and even help ignite your inner happiness. Often times, we may find ourselves focusing on what we don’t have in comparison to others. When we do this, it’s likely we are left with bitter feelings such as unhappiness, disappointment, low self-worth, and resentment. Feelings that aren’t exactly uplifting, to say the…
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An Autopilot Life
Have you ever driven somewhere, seemingly completely unfocused, just driving on “autopilot” to your destination? Failing to notice the buildings, people, or landscape passing by you. Maybe you’re not even aware of the song on the radio. Losing track of the world around you… with maybe the exception of the traffic signals. In this same way, we can “drive” through life stuck in autopilot. Every once in a while we hit a traffic signal that may momentarily bring us back to the present, but the moment is fleeting and gone all too soon. When our minds are focused on the future to come or the past we have already lived…
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Mind Full or Mindful?
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Mind Full or Mindful?
When is the last time you took a minute to just breathe? Yes, I know. We breathe every second of the day. It’s a necessity to life. It’s a requirement to living. It happens thoughtlessly, usually going unnoticed altogether. It happens mindlessly. We walk through life with our minds usually on everything but the present moment in which we are living. Our minds running through our piling to-do list, worrying about what we are going to have for dinner, stressed because we are chasing that promotion, regretting that expensive purchase we made yesterday, reliving the painful memories of last year’s Christmas party, nervous about the results of our medical tests, wondering if…
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An Autopilot Life
