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Male Therapy in Colorado: Learn How Individual Therapy Can Help You Live the Best Life

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Asking for Help in This Society is Hard Our society does not value asking for help. It can be highly stigmatizing to prioritize your mental health, even though it is a major part of a person’s life. Asking for help can also be perceived by some as ‘weak’. The ideal of ‘individualism’ permeates many aspects […]

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Why do people self-harm?

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This is a great question, and self-harm is one of the mostly highly stigmatized aspects of mental illness. Per the American Psychological Association, about 5% adults self-harm with rates spiking in early adulthood. That’s about 16.5 million adults in the U.S. today. This still does not answer the question of as why do people self-harm?

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Trauma and Protective Factors

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At some point in our lives, a traumatic event or events will occur. We sometimes have no control over when/if this happens. The National Council for Mental Wellbeing estimates about 70% of adults have experienced trauma in their lives. There are numerous variables throughout life that impact how someone manages trauma when it occurs. This

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Traumatic Brain Injury and The Recovery Process

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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Brief Overview Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) can stem from various circumstances. Click here to read more about TBIs. Everyone’s recovery process is unique as TBIs impact everyone differently. After the TBI is sustained and immediate medical interventions are complete, the recovery process begins. Furthermore, recovery from a TBI will depend on

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Mental Health and Substance Use Recovery

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Mental health symptoms and substance use sometimes go hand-in-hand. The National Institute on Drug Abuse explains that roughly 7.7 million adults have co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders in the United States. Why do Mental Health and Substance Use Often Co-Occur? Sometimes early onset substance use, to include alcohol use, can preclude the onset

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Impacts of Depression on Life

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According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), in 2020, 8.4% of adults in the United States experienced a depressive episode. Click here to read more information from NAMI on Depression. How Does Depression Affect My Life? Depression can present differently for every person. Some may experience a number of the common depression symptoms.

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Grief and Loss in Life

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One of the difficulties with human life is that there are moments and experiences that lead to grief and loss. Grief and loss is a complicated process of various, intense emotions that take time, patience, and compassion to acknowledge and learn to live with. The 5 Stages of Grief and Loss Denial Anger Bargaining Depression

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What Are The Effects of Anxiety?

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Anxiety does not discriminate and can be caused by various situations, people, or thoughts. Per the National Institute of Mental Health and research they cite, click here to read the article, anxiety rates in the United States are around 19.1% for those 18 years or older. Anxiety can impact many different domains of a person’s

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Domestic Violence and Trauma

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Domestic violence can occur at any point throughout a relationship. Domestic Violence can occur male to female, female to male, or partner to partner depending on the relationship. The Women Against Abuse website lists various forms of domestic violence that exist in our world. What is The Domestic Abuse Cycle? Psych Central details that there

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Maui, Hawaii, War in Ukraine, Trauma, and EMDR Therapy

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What does the recent fire in Maui, Hawaii, and the war in Ukraine, have in common? Both of these situations carry various degrees of trauma. What is Trauma? Trauma is self-defined from person-to-person and can include either little ‘t’ or big ‘T’ traumas or both – which these situations all contain. How Does Trauma Occur?

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