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Healthy Coping: 24 Mechanisms & Skills For Positive Coping
Are you someone who laughs at the most inopportune times? Perhaps you are a nail-biter, or maybe you even become energized during challenging moments. Whether [...]
Mental Health Treatment Plan Template, Goals & Objectives
Planning – some of us love it, some of us hate it, and some of us just don’t have any idea how to do it! [...]
Existential Therapy: Make Your Own Meaning
You may have a certain set of assumptions or associations pop into your head when you hear (or read) the word “existential.” Perhaps you think [...]
How to Be More Assertive At Work: 7 Activities
What do you value enough to stand up for? Being assertive will get you what you want without having to dominate or demoralize someone. This [...]
Abraham Maslow, His Theory & Contribution to Psychology
Abraham Maslow was one of the most influential psychologists of the twentieth century. Among his many contributions to psychology were his advancements to the field [...]
What is Solution-Focused Therapy: 3 Essential Techniques
Imagine this scenario: You work at a company that produces widgets. You’re at an important business meeting, and you’re there to discuss some problems your [...]
Reality Therapy: Techniques, Choice Theory & WDEP Model
Needs – we all have them, and we all have many different kinds of needs. Of course, sometimes what we think are needs are actually [...]
Why You Should Have Never Had Kids (If You Want To Be Happy, That Is)
Update September 2019: Wow. It’s been two years since I published this post and the comments are still pouring in. Reading these comments will teach [...]
5 Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques & Tools
“How does that make you feel?” This question is probably quite familiar to you. It is the question most often used in pop culture to [...]
Empathy in Counseling: How to Show Empathetic Understanding
Displaying empathy shows that you, as the counselor, are listening, understanding, and experiencing what the client is sharing. After all, building a complete appreciation of [...]