Beyond the Waiting Room: Why Teletherapy is Here to Stay
The use of Teletherapy as a means to receive mental health services has increased dramatically in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic forced both providers and consumers of mental health services to adapt when in-person treatment was no longer an option. Now that in-person treatment has returned, there are still many who prefer a teletherapy experience. […]
Connection through vulnerability
“Two vulnerable people will find a way to connect.” This is a quote from Harrison Ford’s character in the show Shrinking. In the context of the show, he is predicting that two characters who recently experienced trauma will end up drawn to one another. Simultaneously, he makes a much larger statement on human relationships, with […]
A Journey Through Cancer
Life can have a funny way of sneaking up on you. Just when things feel like they are on track, something big comes out of the left field and leaves you reeling. This was my family’s experience in the summer of 2019. We had moved to the New Orleans area in the early fall of […]
Breaking through Barriers and Increasing Life Satisfaction
Change and growth are difficult. There is a variety of reasons we don’t do either. A lack of time is usually high on the list. As are lack of resources, lack of direction, or lack of motivation. How then do we get started on a new path for ourselves? How do we manage to push through […]
Why is it so hard for some men to seek counseling?
Counseling hard for some men? By: Mike Stancil “Walk it off” “Suck it up” “Rub some dirt on it” Boys in our culture grow up receiving a lot of messages about what it means to be a man. Some are verbal like the statements above. Other messages are delivered through media such as TV, movies, comics, […]