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General Mental Health

How to Help Someone with Depression: Ways to Support

"Rarely does a response make something better. What makes something better is connection."

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Five Ways To Cope With Anxiety

The language of anxiety always seemed to just make sense to me.

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Duty or Delight

There are two simple ways that delight loses its power in our lives. ‍

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A Really Good Failure

If you are never failing then you are never truly finding where your limits are.

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How To Find The Right Counselor

There's time, money, and energy: you get to pick two.

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From Muscles To Brain To Heart

"In the past, jobs were about muscles, now they're about brains, but in the future they'll be about the heart." - Minouche Shafik, director, London School of Economics.

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Anxiety

Severe Anxiety in College Students: Why Does College Make Me So Anxious, and What Can I Do About It?

Anxiety among college students is at an all-time high. If you’re facing severe anxiety in college, you’re not alone – here, we’ll talk about ways you can cope with anxiety and enjoy your college experience.

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Can Deleting Social Media Help Anxiety?

Social media and anxiety have a deeply connected relationship. Could social media be making your anxiety worse, and can deleting it help? Here’s my take on it.

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Embrace Your Anxiety: A Guide to Cultivating a Healthy Relationship

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Most Common Physical Symptoms of Anxiety: Pain and Panic

I could already feel my heart rate increasing as the blood flow in my body started to pick up.

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Why Your Anxiety is Getting Worse: When to Get Help

Do you live a life where anxiety is going to thrive?

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How Long Do Anxiety Attacks Last?: Signs and Symptoms

He told me, "I don't think I've ever experienced anxiety."

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OCD

Can OCD Be Cured? Exploring OCD Treatment and Recovery

Does severe OCD ever go away? There is no miracle cure, but that doesn't mean that you’ll live with such intense symptoms forever. Treatment can help you get your OCD symptoms to the point where it no longer feels like they’re controlling your life.

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Severe OCD and Afraid to Leave the House – How to Cope With “OCD Agoraphobia”

OCD can get so severe that you feel terrified of leaving your home. But staying in can actually be a compulsive behavior, and get you caught in an OCD loop. Here’s how to cope.

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The OCD Cycle: How to Get Out of an OCD Loop

Have you heard of the OCD cycle? People with OCD can get caught in OCD thought loops, which drives them deeper and deeper into obsessions and compulsions. Here’s how you can break the OCD cycle with the help of OCD treatment.

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OCD Is Ruining My Life: What You Can Do

Is OCD ruining your life? Unmanaged OCD symptoms can do that — but with treatment, you can limit the negative impact that OCD has on your life and reach all of your goals. In this blog, we walk you through 4 steps to take now if OCD is ruining your life.

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Are People With OCD Considered Neurodivergent?

For instance, most people with OCD had experienced the cycle of obsessions at some other point in their childhood, and it might have gone unnoticed or misdiagnosed.

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Know the Difference Between OCD and Anxiety Disorder

All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.

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Relationships

How To Communicate With An Avoidant Partner and Improve Intimacy — Without Pushing

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Couples Therapy for Communication Issues: Is It Worth It? | Thrive Therapy Couples Therapy Phoenix

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A Therapist in Phoenix AZ Answers: What Is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) For Couples, and How Can It Help You?

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Is Couples Therapy Covered By Insurance?

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Are Situationships Bad for Mental Health? According to Many People, Yes.

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Take This "Do I Want to Get a Divorce Quiz" by Licensed Couples Therapists

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Trauma

What actually happens during Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)? | EMDR Therapy in Phoenix & Glendale AZ

You may have heard of EMDR. But what actually happens during a session? Here's what to expect.

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CPTSD vs BPD: Understanding Complex PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder

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Can past trauma ruin a relationship? Learn how your trauma history could be affecting your relationship today.

If you’re feeling like the past trauma you’ve been through is ruining your relationship, you’re not alone. But there is a way to process trauma and unlearn the painful and untrue core beliefs that it may have caused.

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Can Trauma & PTSD Cause Memory Loss? For Some People, It Can – Here’s How to Cope

Can trauma cause memory loss? Research shows that it sometimes can, but the relationship between trauma and memory loss is more complex than you may think. Here, we talk about the science behind trauma and memory loss and how to cope.

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Epigenetic Trauma: Can Trauma Be Passed Down Genetically?

You may have heard of intergenerational trauma, or the idea that trauma can be passed down from one generation to the next. But is trauma genetic? Here’s the scientific explanation of epigenetic trauma, and how trauma can sometimes be passed down genetically.

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The Hidden Effects of Trauma in Relationships

Unresolved trauma can damage your relationships and keep you from having the healthy relationship you deserve.

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