Image by Grae Dickason from Pixabay Sometimes nothing seems to turn out the way you had planned, no matter how hard you try. Regardless of where the stress is stemming from, it is essential to equip yourself with resources to rise above the negativity and stay positive. Maintaining a positive attitude can help alleviate stress […]
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What is Behavioral Activation?
People with depression may find even the smallest task to be a huge obstacle that it keeps them from acting on things they need to address or work on. Too many times, moving forward in life poses a challenge and requires discomfort. Most people go through periods of adjustment during transition from middle school to […]
How To Stop Holding a Grudge
Figuring out how to stop holding a grudge is hard! To forgive someone who wronged you is definitely not an easy thing to do for may reasons. After all, what they did mattered. What they did, hurt. Most of time we believe that we are over it and have moved on. But in reality, we […]
5 Tips to Avoid Being Negative
Everyone does get negative at some point in his or her life. Whether it is at work or home negative situations happen almost all the time. It is rather unfortunate that we cannot avoid them and thus beg the question of how can we change these negative thoughts to positive ones. It is important to […]
How To Overcome Feeling Depressed
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay How often are you feeling depressed? In the normal course of our life, we come across a lot of things, most of which affect our emotions either positively or negatively. Among such things are our lifestyles, the people we associate with, our personal achievements and objectives, the weather conditions, our […]
Types of therapy
There are literally hundreds of ways of providing therapy. Below are a small sample of types you are more likely to find at Grand Valley Counseling. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological treatment that challenges the way you think about something. It has been effective for a number […]
Reasons to NOT use your insurance
Recently an insurance company requested the complete file of 3 of my patients. It was legally allowed and I had to comply. And for this reason I wanted to make you aware that your records are protected from general release to the public, but your insurance company can always get them anyway. A few reasons […]
What is Depression?
Depression is a mental disorder where a person has a prolonged period of sadness, unhappiness, helplessness, hopelessness or worthlessness. These feelings often get worse over a period of time, causing a person to have feelings of self-doubt, severe despondency and dejection. Depression is a very common illness. There are approximately 350 million people living in […]
Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
Did you know, comparing yourself to others is a common destructive daily habit almost all of have. We compare houses, jobs, phones, cars, relationships, money, and social position and so on. What this habit does is creates negativity within us and this may also reflect in our behavior. So what should we do? How can […]
Anxiety
Here are some links to worksheets about anxiety. What is anxiety? The cycle of anxiety. Coping skills: anxiety.