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Clinical Insights into LGBTQ+ Counseling
Discover clinical approaches and skills for effectively working with LGBTQ populations in therapy sessions.
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Trauma-Informed Therapy: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn, Flop
KD Holmes, LPC: May 14, 2024 8:35:15 PM
Trauma-informed therapy explains the connection between the nervous system and mental health, offering a paradigm shift in treating mental health...
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On Being a therapist's therapist
Monet David, MS, LPC: Apr 23, 2024 12:18:32 PM
Here’s a question to consider—Are you a therapist’s therapist? Do you advocate for other therapists, and do you offer beneficence when the...
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Therapists and Transcare: An Interview with Zach Hebert, LPC, NCC, PhD
Monet David, MS, LPC: Mar 1, 2024 3:38:10 PM
One of the greatest pleasures I have in life are the friendships I've made along the way in my journey to becoming a therapist. For the most part,...
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The Dance of Therapy: Attunement, Undertreating and TIBs
KD Holmes, LPC: Dec 8, 2023 8:29:00 AM
Therapy, at its essence, is like a dance—an ebb and flow of connection, rhythm, and responsiveness. This delicate dance thrives on attunement, the...
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The Potential for Harm: Ethical Considerations in Counseling
Monet David, MS, LPC: Dec 5, 2023 11:39:35 AM
As I continue to evolve in my professional identity, a lingering question has begun to consume my thoughts. Despite the extensive training and...
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The Importance of Diversity in the Therapy Room
KD Holmes, LPC: Dec 2, 2023 3:46:37 PM
I feel a sense of shame sharing intense emotions, so I keep them to myself. However, it is humanly impossible to avoid feeling. It is a natural part...
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The Benefits and Challenges of Mental Health Consultation
Consultation within the context of mental health is something every therapist should be familiar with and engage in--yet there is this anxious...
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UNDERSTANDING NEURODIVERSITY-AFFIRMING THERAPY
KD Holmes, LPC: Sep 20, 2023 7:50:14 AM
Neurodiversity-affirming therapy is emerging as a new approach to mental health care—one that flips the script on conventional therapy methods....
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Cults and Therapy - Ensuring Safety and Accountability
KD Holmes, LPC: Aug 25, 2023 8:35:49 AM
Cults have a strange allure. Like many others, I find myself riveted by shows and documentaries that explore their dynamics. There is disbelief,...