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What is Teletherapy and is it Right for Me?
The COVID-19 pandemic really turned the mental health world on its head. Not only have rates of mental health issues increased, but therapy...
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Rest as Rebellion
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Whitney Storey, MS, LPC: May 24, 2023 2:14:31 PM
Folks who know me are well aware (and dare I say, tickled) at the way I am able to walk a very fine line between being rigidly rule-governed and, at...
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What is Neurodiversity?
Whitney Storey, MS, LPC: Mar 1, 2023 11:01:46 AM
If you have spent any time on TikTok lately, odds are you have come across some videos where folks (with a healthy helping of good humor) discuss the...
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What is a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist?
Whitney Storey, MS, LPC: Nov 1, 2022 9:30:00 AM
October of 2022 was a huge month for me. It was in this month that I finally earned my certification in Perinatal Mental Health, which was really the...
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The Curse of the Good Mother
Whitney Storey, MS, LPC: Oct 3, 2022 9:00:00 AM
Humans are natural story tellers. We have long histories of using stories as a way to explain the unexplainable, to teach and guide our children, and...
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Matrescence: It's Going to be a Bumpy Ride
Whitney Storey, MS, LPC: Aug 8, 2022 3:02:09 PM
Growing up I made a number of assumptions about who I was going to be and what my life would be like in adulthood. I assumed I would go to college,...
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A Rock and a Hard Place
Whitney Storey, MS, LPC: Jul 9, 2022 10:58:57 AM
I love that as a culture we are embracing the idea that "it's okay to not be okay." It's so accepting and welcoming of folks with all kinds of...
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Who Has the Power?
Whitney Storey, MS, LPC: Apr 30, 2022 12:15:22 PM
Since I am a mother and one of my specialties is parenting, I have parents reach out to me and ask if I can counsel their children, and they are...
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Is it You or is it Me?
Whitney Storey, MS, LPC: Apr 28, 2022 2:52:13 PM
Ten years into marriage, I find it so odd that all of the classic children's stories end in the same way. People find each other, they make a...
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Out of My Mind
Whitney Storey, MS, LPC: Apr 21, 2022 1:41:13 PM
When I talk to clients about their struggles, I notice a very familiar pattern that I find myself in: what causes the struggle becomes the focus of...