Counseling
by Dan Tamasulo | Oct 18, 2019 | Counseling, Counseling News
Prior to your sessions, do you ever wonder: “What is my therapist thinking?” Are they focused on what techniques they are going to try with you? Or, maybe they’re looking over your previous sessions to see what notes they had. And perhaps the most important question...
by Anthony Centore | Nov 14, 2017 | Counseling, Counseling Blog, Private Practice
Renting an office space can feel overwhelming, if not terrifying. For a solo-practice, your office space might be your single largest expense; for a group practice, your largest fixed cost. Here are 12 tips gleaned from leasing about 60 counseling office suites. 1)...
by Nathan Davidson | Sep 25, 2017 | Achieving Goals, Communication, Counseling, Counseling News, Empowerment, Family, Marriage, News
Thriveworks counseling is all about helping people lead happy lives, and even though we spend our day counseling others, we also recognize the infinite value in listening to the advice of others. It is for this reason that we decided to ask a variety of mental health...
by Nathan Davidson | Sep 22, 2017 | Counseling, Counseling News, Empowerment, Video
Countless mental health counselors from The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints traveled to Texas to help Hurricane Harvey victims cope with their countless losses, including family members, friends, pets and their belongings. Sure, there have been so many...
by Nathan Davidson | Aug 22, 2017 | Communication, Counseling, Counseling News, Fun, Marriage, Relationships, Video
It’s estimated that over a quarter of all Americans have received some form of professional counseling in their lives. The unfortunate statistic is that 38% of Americans who seek mental health counseling encounter barriers and those barriers like cost, for...
by Taylor Bennett | Aug 1, 2017 | Counseling, Counseling News
Overview We all have a story. Our experiences and our sufferings, our views and our roles—one in the same and drastically different. We all experience joy and sadness. We suffer from losing loved ones and our way in life. We have our beliefs and take our opinionated...
by Fred Buffington | Jun 7, 2016 | ADHD, Counseling, Counseling News, Empowerment, Family, Marriage, Relationships
Living with ADHD: Early Diagnosis I vividly remember, when I was ten years old, sitting in a fifth-grade classroom waiting on a message over the intercom. Every day right before lunch, I would be summoned to the main office. Once I walked in the office, our school...
by Dawn Gaden, M.A., LPC, NCC | Apr 11, 2016 | Achieving Goals, Counseling, Counseling News, Yoga
What does that mean to you? Counseling means to me many things; mental health, self care, self love, strength, and support. I am a counselor because I believe what I do can help others live their very best life. I consider myself to have a wealth of resources. Often...
by Anthony Centore | Jan 22, 2016 | Anxiety, Counseling, Counseling News, Depression
Not for the faint of heart, this comes with a warning to anyone who dares to enter — don’t proceed unless you really want to feel what severe depression is actually like. Read: Back to Basics, Depression...
by Tina Hilliard | Dec 30, 2015 | Communication, Counseling, Counseling News, PTSD, Self-Awareness, Stress and Anxiety
Whether constructive or otherwise received from a spouse, boss, family member or friend, criticism for some of us can provoke defensiveness, justifying, rationalizing, minimizing, and sometimes self-defeating hostility. I’ve personally seen these responses to...
by Thriveworks Staff | Sep 15, 2015 | Counseling, Self-Awareness
I knew a very fine therapist who was in his early 70’s when we met. He was “old school” and had been working in classic psychoanalysis for more than 30 years. I remember thinking “What would anyone have to talk about after all that time.” When I asked he just smiled....
by Thriveworks Staff | May 29, 2015 | Anxiety, Counseling, Counseling Locations, Depression, Emotional Regulation, Empowerment, Happiness, Health & Exercise, Meditation, Mindfulness, Self-Awareness, Stress and Anxiety
Introducing Dawn Gaden in Birmingham, Michigan Dawn Gaden, M.A., LPC, NCC, is a counselor with more than 15 years experience. She is also a certified yoga teacher. In the above video can watch Dawn explain her philosophy to counseling and some of the techniques she...
