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“Taking a trip for six months to get in the rhythm of it. It feels like you can go on forever doing that. Climbing Everest is the...
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counselorwhitney
- Jun 7, 2023
- 3 min
Free the Counselors!
If you don’t know how health insurance or big box medical platforms work, hold onto your hat for this bumpy ride. Big box platforms that...
counselorwhitney
- Apr 22, 2023
- 2 min
Nature + Mental Health
In honor of Earth Day, here’s the scoop on nature-based or ecotherapy, as well as some encouragement for incorporating it into your daily...
counselorwhitney
- Apr 21, 2023
- 4 min
Summer Reading, Anyone?
Check out this list of some of my most recommended self-help and personal growth books! I frequently incorporate bibliotherapy with...
counselorwhitney
- Apr 19, 2023
- 3 min
Seasonal Allergies + Mental Health
It’s that time of year...allergies! Allergies are more than sneezing, sniffing, itching, and a scratchy throat. They can change how we...
counselorwhitney
- Feb 14, 2023
- 2 min
Freezy Face: An Anxiety Tip
The Face Dunk: A TikTok Tidbit If you’ve seen the hundreds (thousands) of people on TikTok dunking their faces in ice water and touting...
counselorwhitney
- Feb 11, 2023
- 6 min
Managing Burnout
Managing Burnout Burnout is a buzzword that seems to be everywhere and indeed, an entire industry calling itself “wellness” has cropped...
counselorwhitney
- Feb 7, 2023
- 3 min
Morally Neutral Coping
Next up in my queue (thank you all for your patience!) was a request to write about alcohol use. Something that I tell my clients...
counselorwhitney
- Jan 5, 2023
- 7 min
Recognizing & Coping with Emotional Incest
First up in the year’s blog lineup is a topic I got a few requests on, and a dynamic that many people wind up uncovering in therapy. If...
counselorwhitney
- Sep 7, 2022
- 4 min
"Too Much" & the HSP
Have you ever felt that you were “too much”? If so, when did you learn that? When I was younger, I got so excited about things that were...
counselorwhitney
- May 21, 2022
- 4 min
Single-Tasking
I’m not sure when or where (although I frequently hear people blame some episode of Oprah’s talk show) that ‘multitasking’ became a...
counselorwhitney
- Jun 20, 2021
- 5 min
Impermanence
The tradition of healing stories, storytelling, and growth and change through the art of stories is well documented throughout human...
counselorwhitney
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
The Inner Critic (+ Yoga)
As a yoga teacher and licensed therapist, I tap into both the science of yoga and the science of the mind. In truth, many of the...
counselorwhitney
- Nov 17, 2020
- 3 min
Spoon Theory
Spoon Theory Are you familiar with Spoon Theory? For many of us with chronic illness, this theory helps us explain things to people who...
counselorwhitney
- Sep 17, 2020
- 6 min
Counseling, Coaching & "Experts"
Social media, the internet, and every city in America are filled with “coaches” and self-help “gurus”. They’re everywhere and with a...
counselorwhitney
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
The Passive Aggressive
One of the things I hear in my counseling sessions most often is a story of interaction between two people, the statement of emotion from...
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