Personal Reminders
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This week was rough. My mental health took a toll on me. I recently transitioned between jobs. I was working two counseling jobs, easily adding up to sixty hours a week. This was all while experiencing an ongoing battle with family conflict and medical issues (fibromyalgia). I just could not keep up with it like…
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Earlier this morning, I was having a session at a local diner with an adolescent male I see twice a week. He was initially referred for counseling for anger management after aggravated assault charges and being put on house arrest. He found out the other day that his court date was postponed for the second…
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Since the blog started up about nine months ago, I touched on topics ranging from humor to mindfulness to core values to addiction. It has been quite the journey. Over the last week though, I struggled to get my creative juices flowing. I keep scrolling through my phone and Googling “self-care topics” in an effort…
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I waltzed through the office door at approximately 8:05AM with my eyes half shut. Nobody never really bothered me for being late, especially since it was Friday morning. Having rolled out of bed about twenty minutes prior to the appointment, I could have cared less if anybody did bug me. Letting out a subtle grunt…
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As a mental health counselor, you think you’ve heard it all. The other night though a young man I am working with caught me off guard. This poor guy had been through it all in the last two months between a breakup, legal issues, losing his job, and being on homebound instruction for school. There…
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A major decision has been weighing heavy on my mind for several months. For those of you who do not know, I am a mental health counselor in a specialized program for young adults experiencing psychosis. Working with this population has been a dream come true going back to my sophomore year of college. That…
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Improvements in self-care often involve clear suggestions. For instance, if someone wants to lose weight, the individuals can define specific goals and tangible steps to take towards those goals. They can exercise, eat a proper diet, talk to a doctor, etc. Even for the “less concrete” self-care domains such as emotional and mental well-being, there…
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If you have been following the Caring Counselor blog, you have probably noticed a sharp drop in the amount of content being put out the past few weeks. I take personal responsibility for it and apologize to my audience. However, I needed a break and had to turn my focus inward. The culmination of family…
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I was feeling nostalgic. I cleared out the middle of my bedroom floor. I mustered up enough strength to pull a large, blue, 50-gallon plastic tote from the back of my closet. This tote contains some of my most prized possessions including autographed sports memorabilia, my vast coin collection, photo albums, and so on. I…
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A few weeks ago, I touched on how to cope with addiction and self-care (https://atomic-temporary-130610338.wpcomstaging.com/2017/12/20/addiction-and-self-care/). For that post, I put up a status on my personal social media calling for recovering addicts from all backgrounds to answer a few questions. The response was overwhelming. It opened up my eyes to how prevalent addiction was in…
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