Category: Coping Skills
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How to Cope with Stress, Anxiety, or Depression: Simple Mental Health Strategies
How to Care for Yourself During Stressful or Anxious Times | Therapist Tips What are some ways we can care for ourselves when we’re in a period that feels more stressful, more anxious, or more depressed than usual? Today I’m going to share some of my own strategies. The first thing I like to do…
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A Healing Light Visualization for Grounding and Release
Today I’d like to share one of my favorite guided visualizations. This practice can be helpful if you’re wanting to feel more grounded, or if you’re noticing that you’re holding a lot of tension or emotional activation in your body. It’s a visualization I often return to myself, and one that I regularly adapt in…
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Containment Strategies
Containment, Embodiment, Structure, and Expression Today I want to talk a little about containment along with embodiment, structure, and expression, and how these ideas can sometimes support us when we feel stuck or overwhelmed. I’m holding a literal container as I write this: a small recipe box. When I’m ruminating or caught in a thought…