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The Power of Boundaries: Your Guide to Assertive Living
Enhance your assertiveness and prioritize self-care by setting healthy boundaries. Discover the power of defining your personal space, protecting your mental health, and fostering satisfying relationships. Join us at Fleurish Psychotherapy as we guide you on the path to assertive living and support your emotional wellbeing.
What is Family Therapy ?
Discover the transformative power of family therapy in nurturing healthier connections within your family. Explore how a skilled therapist can help you break harmful cycles, improve communication, and cultivate interdependence. Find hope, compassion, and guidance to navigate challenges and experience profound healing. Reach out to our compassionate therapists at Fleurish and embark on a journey of growth and love.
5 Myths About Therapy…
There are a lot of myths about therapy that need to be debunked. Sometimes people avoid starting therapy because they think that once they start, they’ll be in therapy forever or that they’ll be stuck with a therapist they don’t like. People worry about how much therapy costs. They think it’s a luxury. Some people are afraid that their therapist won’t be approachable. Many think that therapy won’t help them.
The truth about therapy is that all of these things are myths. At Fleurish Psychotherapy, we strive to make therapy as accessible to our clients as possible. We put you first.
What You Need to Know About Alcohol and Anxiety
The relationship between alcohol and anxiety can be complicated. Many adults can safely drink in moderation. For others, alcohol may cause anxiety or aggravate pre-existing conditions. There are several reasons why alcohol tends to mess with your peace of mind. A lesser-known one is that it changes brain chemicals like GABA involved with regulating anxiety.
5 Ways to Combat Perfectionism
Striving for perfection isn't always good for you. If it's been taking over your life, here are some things that might help you out!
How to Cope With Anxiety
Sometimes just the idea of coping with painful anxiety can make you anxious. But ignoring your anxiety tends to only make it worse. Finding ways to cope with anxiety by facing it is the way to go.
Tele-Mental Health: My Therapist Knows My Dirty Laundry (Literally!)
We’re in the midst of the quarantine, and the days are blending together. … Throw in a shower and a Facetime, and we do it all again the next day. For many, the decision to book a session with a therapist is a signal that they have had enough and are ready for a change. We are ready and trained to hear the story, manage the symptoms, and to offer hope.
Interdependence Day: Being You With Someone Else
Who you find to date or love and marry or dump or even divorce is a function of who you want to be around and who you become when you’re invested in a relationship. What kind of love can you receive and for how long? What do you expect that partner to do within the context of their relationship to you, and how often are they meeting your needs?
Creative Ideas for Coping Skills During a Pandemic - a Video Series
Our very own Susannah Bales has put together a video series on coping skills during this coronavirus pandemic. Take a break (or 5) to learn some ways to take care of yourself while social-distancing.
11 Things You Can Do to Cope With Coronavirus Anxiety
During this novel coronavirus pandemic, lots of emotions are running high. Anxiety is one that fits the situation but also feels overwhelming when it gets intense or out of hand. Here are some things to try to mitigate your anxiety response.
4 Tips for Self-Care While Social Distancing
Well, here we are, folks. Many of us are voluntarily self-quarantining, practicing social distancing, or have a mandated quarantine in order to help society “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Your day-to-day may now look very different, consisting of Zoom calls and Google Hangouts, or work may have dried up if you are in one of the industries affected by the closing or canceling. Maybe you are stuck at home...with your houseplants, your pets, your partners, and your kids for company.
4 Stereotypes About Self Care That Aren't Always True
Lately, self-care has been a hot topic in the media. As with a lot of things in the media, some of the content can be misconstrued and easily cause confusion. We often hear people talking about the benefits of self-care, but what really is it? Does everyone’s self-care look the same? It’s girly, right? There is just not enough time in the day! Read below to debunk these four common myths about self-care.
7 Habits to Help Achieve High Self-Esteem
Low self-esteem. Insecurity. They happen to every person at some point in their life. Even that one person who seems to be so comfortable in their own skin has, at some point, felt insecure. Even though everyone has insecurities, it is important that they don’t get in the way of your happiness and everyday functioning. Severe insecurity can lead to issues in romantic relationships, friendships, and the relationship you have with yourself. The good thing is that you have the power to overcome these feelings.
Here is a list of habits you can incorporate into your everyday life to help improve your self-esteem:
What I Wish Everyone Knew About Latinx Mental Health
I recently read this article on the importance of removing the stigma around mental health in the Latinx community. After reading the article I found myself ruminating on 3 concepts: 1) What MH stigma looks like specifically for the Latinx community, 2) How privacy and religion come into play, and 3) Bi-culturalism. As a Latinx therapist, I feel like the word stigma doesn’t fully capture the nuances of the general Latinx outlook on mental health.
5 Holiday Tips You Need To Learn Now
If you’re like me, you forget to do important tasks when there’s a lot to get done. You have the feeling that you are supposed to be doing something, but you can’t quite put your finger on it. If your mind is constantly racing, there is no way you will be able to remember everything, and that’s totally normal! My solution has been to write EVERYTHING down.
10 Ways to Survive the Holidays
The holiday season is a stressful time for so many reasons: your crazy relatives, sleeping in your old bedroom again, all the food…you know what I mean. The key to surviving the holidays – nay I say, thriving through the holidays -- is to be like a Boy/Girl Scout – always prepared!
To help you prepare, I’ve created this list of tips you can use to survive any family interaction the holiday season can throw at you!
5 Ways to Increase Quality Communication
Do you feel like your family, significant other, or friends just don’t “get” you? Are they unaware of when you are upset or stressed? Do you argue, but never seem to get to a solid solution? You may have issues with communication. The thing about communication is that it can always be improved. Nobody is a perfect communicator, but the important thing is that you try. Quality communication is crucial in work relationships, marriages, friendships, parenting, and any other situation in which you interact with others.
Enjoy my tips on how to increase the quality of your communication:
Signs You Might be Over-Stressed
Are you gearing back up for the new school year? Starting a new job with more responsibilities? A stay-at-home mom with 3 under 3? With all the excitement of starting new classes and meeting new people, stress can creep up on you or hit you all at once.
Let’s Talk About Talking. What is Talk Therapy?
I often get the question, “What is psychotherapy?” In essence it’s similar to mental health counseling or talk therapy. What actually happens in the process of this type of therapy is often misunderstood. As a therapist, I frequently hear about feelings of shame and weakness associated with coming to psychotherapy. Here I hope to reduce the stigma attached to seeking mental health treatment by highlighting some of the many benefits of psychotherapy.
It’s Not September Anymore…
...a quick note on suicide awareness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) designates September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. You may be thinking at this point, “That’s great Erin, but it’s not September anymore,” and you’d be right. I wanted to get on the bandwagon last month, but schedules don’t always go as planned, so here is my September blog post delivered to you in October.
