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Connection Mental Health Counseling LLC

Connect • Heal • Grow https://www.therapyden.com/therapist/loreal-donovan

https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/915424

04/09/2022

I am now in-network with Cigna/Evernorth Behavioral Health!

03/21/2022

Have you ever tried a deep breathing exercise that prompted you to change the pace of your breaths? And then felt like you were breathing funny? And then panicked that breathing suddenly became weird and unnatural? This was my experience when I first started practicing deep breathing. With trial and error, I learned which exercises work best for me. I will post a variety of practices over the next few weeks but I am going to start with my favorite- finger breathing. There are several ways to adapt this but I use it by breathing in as I trace up my finger, hold at the top, and breathing out as I trace down. I then repeat this process with all of my fingers. I like this exercise because I can create my own pace with each breath AND the process of tracing my fingers helps ground me to the present moment.

I believe one of the most important things about using ANY skill aimed to improve your wellbeing is to practiceeeeeeeee it. If you were experiencing an increase in your anxiety and then tried to use a skill you have never practiced before, there is the possibility that it may not work. Then you not only are experiencing anxiety, but frustration that your skills aren’t working! Practicing beforehand allows you to troubleshoot and adapt- this will increase the likelihood that you can use the skills confidently and effectively when they are needed. So, practice finger breathing this week and let me know how it goes!

02/16/2022

How can perspective impact your mental health?

"The question is not what you look at, but what you see." -Henry David Thoreau

02/02/2022

Why "Connection" Mental Health Counseling? I believe the path to healing and growth is through connection. Therapy is a space to reconnect to ourselves and to other beings, to find connections in our day-to-day moments, and connection to a greater purpose.

So whether you feel connected to the earth through your toes in the dirt or connected to another being under the same sky- We can heal from the moments we know we are not alone. We can grow as we find balance in our everyday.

To merge our shared humanity and the natural world, our logo was inspired by the shape of an atom and one of my favorite quotes by astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, "We are all connected to each other biologically, to the earth chemically and to the rest of the universe atomically. That’s kinda cool! That makes me smile and I actually feel quite large at the end of that. It’s not that we are better than the universe, we are part of the universe. We are in the universe and the universe is in us."

01/25/2022

An overdue introduction- hello! My name is Loreal Donovan. I am the owner of Connection Mental Health Counseling, a Licensed Professional Counselor in New Jersey, and Nationally Certified Counselor. I work with adults dealing with depression, anxiety, grief, and more. I'm currently training to become a Certified EMDR therapist with hopes to provide counseling services to those struggling with perinatal, birth trauma, and post-partum issues. I will be sharing educational information, coping skills, resources, and whatever inspires me or my clients. Thank you for following!

11/03/2021

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