The Center of Life Counseling - Anxiety, Depression & Trauma Therapist

08/31/2022

We can't teach our children to swim if we're drowning. Our children's nervous system is designed to match our own. The the answer to their chaos is our calm.

The Gottman Institute

10/07/2021

We are born hard-wired for love and connection and to bond with one another.

Feeling love for someone sometimes becomes confusing, unsafe and complicated.

Safely using Opposite Action to Love may be a helpful coping skill.

***Safety***

If you are considering leaving an abusive or life-threatening relationship, call a local domestic violence center hotline or the toll-free National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233) for help with safety planning and a referral to a qualified professional. See also the International Directory of Domestic Violence Agencies (www.hotpeachpages.net)

There are various definitions and aspects of love, the type of love we have for our family vs. friends is different than the type of love we have for our significant others. For the context of this blog we’ll focus on the purpose of love within intimate partner relationships.

10/06/2021

Have you ever experienced fear of separation from your spouse or partner?

Have you totally judged yourself as having an attachment problem or being unhealthy?

Fearing the loss and separation of your partner is a human reaction within intimate relationships.

This natural emotional response can also negatively interfere when attempting to terminate a relationship that is a mismatch between partners attachment styles, values, toxic, unhealthy or abusive.

Holding two emotions both negative and positive

09/08/2021

NEW DBT SKILLS GROUPS:

Starting Regularly, sign up or submit a referral to stay up to date!

LEARN HOW TO:

1. Cope more effectively with intense emotions
2. DBT Skills are taught to reduce self-destructive behaviors
3. Learn more adaptive ways to manage painful emotions.

Pre-Register or Submit a Provider Referral for Our Next DBT SKILLS GROUP Below:

Learn How to Cope Effectively With Dialectical Behavioral Skills Learn how to skillfully change your own behaviors, emotions, and thoughts that are linked to problems in living and are causing misery and distress. Enhance & Strengthen Your Coping Skills:...

09/01/2021

Learn how to skillfully change your own behaviors, emotions, and thoughts that are linked to problems and are causing misery and distress.

New Groups Starting Regularly, sign up or submit a referral to stay up to date!

DBT Skills Training groups are for individuals who would like to:

1. Cope more effectively with intense emotions
2. DBT Skills are taught to reduce self-destructive behaviors
3. Learn more adaptive ways to manage painful emotions.

Virtual Group Highlights

1. DBT Skills Group has a leader and sometimes a co-leader
2. Group lasts 1.5 hours
3. Groups are virtual and conducted via HIPPA Compliant Zoom

Pre-Register or Submit a Provider Referral for Our Next DBT SKILLS GROUP Below:

Learn How to Cope Effectively With Dialectical Behavioral Skills Learn how to skillfully change your own behaviors, emotions, and thoughts that are linked to problems in living and are causing misery and distress. Enhance & Strengthen Your Coping Skills:...

08/31/2021

With so many warnings, updates, check-ins, discussions about upcoming stressful events, our minds can become wired for anxiousness and before you know it everything has become associated with an anxious state and it's difficult to relax.

Schedule time for it.

Create space away from it and protect your self emotionally and mentally.

Create an emotional script if you need to such as the one below. This will allow for your to know when feelings and emotions are based on facts or feelings. Identify the specific cues you want to feel an emotion for and until you see or hear that cue do self-soothing, emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills.

Jessica Richards, LMHC
Owner of The Center of Life Counseling
407-476-1432
www.thecenteroflifecounseling.com

08/29/2021

So excited! We have a new system for our Virtual Skills Groups 😬💕 making it easier than before to access all the skills they need 🙌🏼

08/29/2021

DBT Skills Group: Open and accepting new members.

See what we’re learning each week during our Virtual DBT Skills group!

▪️Running weekly

▪️8 weeks start to finish

▪️DBT Informed

▪️Consecutively running for the next 6 months

▪️Materials will be provided

▪️Referring provider will be updated weekly regarding skills learned

Email: referrals@thecenteroflifecounseling.com

To submit a referral or to register for group!

08/27/2021

We are now running multiple weekly DBT Skills groups virtually!

Our groups are open and running groups and will run continuously for the next 6 months.

We have overhauled our referral processes and sign ups in an effort to stream line coordination of care and decrease the time it takes for individuals to actively join our groups.

We also have overhauled our phone system and have created a direct provider line for referral coordination purposes.

We will now provide weekly updates to individual primary clinicians after each group.

Our DBT skills group is not meant to replace the individual therapy currently being provided. Dialectical behavioral therapy was designed to be a clinical team approach that was meant to include both individual and group skills training concurrently.

08/24/2021

Please click the link to complete this form.

08/24/2021

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08/24/2021