Forward Ethos

Forward Ethos Forward Ethos Counseling is your personal counseling service, in-person and online, serving Oakland, Sacramento, & and the states of California & Iowa.

We provide a variety of therapeutic methods and specialties with free consultations & online scheduling

07/22/2022

This is the time you WILL be heard. You WILL be understood. You WILL be accepted! Your healing starts today. Schedule right now!

07/12/2022

15 minutes can change your whole life. Your mindset. Your relationships. Your career. All from the comfort of your home, in your bed. We take your insurance. Book now and let’s start talking about moving your life forward, for real this time.

05/12/2022

Balancing all your needs in finding therapy can be hard, but it doesn't need to be. It’s a matter of clarifying your priorities.
On price, you prioritize financial peace.
On the issue, you prioritize support & expertise.
On modality, you prioritize choosing effectivity.

This doesn’t mean choosing one guarantee not getting the others, but deciding what you can live with and be aware that there is a balance that will come into account.

Great therapists are available no matter what you choose, just make sure it fits for you!

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05/12/2022

Balancing all your needs in finding therapy can be hard, but it doesn't need to be. It’s a matter of clarifying your priorities.
On price, you prioritize financial peace.
On the issue, you prioritize support & expertise.
On modality, you prioritize choosing effectivity.

This doesn’t mean choosing one guarantee not getting the others, but deciding what you can live with and be aware that there is a balance that will come into account.

Great therapists are available no matter what you choose, just make sure it fits for you!

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We all prioritize what is most important to us when searching for therapist. No matter what you prioritize there is a se...
05/09/2022

We all prioritize what is most important to us when searching for therapist. No matter what you prioritize there is a service that can help you.
Balancing between our various needs isn’t always easy, but getting help is the bottom line.

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05/08/2022

“Motherhood is unselfishness.” -Popsugar
This has been the message sent to moms for decades, if not centuries. Motherhood requires sacrifice, selflessness, and disregard for oneself to love another. We say this has to stop. Good mothering requires a commitment to self fullness. It requires deep self-reflection, self-care, self-forgiveness, and self prioritization.

Often the worst cases of child abuse come from the resentment and self-hate that a mother feels, for themselves and the decisions they have made on the journey to motherhood. The mother often rejects a child in reaction to their shame and anger of self-abandonment or neglect.

When we decide to bring life into this world, our first job as mothers is to fully mother ourselves. Fully finding overflowing love in one's self will be the bucket from which overflows to one's child. This is the true job of motherhood.

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Let’s talk about cost! Therapy is considered to be notoriously expensive. However, that’s only because it is often not p...
05/05/2022

Let’s talk about cost! Therapy is considered to be notoriously expensive. However, that’s only because it is often not paid for in the way that other medical expenses are. Often, therapists have to go out of the insurance system in order to be paid a decent wage for their work, while other healthcare workers are often paid well for their services, it is not so for most therapists.

They pay therapists who also require a similar amount of schooling, give or take a year or two (i.e academic rigor, and student debt, training and testing to be licensed) a quarter of the rate.

On top of that, insurance companies only pay half their rates in fees and half of that or more comes from your co-pay. They often reject payments without explanation.

Furthermore, insurance companies make therapists sign confidentialty clauses preventing them from publicizing or disclosing what therapists are paid for their services, which hampers advocacy.

If you do need to use insurance, however, there are many ways to find out what therapist is covered by your insurance. You can use tools like Psychology Today, Inclusive Therapists, Therapy Den, and many more, which are all great options for ensuring that you find a therapist who takes your insurance.

Companies like Alma or Path try to make this process seamless. And services like Advekit try to utilize your out-of-network benefits to get you covered. They work with your insurances to utilize the portion of your benefits that you are entitled to, and pay for, but often go unused.

Lastly, if you really cannot afford the full rate of your therapist, or insurance does not cover it, you can try options like Open Path, or ask your therapist if they have a sliding scale fee.

These are some cost effective ways to ensure that therapy is accessible to you. If you are truly unable to afford therapy, you may qualify for coverage through your state’s Medicaid program.

If all else fails, you can also use support materials, like Depression: A Guidebook, a therapeutic journal that offers evidence-based therapy sessions through guided exercises to improve your symptoms until you can find full care.

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05/04/2022

For this year's Mental Health Awareness Month, we are spotlighting the process required for getting the therapy you need to move your life forward.

Step 2: Find a therapist who is trained in the modalities you need.

Therapists often specialize in certain issues. Though all may have experience with various issues, often they have areas they are most passionate about or have overwhelming expertise.

Depression and anxiety are often best treated by CBT or DBT.
For PTSD, try TF-CBT or EMDR.
For relationship issues- Gottman is often helpful.
And there are so many more… though it can be a little less straightforward than calling your nearest local therapist, finding a therapist who is at least trained in the issues you face goes a long way toward increasing the likelihood of effectiveness.

Questions to ask:
What level of training and experience do you or your clinical team have in treating {insert issue}?
What percentage of your current caseload are you treating for XYZ?
What does your treatment plan for this issue look like?
Roughly what percent of your clients would you say have shown measurable improvement from their symptoms?

Even if they cannot answer with confidence, it’s not necessarily a deal breaker. If they can offer you a plan of action that is tangible and collaborative, like perhaps a plan for future integration of effective modalities, you have a therapist that is committed to your growth and progress. This will help you move your life forward.

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For this year's Mental Health Awareness Month, we are spotlighting the process required for getting the help you need in...
05/03/2022

For this year's Mental Health Awareness Month, we are spotlighting the process required for getting the help you need in therapy.

The process of finding a therapist can be cumbersome, but with a few guidelines, you can find a therapeutic fit that helps you move your life forward.

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Step 1: Try to get a good sense of what your most prominent problem is. Are you feeling primarily sad, worried, shocked, lost, or numb? Are you having a relationship or family problems, or career issues?

By taking

05/01/2022

Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! Take time out to prioritize your emotional well-being. Take a walk on the beach, journal, sit in the sun, take a long bath, schedule therapy. You are worth it! Be gentle with yourself and others!
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Therapists are often fighting the battle of trying to figure out how to provide the best possible care to their clients ...
04/22/2022

Therapists are often fighting the battle of trying to figure out how to provide the best possible care to their clients with limited resources.
Trainings are often costly and time-intensive, two things that are often in short supply.

But the results often show, in the therapeutic process. Creating experiences that can scar clients and deter them from seeking therapy at all. From dismissive or dictatorial attitudes or thoughts to excessive self-disclosure to allowing clients to do the emotional labor of educating them on issues of diversity.

A therapist is only as good as their training. Undertrained therapists can cause harm to minority populations without realizing it if they are not adequately trained in culturally competent therapy practices. The microaggressions that people of color face in the world and need therapy for are often the same issues they faced in therapy.

These experiences serve to discourage people from seeking the therapy they desperately need and in a community where therapy is already strongly stigmatized. By making it standard practice to create culturally responsible therapy we will be able to stem the tide of therapy trauma specifically for people of color from becoming another barrier to getting mental health care.

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Poor experiences with therapists can cause irreparable harm to a person unaware that they are receiving support from an ...
04/21/2022

Poor experiences with therapists can cause irreparable harm to a person unaware that they are receiving support from an inadequately trained therapist.

This in no way means getting rid of therapists. We need more not fewer therapists. We can improve access to trainings by making access affordable. Evidence-based treatment training creates a strong toolkit for therapists so they can do their jobs more effectively. Stop gouging therapists who are already overworked and underpaid just to trying to do their job better. Make access to therapies more affordable.

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Forward Ethos is an effort to use mental health along with spiritual practices and understandings to create a place of balance for anyone who desires it. We provide dialogue, support and resources to overcome day-to-day struggles, as well as provide a springboard for healthy community. We intend this to be a place for people to come to feel understood and accepted, and supported to grow.

We design our content to be approachable, educational, and collaborative. Our mission is to help anyone who wants to live their best life. With this in mind, please take a look around. Read some blogs, use some of our worksheets, share what you like, and please feel free to message us with any questions or comments. If you would like to join us on this journey of living Forward, please sign up to be a part of our membership community! We appreciate you, and the time you decide to spend here. We pray for your success and freedom on your wellness journey.