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Isaiah Morehead Counseling PLLC

A Washington-based. Trauma-focused. Teletherapy Private Practice.

08/27/2023

Everyone has goals, and I've noticed a startling number of my clients, or people I have worked with struggle to initiate this process. I have found that often they get mired in the big picture, or knowing where they want to be, but struggle to do initiate anything. They try to jump from point "A" to "Z." They're thinking ahead, which isn't all bad, but give up focusing on tasks at hand.

What I found helpful is breaking things down, writing out tasks, and having a respect for gradual improvement over time. Lots of people focus more on the results and outcomes, than the effort they put in, so they put things off until they need to do them. Despite this high pressure work style often producing results, it's high stakes, and is not sustainable long-term.

Instead, focus on building the small victories (they add up over time), view failures as opportunities to improve, and reach out to people who have more expertise than you when you get stuck. Life is hard enough without putting yourself down.

08/05/2023

Maybe some of us don't even feel that we are worthy of being loved, but if we discard the honest sincerity of others, and discard them as false, we will never be loved.

06/26/2023

This is a process I commonly work through with my clients. People say relationships are about communication, but you have to know what you're communicating about. Here's a cheat sheet for working through relational conflict:

Articulate your feelings: "I feel__________"

Make sure whoever is listening is actually trying to understand, "I hear you saying____________." Correct as necessary.

Convey boundaries. Remember, boundaries are just needs and expectations we have with others, either stated or unstated. Don't assume, verify them, "I need...I want...I expect..." Use the second picture to help identify these.

Give examples of what these boundaries came look like for you. Refer to your love languages.

06/04/2023

People pleasers, this one is for you. It's important to know the difference between being validating and supportive versus being in agreement with someone. Validating anyone does not necessarily mean you have the agree with them. If you validate by agreeing with everyone, then that means you are not standing on your own two feet, formulating your own insights, or by any sense being authentic or original. Be honest, but not cruel; empathetic, but not enabling.

05/19/2023

Hey all --- it's been awhile since my last post! Intentions and perceptions are something I have run into a lot lately in sessions. In session, sometimes clients care too much about peoples' perceptions, while others care far too little.

Sometimes, in order to deal with conflict, people can play off how it does not matter what others think, or try to defend themselves with their own intentions, which come off as justifications in arguments. Remember people: listen and try to understand why someone is upset.

Any sort of productive conflict resolution around the expression of emotions has feelings focused on actions, tone, words, etc. Make sure you understand how they feel toward what you did, said, or sounded. People's feelings toward you have very little to do with you---so don't take it personally---but if said consistently enough, can impact how you feel about yourself. So, after hearing them out, let your intentions be known. This creates a dialogue. Point being, be like Ted Lasso: Be curious!

04/10/2023

It's good to take breaks every once in a while, and visiting friends in Nashville is a great way to do it. Let's take a lesson from the country star, Johnny Cash's, book and learn to integrate our failures into our present toward how we move forward.

04/05/2023

I always tell my clients that anger is always valid, but it's almost never valid. Often times people can wonder whether anger is a learned of innate, good or bad. But people's opinions and views of anger and how they end up dealing with it varies from person to person. It's helpful to understand that aggression is innate, and much like resilience, learning how to integrate it is a learned skill.

03/19/2023

Perfectionism is a common trait I see in several of my clients that I see. It is often characteristic of several young students, striving the achieve higher education, status, financial security, etc. and who often are unable to fully engage with others for fear of being seen as anything less than exceptional, competent, or adequate at what they are doing, which directly is connected to who they feel they intrinsically are and the value they carry.

This can be particularly frustrating, especially when entering into new areas in life where collaboration with others, or just basic enjoyment of trying new things comes more to the foreground. Remember, we cannot expect ourselves to be experts right from the get go, just like we cannot fault others for not knowing our expectations we have of them without communicating what they are. Check your expectations, and know in what you put your value.

03/11/2023

Still stressed at this point? Here's some reminders!

03/09/2023

Quote time! Viktor Frankl was an Austrian-Jewish Psychiatrist who survived the N**i Holocaust, movingly recounted in his landmark book, "A Man's Search for Meaning." Frankl is known for his well-known therapeutic approach called logotherapy, focused on the future and on our ability to endure hardship and suffering through a patient's search for purpose.

Frankl has grown to be a somewhat controversial figure, often criticized for the questionable moral actions taken to survive in spite of horrific events. Often times we contemporaries conflate how we never would do something had we been put in the position, and so fail recognizing how little we actually know ourselves in those moments where we are met with the crucibles in life which involve, necessitate even, suffering to go on, or to grow. Frankl believed it was by meaning that we have direction, purpose, and a driving force to push through hardship adversity every day. So often we concern ourselves with the "who" or "what": consider and think about the "why."

02/23/2023

Hey guys, have you been struggling to meet your goals this year? Sometimes life can get in the way, but sometimes we can be our own biggest barrier. Mindset often plays a role more than we give credit for. When our mindset is fixed, we stay stuck. But when we allow ourselves to grow, we are better able to role with the punches. Check this out to find out more!

02/22/2023

Hate insurance? So does your therapist. Here's a post to find out more! 🤓

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PO Box 31751
Seattle, WA
98103

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Monday	12pm - 6pm
Tuesday	10am - 6pm
Wednesday	10am - 6pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	12pm - 5pm

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https://www.isaiahmcounseling.com/

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