Deena Wolfe MA, LPC

08/20/2022

I am available to supervise LPC registered associates in Oregon. If you are looking for a supervisor or know someone who might be get in touch!

03/25/2020

06/04/2019

My parents lived good lives and expected to die good deaths. They exercised daily, ate plenty of fruits and vegetables, and kept, in their well-organized files, boilerplate advance health directives. But when he was 79, my beloved and seemingly vigorous father came up from his basement study, put on...

11/21/2018

An extremely relatable and much needed post! ♥️🙌🏼🔵




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I'll go down a depressive path, for weeks, sometimes for over a month.

I'll feel the suffocating pressure of wanting to feel better. To stop putting my family through my 'moods'. To reply to those read messaged from friends. To unfog my mind so I can actually function while at work.

I worry that I'm letting everyone down and that I'm pi***ng everyone off.
And maybe they are pi**ed off 🤷‍♀️ (more than likely, they aren't pi**ed off. We always see things more negatively than they actually are)

But that shouldn't be a problem I need to bare. It's not something I should even give a thought about.

The priority here is me. Is YOU. Going through some tough s**t mentally, for whatever reason or for no reason. It's painful, it's confusing and it can be very frightening.

We don't need to continue adding fuel to our mental fire worrying about the whos and whats, the implications of our illness on others.

This is a time we need to be a little selfish. To say no and be comfortable that we are doing what we feel we need, in that moment.
Some days I don't have the mental energy to joke with friends or even think about meeting up. But I will have the energy to beat myself up for ignoring friends and not meeting up - go figure eh?

I'll have the energy to self loath over how I treat my partner, but not enough energy to sit next to him and tell him how I feel.

Mental illness is a fu**ed up realm.
We can't carry the perceived burden of what we are doing to others. We need to give ourselves a break and the time to heal, for however long that may take.

07/19/2018

All the messages urging us to be more vigilant about su***de carry a devastating flip side for family members of people who take their lives: the sense that they did not do enough.

07/12/2018

This is Bereaved Parents Month. John Maddox posted this powerful photo with the following quote, "We may look as if we carry on with our lives as before. We may even have times of joy and happiness. Everything may seem “normal”. But THIS,
“Emptiness” is how we all feel...all the time." ❤️ God Bless those who have lost a child. (The artwork is called Melancholy by Albert György & is on display in Geneva, Switzerland) Read more about the piece and artist here --> https://totallybuffalo.com/a-sculpture-that-creates-intense-emotion/

HOW YOU CAN GET A REPLICA OR PRINT: https://totallybuffalo.com/replicas-and-prints-available/

An amazing gift from the artist. Amazingly - we received this incredible gift from the sculptor. https://totallybuffalo.com/an-amazing-gift-sent-all-the-way-from-budapest-hungary/

06/07/2018

17 top experts in the field share practical strategies for working with feelings of inadequacy. 50% off before registration closes.

06/06/2018

With save the dates covering my fridge it is becoming hard to deny that wedding season is upon us. Though …

04/17/2018

Federal Occupational Health. Improving the health, safety, and productivity of our Federal employees.

04/08/2018

😊🙁😒😡😱

The Story of Overcoming Trauma in Disney/Pixar’s ‘Inside-Out’

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