Approval Seeking
A stronger sense of self should lead to a stronger connection.
Borderline Personality Disorder
There are several things that people don’t know are common symptoms associated with BPD.
Re-parenting work
What is re-parenting and how to begin.From the Holistic Psychologist.
Happiness is fleeting
Happiness vs. Satisfaction.
pre-addiction? Is it like pre-diabetes?
Pre-addiction and how to look out for it.
Introversion and finding joy
Joy in being boring?
Ways to start 2022!
Great tips for starting out the year with intention.
Do you gaslight yourself?
People can be gaslit by others, but here is how you might gaslight yourself.
Care vs. Cure
By Bradon Grove, ACMHC psychotherapist at Mountain Valley Counseling The word ‘psychology’ comes from the Greek ‘psychos’ meaning ‘soul.’ Modern psychology is at odds with this, often focusing on study of the brain, behavior, and a kind of emotional hygiene that searches for an end to pain. Its etymological root suggests instead that psychological practice is aimed at something deeper; a quality or dimension of experiencing life and ourselves, based on attending to the symptoms our psyches use to communicate with us. What gets left out between these two definitions? In the rational, cognitive, behavioral view of psychology – often referred to as the medical model – therapy is often conducted with the goal of eradicating pain, trouble, and anomaly, through steady application of concepts and procedures designed to affect outcomes that have been predetermined to result in better living by careful research design and generally accepted views of what…