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A child who loves and idolizes his father loses his parent and is made to believe that it is his fault. He runs away, withdrawing from everything and everyone he has ever known. Every great story begins with trauma. The truth is, the above description may fit many stories you’ve heard, but the particular story on my mind is Disney’s The Lion King.
As we try to raise awareness for Mental Health Issues, we are fighting the stigma, support to educate the public and advocate for good supportive policies for people with mental health illness. Each year millions of Americans are faced with the reality that they or someone they know are living with a mental illness.
So you decided you wanted to go to therapy, and have begun the search process to find the right clinician. While this is an important first step, many find that the multitude of phrases that therapists, counselors, and mental health practitioners use to describe their styles can be confusing. The good news is that clinicians generally use the same or similar terms to describe the various aspects of their individual styles.
Christmas is a chore when you have five children. When they were young, like very young, it wasn’t as difficult. But as they got older, the toys and needs got much more expensive. When we were not so wise with our money, we would easily put 2000.00 on a credit card and not have it paid off till the spring. We have tried many different way to do Christmas gifts without breaking the budget.
Have you ever avoided going to family functions because of that one irritating family member or friend? Do you keep to yourself because Uncle Dave brings up politics with you even though you have nothing to say to him? Do you have that one friend that constantly shares their beliefs and world view on you, instigating you into a conversation which inevitably ends up in an argument in which you feel exhausted and stressed?
