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Self-Harm Scars: Whether or Not to Show Them Is Your Decision Alone

Whether or not to show your self-harm scars is a decision only you can make. It’s important to make the decision that helps you stay safe and feel confident.

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Coping with Grief During the Holiday Season: 12 Tips and Quotes

The holiday season can feel heavier than any other time when you’re grieving, and you don’t have to force yourself to celebrate. Here are 12 compassionate ways to get through the holidays at your own pace, with space for whatever you’re feeling.

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The Symptoms of High-Functioning Depression: Can You Be Depressed but Still High Functioning?

High-functioning depression can be hard to recognize because you’re still getting things done even while you feel drained or numb inside. But you deserve support just like anyone else.

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Power of Vulnerability

Vulnerability isn’t about being fragile; it’s about being real. In this post, we’ll explore how openness can strengthen relationships, build courage, and remind us we don’t have to do life alone.

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Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Answers to Your FAQs

Ketamine-assisted therapy can help you find relief from depression, even if nothing else has worked before.

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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy: Benefits of Ketamine Therapy

Ketamine-assisted therapy is offering new hope for people who haven’t found relief with traditional antidepressants or talk therapy alone. In this article, we’ll break down the research-backed benefits and why it might be worth considering — especially for treatment-resistant depression and PTSD.

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Anxiety

Get A Better Relationship With Your Anxiety

The root of anxiety pretty much lies in one thing: uncertainty.

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OCD

Severe OCD and Afraid to Leave the House – How to Cope With “OCD Agoraphobia”

OCD can get so severe that you feel terrified of leaving your home. But staying in can actually be a compulsive behavior, and get you caught in an OCD loop. Here’s how to cope.

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The OCD Cycle: How to Get Out of an OCD Loop

Have you heard of the OCD cycle? People with OCD can get caught in OCD thought loops, which drives them deeper and deeper into obsessions and compulsions. Here’s how you can break the OCD cycle with the help of OCD treatment.

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OCD Is Ruining My Life: What You Can Do

Is OCD ruining your life? Unmanaged OCD symptoms can do that — but with treatment, you can limit the negative impact that OCD has on your life and reach all of your goals. In this blog, we walk you through 4 steps to take now if OCD is ruining your life.

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Are People With OCD Considered Neurodivergent?

For instance, most people with OCD had experienced the cycle of obsessions at some other point in their childhood, and it might have gone unnoticed or misdiagnosed.

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Know the Difference Between OCD and Anxiety Disorder

All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.

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What Having Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Really Means

"I'm so OCD." Agh! Even just the grammar of it is annoying.

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Relationships

A Therapist in Phoenix AZ Answers: What Is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) For Couples, and How Can It Help You?

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Is Couples Therapy Covered By Insurance?

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Are Situationships Bad for Mental Health? According to Many People, Yes.

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Take This "Do I Want to Get a Divorce Quiz" by Licensed Couples Therapists

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Stop Fighting in a Relationship: Break the Cycle of Conflict

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6 Ways to Rekindle the Romance and Strengthen Your Long-Term Relationship

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Trauma

What actually happens during Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)? | EMDR Therapy in Phoenix & Glendale AZ

You may have heard of EMDR. But what actually happens during a session? Here's what to expect.

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CPTSD vs BPD: Understanding Complex PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder

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Can past trauma ruin a relationship? Learn how your trauma history could be affecting your relationship today.

If you’re feeling like the past trauma you’ve been through is ruining your relationship, you’re not alone. But there is a way to process trauma and unlearn the painful and untrue core beliefs that it may have caused.

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Can Trauma & PTSD Cause Memory Loss? For Some People, It Can – Here’s How to Cope

Can trauma cause memory loss? Research shows that it sometimes can, but the relationship between trauma and memory loss is more complex than you may think. Here, we talk about the science behind trauma and memory loss and how to cope.

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Epigenetic Trauma: Can Trauma Be Passed Down Genetically?

You may have heard of intergenerational trauma, or the idea that trauma can be passed down from one generation to the next. But is trauma genetic? Here’s the scientific explanation of epigenetic trauma, and how trauma can sometimes be passed down genetically.

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The Hidden Effects of Trauma in Relationships

Unresolved trauma can damage your relationships and keep you from having the healthy relationship you deserve.

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