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The Truth About Valentine’s Day: It’s More About Effort Than You Think! The truth about Valentine’s Day is that it is thought of as a day to celebrate romantic relationships. The thing is that buying gifts, cards, chocolate, and engaging in special “dates” isn’t just for life partners. As we begin to approach this […]
How to Become an LMFT How does one become an LMFT? Great question – and we get asked how do therapists become therapists ALL the time! I am often asked how to become a therapist and what path I took to become one. There are often a lot of assumptions surrounding the process. And […]
Gray Divorce On The Rise Recently the New York Times discussed a new phenomena known as “Gray Divorce”. Gray Divorce is a trend being seen of people over 50 getting divorced. And seemingly correlating with “empty nests” (after the children leave the home) and a variety of other factors. The gray divorce trend seems […]
“I Hate my Therapist” It is startling how often we are told “I hate my therapist” and that is why clients are requesting services. Many clients show up to the first session, called an intake, and discuss how terrible their experiences have been in therapy thus far. Oftentimes, a session or two is spent […]
Supporting A Transgender Teen and Their Family in Transitioning Part of our work at Life Coaching and Therapy (LCAT) is supporting transgender teen clients and their families to adjust. Coming out as a transgender teen is a process. Often, it is complex for teens and their families, because it is a transition for the […]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The purpose of Mental Health Awareness in May is to create opportunities to advocate about mental health and why it’s important. I cannot say enough the importance of building more awareness, education, and compassion around various aspects of mental health. Mental […]
What is Demisexuality? Demisexuality is a broad sexual identity that focuses on sexual attraction being strongly linked to someone’s emotional bond with someone. Someone who is demisexual does not [often] feel attraction without emotional connection. Someone who is demisexual can be attracted to any gender or person and may identify as straight or same or […]
Stop Technology Addiction by Setting Boundaries with Social Media Engagement Do you have a technology addiction where you spend hours scrolling? Maybe technology, television, or social media is more appealing than spending time with others. If you are missing out on what you love though, learn to set boundaries with social media engagement and […]
What is Complex PTSD [Complex Post Traumatic Stress] Complex Post Traumatic Stress or C-PTSD is something we see and hear a lot about in our lives. C-PTSD refers to someone who has experienced long term trauma that has resulted in a variety of symptoms and impacts on the individual and their system. What Is […]
Social Media Therapy – “I Saw on Tik Tok [or Instagram]” Generally speaking, and more frequently since COVID started, many individuals are engaging in social media therapy. “I saw it on Tik Tok or Instagram” is now a common occurrence. The purpose of this blog is to address this phenomenon and provide tools to […]
What to Do When You Think Your Life Sucks? Today, we are explaining how we help clients when they say “my life sucks”. Life sucks is a common thing heard in sessions these days and clients often ask us “why does my life suck,” in hopes that they can shift their life around. Life […]
The Importance of Being Understood Instead of Right Fighting in Relationships A common issue we hear from our clients is communication, their lack of being understood and “right fighting” for a particular perspective. Many couples will say in a session “we can’t communicate.” Clinically, this may signify that the therapist will “translate” […]
What is Gender Dysphoria? Gender dysphoria is the term used when someone experiences distress from their body based on their gender identity or expression. In other words, someone who was born biologically one sex and assigned a specific gender. If this person feels distressed surrounding their body, genitals, and / or other aspects […]
How Do Therapists Become Therapists? I am often asked how to become a therapist and what path I took to become one. There are often a lot of assumptions surrounding the process and so I wanted to offer some insight for people who either want to become one, have a therapist, or just are […]
