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Save a Life: Learn to Safety Plan
When you or a friend are thinking of suicide, fear is a natural reaction. The fear makes it difficult to think of a good approach.
Understanding Suicide: 5 Red Flags
Suicide carries intense stigma for the person who carries it out, and in many areas, it is considered illegal. It is, in a sense, a
What’s Wrong With Me? Understanding Anxiety
When you’re feeling anxious, it’s easy to ask, “what’s wrong with me?” It feels like the emotions and body sensations you feel when you’re anxious
Healing Compassion Fatigue: When You Just Don’t Care
Our last blog post talked about what compassion fatigue is and how it compares to PTSD and burnout. It did not, however, answer questions about how you
What Is Compassion Fatigue? A Helpers Injury
Self-care discussions for helping professions frequently involve terms like burnout and compassion fatigue. Sometimes, these discussions imply that these terms are interchangable. But are they
Attached to Your Therapist: It’s not a Bad Thing
One of the questions often asked in online forums is “Am I too attached to my therapist?” This question leads clients to leave therapy before
5 Options for Drug and Alcohol Treatment
When you’re struggling with drugs or alcohol, deciding where to go for treatment is difficult. There are so many different levels of care, and you
Building a Successful Relapse Prevention Plan
Quitting alcohol or other drugs is hard. Relying on willpower alone sets you up to relapse. But that’s not because you’re not strong enough. Instead,
What Causes Addiction: Its Not A Moral Failing
For years, society looked at addiction as a moral failing. If you used drugs or drank too much alcohol, you were making a bad choice.