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We are dedicated to bringing you free therapy resources and relevant information related to psychologists, therapists, psychology, and therapy. In this section, you’ll find a series of articles and studies conducted on various therapy subjects, along with self-help tips and editorials.

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Our articles and therapy resources include information on our licensed therapists, dialectical behavior therapy (or DBT), couples counseling, marriage therapy, family therapy, child therapy, post-traumatic stress disorder (or PTSD), cognitive behavioral therapy (or CBT), obsessive-compulsive disorder (or OCD), depression, grief, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (or EMDR).

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How to Begin Therapy

You may feel nervous about contacting a therapist. That anxiety is perfectly normal. But having the courage to overcome that anxiety Read More...

Healthy Eating Habits For Healthy Families
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Over the last 30 years, the rate of childhood obesity has tripled, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More...

Helping Children Be Gentle in This Violent World
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In a world where violence and cruelty seem so common, many parents wonder what they can do to help their children become kinder and gentler Read More...

Getting to the Goals – The Journey of Setting Them and Getting Them
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Dream big! That’s what I tell my students and clients whenever I do a “goals list” exercise in a class or a session. I do this Read More...

Healthy Divorce: How to make your split as smooth as possible
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No one enters into a marriage expecting it to fail. Still, more than 20 percent of first marriages end in divorce within five years, Read More...

TEACHING CHILDREN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ( E.Q.)
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As parents, we all want our children to succeed in both the academic and the emotional realms of their lives. Parents and teachers can Read More...

Protect Against Age-Related Cognitive Decline With Healthy Fats
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A team of researchers at the University of Bari-Policlinico in Bari, Italy, using prevalence data from the Italian Longitudinal Study Read More...

Guarding Against Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
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Nearly 60 percent of people worldwide incorrectly believe that Alzheimer’s disease is a typical part of aging. In fact, Alzheimer’s Read More...

Healthy Eating Habits for Children and Adolescents
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Over the last 30 years, the rate of childhood obesity has tripled, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More...

Exercise versus Medication for Depression
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 There is a growing number of studies suggesting that regular aerobic exercise is effective as a treatment for major depression. Here Read More...

Making Stepfamilies Work
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The so-called “blended family” is no longer an aberration in American society, including right here in Portland. It’s Read More...

Eating Disorders – A Detailed Article
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In a society that continues to prize thinness even as Americans become heavier than ever before, almost everyone worries about their Read More...

Emotional Abuse Hurts Children As Much As Physical Abuse
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A recent article in the journal Pediatrics indicates that emotional abuse of children is not only severely damaging but difficult to Read More...

The Stigma of Therapy Prevents Adolescents from Seeking Help
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 The Stigma of Mental Illness and Needing Therapy Prevents Adolescents from Seeking Help A new study published in the Journal of Nursing Read More...

Painful Shyness In Children and Adults
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Painful Shyness In Children and Adults Avoidance or inhibition creates problems for the painfully shy and for those around them. Examples Read More...

Diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder
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Recently an 8-year-old boy diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was put on stimulants. Soon afterward the child, Read More...

Doctors: How to Assess Alcohol and Substance Abuse
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Doctors: Tips For Assessing Alcohol and Substance Abuse By Bonnie Mucklow, LPC, LMFT, CAC III The football season we enjoyed in past Read More...

How Do I Choose a Therapist?
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Look for someone who specializes in your area of concern: someone whose credentials announce their field of expertise such as “Licensed Read More...

Anxiety and the Anniversary of a Traumatic Event
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Anxiety and sadness may increase on the anniversary of a traumatic event. Anniversary dates of traumatic events can reactivate thoughts Read More...

Children with ADD or Bipolar Disorder Have Certain Nutritional Needs

The full article on this topic was released by the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service. We are providing excerpts below as a public Read More...

Can A Person Be Seriously Depressed Without Feeling Depressed?
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Major Depressive Disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis that is used to classify and define severe depression. Naturally enough, we may Read More...

Does Your Anxiety Need a Professional Counselor?
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Anxiety is an inevitable part of everyday life. If you didn’t feel any anxiety in response to everyday challenges involving potential Read More...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Counseling
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a normal response by normal people to an abnormal event. The severity of the exposure to the Read More...