Individualized Clinical Treatment for Mental Health and Addiction Disorders
If you have identified as having mental health therapy, then you need probably experienced regular feelings of anxiety and stress. Studies show that applying relaxation techniques can help reduce stress and increase your relaxation response. By increasing your relaxation skills, you are can reduce your flight-or-fight effect that is often triggered at times of enhanced …
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Why is it so hard to change a behaviour? What prevents us from eradicating a bad habit when we know the action is harmful to us? Behavioural psychologist James Prochaska breaks down the stages in which an addict is capable of enacting change into five categories; Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, and Maintenance. Determine where you …
Prioritizing your mental health is one key to living a more fulfilling life. Apply these seven tips to actively improve your mental health and get more out of life. Create a mental health plan: All successful outcomes begin with a plan. Construct a proactive action plan to carve out an environment conducive to a healthy …
Consider how a lack of support and guidance while growing up may have influenced development. Children growing up in dysfunctional homes seldom have access to the emotional support and guidance they need or want. Envision yourself at different key stages in your childhood. In a journal, write about emotional support or guidance you may have …
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The Tree-Part Formula The Behavior + My Feelings + Action Request Identifying the behavior(s) of the other person that is the direct trigger for your feelings. Identify how the other person is making you feel. Do not say, “You made me feel this way.” Say instead, “Your behavior made me feel this way.” Behavior can …
Visualizing When visualizing, you use your imagination to create a powerful motivating image in your mind’s eye. Imagination is an ability that everyone has, though few of us make full use of its enormous potential. Many people, instead, use their imaginations to think about all the horrible things that could happen. They catastrophize about what …
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Learning to relax your body and your thoughts is a wonderful skill to master. If you can do this, you will feel incredibly relaxed and safely remain on the SACRED road to recovery. There are many methods of relaxation that range from meditation to biofeedback. But the relaxation method that is probably the easiest to …
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Children who grow up in a psycho-traumatic environment develop borderline behaviour patterns that are driven by fear, anger, and incredible sadness. As these children grow into young adults, they seek out ways of coping with their intensive and unstable feelings and behaviour. Some will turn to “pleasure” addictions such as alcohol, drugs, or sex and …
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Life can often feel full of confusion. Confusion about what to think, feel, and do. Confusion about where to turn for help. Confusion about what the future will throw at us next. However, by talking about the things that are bothering us we can learn to feel better without the use of drugs, alcohol, sex, …
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If part of your recommended treatments for depression consists of mental health therapy, there are some essential things you need to consider when trying to find a therapist who can successfully assist you in your recovery. It all depends upon locating a specialist who can fulfill your specific requirements. You are a unique person whose …
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