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Thrive Therapy & Counseling provides high quality therapy to Highly Sensitive People and to kids, teens or adults struggling with anxiety, depression or self-esteem.
This blog is written by a therapist in midtown Sacramento and focuses on the concerns and struggles of highly sensitive people (HSPs) and of kids, teens and adults struggling with depression, anxiety or just trying to figure out what they want for themselves. There's help and hope through counseling and therapy!
Anyone here ever struggled with setting a boundary? Ever agonized over a decision that would be easily made by someone else? Yep, my hand is raised high on this one! Setting boundaries is hard. And, oh-so-necessary. And did I mention hard? For many of us HSPs, setting boundaries does not come naturally.
Read MoreWe all worry about bullying and cyber-bullying faced by our kids. Kids bullying kids, and teens bullying teens are HUGE topics of concerns. But today, I want to focus on a sneakier version of bullying, and it’s one that parents may unknowingly model to their kids!
Read MoreIt’s 7:46pm. Dinner’s over, dishes are loaded, and you’re ready to relax to some much needed TV Zen time. Scandal is on tonight which fills your heart with glee, and you wonder if you’re feeling in a white or red wine mood. Then another thought hits you— your son hasn’t finished his math homework yet. All thoughts of relaxing with a glass of wine are dashed and anxiety steps in instead of Olivia Pope. A sense of dread fills you because you know that convincing your son to finish his homework is gonna be rough. It shouldn’t be this hard, right? But it is.
Read MoreHi there. How are you? Ohhh, you sound a little tired, a bit worn down, kinda draggy and not quite your best self. Ever tell yourself that if you could just get yourself to do X, you’re pretty sure your life would shift in the direction you want? Ever feel like you need some space and support to actually face big changes or big feelings so that you can move through them? Well, my friend, I’m writing this letter for you. We’ve all been there--life can become so hectic with all the “must do’s” that we never quite get around to the “it would make me feel so much better if I . . . do’s”.
Read MoreUncertainty. It's a word that dredges up dread and fear in the hearts of most of us. We usually do our best to fight against uncertainty, ignore it or at least, remain in complete denial. Yet, we live with uncertainty every single day, even though most of us go around pretending as if we have total control. Then, when we come face-to-face with the realization that we, in fact, do not have complete control, or when we find ourselves in a situation that's not familiar or predictable, we may fall apart. We may become obsessed with the fact that we do not know what to expect, and sometimes we let this unravel us or create so much anxiety that we check out of our lives and get stuck in our heads.
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