by Andrea Serrano | Jan 15, 2021 | Lighthouse, Personal Growth
How to talk about suicide During my work as a crisis counselor in a community session, a common question that would come up a lot is how to talk about suicide to a person who may be experiencing suicidal ideation or might be planning an attempt. I noticed that the...
by Andrea Serrano | Jan 13, 2021 | Lighthouse, Personal Growth
Change is hard, let me just be honest. Change takes time, energy, devotion, and a lot of compassion towards yourself. As a therapist a common denominator that I see in a person being hindered from their change is having all or nothing thinking, black or white, right...
by Andrea Serrano | Jan 8, 2021 | Lighthouse, Personal Growth
Did you know that there are different styles of processing information? I’m not talking about the manner in which we communicate our thoughts, rather the way we integrate new information and turn it into thoughts that we can share with others if we choose. So, what...
by Andrea Serrano | Jan 6, 2021 | EMDR, Lighthouse
Why EMDR? Talk therapy is great, and has been proven to help many people. However, when we experience any type of trauma, or have a negative belief that is deeply engraved – those traumas and beliefs are stored in the right brain, and we talk in the left...
by Andrea Serrano | Dec 28, 2020 | eoriole, Lighthouse, Personal Growth
The human capacity to search for happiness seems endless. My experience, within the counseling field, demonstrates that this endless search is often external. To seek happiness, fulfillment or peace through unrealistic dreams, addictions or even other people, is a...
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