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 Angela Zender | Jan 11, 2021 | Personal Growth
Starting therapy can be difficult. For people who do choose to go to therapy and commit to working with a counselor every week, it can be helpful. However, there are people who choose to stop weekly sessions before expected. Here are two of the many reasons why some...
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 4, 2020 | eoriole, Lighthouse, Personal Growth
Due to the long term effects of alcohol abuse, binge drinking has become a major public health issue. What is binge drinking? Social, medical and emotional health media categorize “binge- drinking” as a pejorative term. It includes individuals who engage...
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