Decisions – Basic Steps Mental Health https://basicsteps.life Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:27:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 https://basicsteps.life/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-basic-steps-mental-health-siteicon-3-32x32.png Decisions – Basic Steps Mental Health https://basicsteps.life 32 32 156554076 Assessments for the Courts – My Battle https://basicsteps.life/2025/08/assessments-for-the-courts-my-battle/ https://basicsteps.life/2025/08/assessments-for-the-courts-my-battle/#respond Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:00:08 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=6553 It was inevitable that I’d write about the legal system. Doing Mental Health and Substance Use Evaluations for court proceedings pits one genre against another. The courts try to decide what is right or wrong, but according to Spiritual Psychology, there is no right or wrong—only learning. How do I survive my interactions with the […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2025/08/assessments-for-the-courts-my-battle/feed/ 0 6553 Special Memory #8 https://basicsteps.life/2024/08/special-memory-8/ https://basicsteps.life/2024/08/special-memory-8/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:23:47 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=5023 There are some interesting experiences as a therapist, which have aided me in being the best therapist I can be. When life and death situations presented themselves in my practice, I wasn’t that prepared to deal with them. As a college intern, my first placement was at Tarzana Treatment Center, a facility just north of […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2024/08/special-memory-8/feed/ 0 5023 Who Am I? https://basicsteps.life/2024/05/who-am-i/ https://basicsteps.life/2024/05/who-am-i/#respond Tue, 07 May 2024 17:51:49 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=4234 A common theme this week has been people trying to discover their own identity. Who am I? Why am I alive? Is there some special purpose for me? Or, am I destined to struggle day in and day out, simply exist, and then die? What is the point? Is there a reason that we are […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2024/05/who-am-i/feed/ 0 4234 Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place? https://basicsteps.life/2023/02/caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/ https://basicsteps.life/2023/02/caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2023 17:00:06 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=3504 Have you ever been at a crossroads in your life? When we are faced with making a decision to do one thing or another, it could be very difficult. Then the “what ifs” begin. This happens when we are faced with a new job, leaving a current relationship, or even starting one, also with addiction […]

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