Emotional – Basic Steps Mental Health

The Dynamics of Change

BasicStepsAdmin — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:41 +0000

It takes real commitment to change old habits and familiar ways of looking at life. Our brains hardwire automatic responses—which we often experience as our personality. So often in sessions I hear people say, “That’s just the way I am,” or “I’m just an angry, anxious, or depressed person.” If you continue to convince yourself […]

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What to Look for in Counseling

Scott Alpert — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:56 +0000

This article is written for people who have never attended counseling or who have tried it and found that it didn’t work. There are many factors that can cause treatment to fail. Let’s look at the obvious ones. You didn’t like the counselor. In counseling, it is important to create a “therapeutic bond.” If people […]

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Enhanced Healing

Scott Alpert — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:31:38 +0000

I believe one of the benefits of running your own counseling center is the freedom to adjust your approach and emphasize what is the most effective way of obtaining the proper results you would like to see in the clients. One way I do this is by applying the approaches to myself. A recent health […]

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Ask Your Therapist: How Do We Heal?

Scott Alpert — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:05:11 +0000

If you are looking for a therapist, ask them, “How do we heal?” It is important to find out their theory of healing before you enter their counseling room. Unfortunately, this isn’t the question potential clients ask me—they want to know if their insurance will pay the bill. I ask you to decide one of […]

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Holistic Treatment

Scott Alpert — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:33:06 +0000

If you’ve tried counseling before, gotten nowhere, and feel nothing out there works, let me introduce you to something different called Spiritual Psychology. I had gone through many different types of counseling, as well as seminars and lectures, to improve myself, but when I studied this approach in school, I was amazed with the results. […]

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Self-Care and Mental Health

Scott Alpert — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:09:30 +0000

If we treated ourselves with respect, the majority of our problems would improve. Even though this states the obvious, it is not as simple as it sounds. Why don’t you take the ultimate care of yourself? Is there not enough time? Would people judge you as selfish? Maybe you find it more fun drinking with […]

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How to Climb Out of the Rut

Scott Alpert — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:28:38 +0000

The picture a client painted of their current situation really impacted me. They felt like they didn’t match up to others, that people were judging them harshly, that they couldn’t meet their own expectations, that they were stuck in a nowhere job, and why did they always feel a sense of doom? When you are […]

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Substance Treatment

Scott Alpert — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:41:07 +0000

I was asked to write a note to a lawyer ensuring I was providing substance treatment to their client, so I thought I’d use this as an opportunity to draft something that I could have on my website. My approach is different than 98% of the approaches out there because we focus on the core […]

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How to Take the Ultimate Care of Yourself

Scott Alpert — Tue, 13 May 2025 15:00:48 +0000

With the current atmosphere in this country, it is obvious that mental health is not prioritized. For years statistically, 20% of the people in this country suffer from mental health conditions that warrant serious treatment, however, in the last year, we’ve seen our numbers rise at an alarming rate. When we are experiencing more stress, […]

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Managing a Crisis

Scott Alpert — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:00:57 +0000

When situations are too much to handle, it is natural to feel overwhelmed, shut down, panic, and regress to a childish state. If you ever have felt like this before you are not alone – one out of five people suffer from conditions that warrant serious treatment, but how many actually get the help they […]

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