Love Therapy – Basic Steps Mental Health https://basicsteps.life Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:20:00 +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 Love Therapy – Basic Steps Mental Health https://basicsteps.life 32 32 156554076 Special Memory #9 https://basicsteps.life/2024/09/special-memory-9/ https://basicsteps.life/2024/09/special-memory-9/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:08:50 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=5125 For 11 years I worked at the first-ever, mental health urgent care center in the country. I was fresh out of graduate school with a crisp new, Doctoral degree, and trying to prove myself. This was the first facility of its kind, established to take pressure off of the local jails and emergency rooms and […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2024/09/special-memory-9/feed/ 0 5125 The Importance of Self-Care for Us Counselors and Clients Too https://basicsteps.life/2023/08/the-importance-of-self-care-for-us-counselors-and-clients-too/ https://basicsteps.life/2023/08/the-importance-of-self-care-for-us-counselors-and-clients-too/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:05:23 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=3891 After 29 years in the mental health field, the most important thing I learned was to take care of myself first. In the helping business, it can be easy to get attached to people you treat, and worry about how they are doing. When this happens, it is a clear sign to stop whatever you […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2023/08/the-importance-of-self-care-for-us-counselors-and-clients-too/feed/ 0 3891 Love to Hurt https://basicsteps.life/2022/01/love-to-hurt/ https://basicsteps.life/2022/01/love-to-hurt/#respond Wed, 26 Jan 2022 04:55:22 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=3140 When love is applied to hurt, we heal is what sets Spiritual Psychology apart from the rest. In conventional Psychology, they believe that healing takes place when subconscious issues are brought to the surface. This is partially correct. Spiritual Psychology takes it a step further by applying love to that part of you that went […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2022/01/love-to-hurt/feed/ 0 3140 Healing Through Compassion https://basicsteps.life/2021/09/healing-through-compassion/ https://basicsteps.life/2021/09/healing-through-compassion/#respond Tue, 21 Sep 2021 01:47:02 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=2974 Twenty-seven years in the industry and I am still learning that heart-centered listening is the best way to treat people. After thousands upon thousands of sessions, I often hear the same things, but I feel it is ultimately important to simply listen with a full heart. I teach my interns how important it is to […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2021/09/healing-through-compassion/feed/ 0 2974 Teaching the Old Dog New Tricks https://basicsteps.life/2020/10/teaching-the-old-dog-new-tricks/ https://basicsteps.life/2020/10/teaching-the-old-dog-new-tricks/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:27:45 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=2269 When I was in graduate school, they asked us to create our own theory of healing. With 200 plus students, you can only imagine the responses. I didn’t take it seriously, wanted to be my silly self and took in my life-sized stuffed bear as a prop. Luckily my fellow students were kind as I […]

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