Negativity – Basic Steps Mental Health

What’s the Point?

Scott Alpert — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:57:26 +0000

“What’s the point?” said a client to me the other day. How about you? How many times have you felt like giving up? I have found that people with a history of things not going their way assume that everything in their life will go bad. But this doesn’t have to be the case. What […]

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The Energetic to Psychology

Scott Alpert — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:50:48 +0000

One cannot deny that each cell in our body is comprised of an electric charge. If we were to view ourselves as energetic beings, then we have the capacity to choose whether to emit positive or negative energy. When a person walks into a room, their energy impacts it. Some emit a creepy vibe that […]

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Using Problems to Heal

Scott Alpert — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:00:38 +0000

Before I begin, I would just like to thank all of the patrons who have trusted our facility and continue to do so. This is the second week in a row that all of our time slots have been filled, and we appreciate not only your attendance but also your efforts in the sessions. Today’s […]

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Special Memory #6

Scott Alpert — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:43:45 +0000

My sister Samantha bought me the greatest birthday gift ever, a Karaoke machine. Little did I know at the time how much that machine would enhance my livelihood. This was when I was working with the learning disabled at an independent living facility that taught young adults how to perform the normal duties of life, […]

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Down and Out, Up and Out

Scott Alpert — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:00:05 +0000

Lack of motivation can be a normal way of life for many people. It usually takes place when the physical body has no energy and the heart has no desire. What generally contributes to this level of blah is our level of fitness, our diet, the amount of daily exercise, and whether we are following […]

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Doorways of Opportunity

Scott Alpert — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:00:04 +0000

You’ve seen it, people moping around as if there is a dark cloud above their heads. As a therapist, I see it in body posture, overall energy, and the feeling of someone feeling defeated. I guess, when life becomes one disappointment after another you just expect it to continue this way. How do we stop […]

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Reframing – A Positive Twist

Scott Alpert — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:00:28 +0000

Reframing is a major tool that helps to keep me centered. Reframing is basically looking at a situation that may be bad and putting a positive twist on it. In school, they told us that Reframing is basically seeing a problem as a blessing for learning and growth. Can you think back to a situation […]

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Beyond Intention Setting

Scott Alpert — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 16:11:53 +0000

When I learned about intention setting over 20 years ago, I thought they were something simple to say or think because they seemed so obvious, but as I have turned to them in times of need, intentions are one of the most powerful tools we can turn to in a crisis. I’ve written about intention […]

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What Is Your Normal?

Scott Alpert — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:11:31 +0000

When somebody comes in for therapy, my first question is, “What brings you here?” I am grateful for the mere fact that they are willing enough to let me in. With myself, when I first went into therapy, I was guarded, minimized my symptoms, because I was trained by my family to pretend and tell […]

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Fix Me Doc – The Basics of Change

Scott Alpert — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:48:00 +0000

When I went to therapy for the first time I was petrified. Having an anxiety disorder had me nervous about everything. I mustered up all the courage that I had and went into the counselor’s office to get that thing that would make me better in that instant! Fortunately, it didn’t happen that way, nor […]

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