Self-Help – Basic Steps Mental Health

So, You Want to Help People?

Scott Alpert — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:06:12 +0000

I learned, on my first day in graduate school, that I couldn’t fix people. Frustrated, I had to find another strategy to help myself feel better. At that time, emotionally, I felt broken and tried to win the hearts of people so they would not hurt me. You see, I came from years of childhood […]

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Am I Burning Out?

Scott Alpert — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:00:46 +0000

I had a first-of-its-kind week — every session was filled! In fact, even our IOP program was at maximum capacity. Because of this, I am exhausted. Running a facility is interesting. I am, first and foremost, a counselor and have done this for 30 years. I know what I am doing in this regard and […]

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Re-Centering

Scott Alpert — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:00:13 +0000

When the stormy days hit, when you don’t even like yourself, there are a few things you can do to get yourself through until you find that happy foothold again. Spiritually speaking, it is easy to be spiritual on the mountaintop. However, the real challenge is taking that spirituality into the valley. If you find […]

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Happy New Year 2024!

Scott Alpert — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 17:00:41 +0000

Welcome to a new year, with new hope of something better, perhaps an adventure, or a better job, relationship, and enhanced family relations. The question is – “Do you have hope?” If the desire isn’t there, then your odds of success diminishes. Tradition at this time is to create “new years resolutions” – you know […]

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Surviving a Crisis

Scott Alpert — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 16:00:33 +0000

In 2001, the first Mental Health Urgent Care center in the country opened and I was fortunate to be one of the founding members. It is shocking that I have never written an article on surviving a crisis because of the thousands of crisis sessions I have taken part in. I’ve learned firsthand that when […]

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Motivation – A Deeper Cut

Scott Alpert — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:36:44 +0000

As the exploration continues on improving motivation, one thing that needs to be emphasized is the importance to address a problem on all levels to get the maximum results. We took a good look into the physical level, now we will into getting our mindset into proper focus. The mental level will amaze you. […]

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Rising Suicide Rates in Washington

Scott Alpert — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:00:03 +0000

The rising rates of suicide are alarming. Already in the state of Washington, there have been over 1,200 people who have taken their life. What if a person you knew told you they wanted to kill themselves? I worked at a crisis center for 11 years and dealt with people who were suicidal on a […]

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How to Change Others

Scott Alpert — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 17:11:56 +0000

So you want to learn how to change other people, but why? If they change to how you want them to be, would that make you feel better? If they said I’m sorry, would it make your problems go away? So many go to great lengths to change others, to make them love you, respect […]

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A Quick Go-To

Scott Alpert — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 21:00:48 +0000

A friend of mine is a dentist and hired an organization to help him improve the systems in his practice. His company literally exploded overnight and I got him to share a few of the principles with me. One of the concepts was called the Tone Scale. It referred to the emotional tones people will […]

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