Therapist Corner #2: Postpartum Rage

…baby without waking you up if breastfeeding is significantly impacting your sleep. What supports do you have in your life? Is your partner participating in the care of your baby and the home the way you need? Do you have others in your life you could enlist for support? It is absolutely imperative (and not selfish) to make sure your needs are being met during this intense first year of your baby’s life. If you are ever concerned that you are about to take your anger out on your baby,…

Private: Resource Links

…Services- choiceadvisory.com Sexual Addiction Recovery Resources- faithfulandtrueministries.com; operationintegrity.org; puredesire.org; purelifeministries.org; sexaddict.com Substance Abuse- verywellmind.com Trauma/PTSD- emdr.org Treatment Database- mentalhealth.com United Way Information and Referral Search- 211.org Professional Associations and Organizations Related to Mental Health Services American Association of Pastoral Counselors www.aapc.org American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy www.aamft.org Therapist Locator.net www.therapistlocator.net American Psychological Association www.apa.org; Washington Chapter www.wapsych.org Codes of Ethics Marriage and Family Therapists: www.aamft.org/imis15/Documents/Final%202012%20AAMFT%20Code%20of%20Ethics.pdf Washington Association for Marriage & Family Therapy: www.wamft.org Mental Health Counselors: www.amhea.org/assets/content/CodeofEthics1.pdf Pastoral Counselors: www.aapc.org/content/code-ethics-1 Psychologists: www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx# Social Workers: www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/code.asp National Association of…

Alcohol Use Disorders: A Closer Look

…with a treatment professional in your area. https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/facts/alcohol/en/) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Alcohol and Public Health: Alcohol-Related Disease Impact (ARDI). Average for United States 2006–2010 Alcohol-Attributable Deaths Due to Excessive Alcohol Use. Available at: https://nccd.cdc.gov/DPH_ARDI/Default/Report.aspx?T=AAM&P=f6d7eda7-036e-4553-9968-9b17ffad620e&R=d7a9b303-48e9-4440-bf47-070a4827e1fd&M=8E1C5233-5640-4EE8-9247-1ECA7DA325B9&F=&D=. Accessed 1/18/17. S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2015 – 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.External8th Edition, Washington, DC; 2015. https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/moderate-binge-drinking https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/what-standard-drink https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/alcohol-use-disorders (2018, July 2). Media Guide. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/media-guide on 2019, March 4. https://www.recoveryanswers.org/recovery-101/fast-facts/ https://www.facingaddiction.org/resources/alcohol-awareness-month             true 1628031259:11 11 default…

Interview with James L. Furrow, PhD

…are we doing it and what’s the value here? Is it just satisfaction? Is that all I’m looking for, or is there some deeper meaning? I think it’s essential that we have a way to talk about these existential questions in the client’s language and from their perspective—honoring the importance of communities, religious communities, for example. And for me, there is something more, something that comes from my core, from my own Christian understanding. And that is that there is a promise. It’s not just purpose, it’s not just a…

Interview with James L. Furrow, PhD

…direction. What are we doing here and why are we doing it and what’s the value here? Is it just satisfaction? Is that all I’m looking for, or is there some deeper meaning? I think it’s essential that we have a way to talk about these existential questions in the client’s language and from their perspective—honoring the importance of communities, religious communities, for example. And for me, there is something more, something that comes from my core, from my own Christian understanding. And that is that there is a promise….

Good Faith Estimate

…limited to: Your schedule and life circumstances Your provider’s availability Ongoing life challenges The nature of your specific challenges and how you address them Personal finances You and your provider will continually assess the appropriate frequency of services and will work together to determine when you have met your goals and are ready for discharge and/or a new “Good Faith Estimate” will be issued should your frequency or needs change. For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises true 1646766023:2 2 default 2022-03-06…

Parenting Teens and Social Media

…Davidson, L. (2013). Moms, you oughta know: 11 social media apps teens are using now. Retrieved July 31, 2014 from: http://www.today.com/parents/moms-you-oughta-know-11-social-media-apps-teens-are-6C10833314 Felsenthal Stewart, R. (2014). Social Media: What parents must know. Retrieved July 31, 2014 from: http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/social-media-and-tweens-teens. Pew Research Internet Project. (2012). Teens Fact Sheet. Retrieved July 31, 2014 from: http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/teens-fact-sheet/ Wallace, K. (2013). The upside of selfies: Social media isn’t all bad for kids. Retrieved July 31, 2014 from: http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/21/living/social-media-positives-teens-parents/ Geltman, J. (2014). A Survival Guide to Parenting Teens. New York, NY: AMACOM. Levkoff, L., & Wider, J. (2014)….

Optional Forms

…to you at Samaritan Center. Teletherapy – Complete Set of Forms for Individuals These four forms are required for beginning Teletherapy (virtual or on-line therapy). 1. Informed Consent Teletherapy Addendum (Explanation of terms and conditions of teletherapy) 2. Teletherapy Intake Addendum (Information to assess crisis level) 3. Teletherapy Emergency Plan (Allowing therapist to respond to a medical or psychiatric emergency) 4. Authorization to Exchange Information (Described above) Teletherapy – Complete Set of Forms for Couples Teletherapy – Complete Set of Forms for Families   true 1635463544:4 2 default 1 default…

Renewed Resolutions

…of where you are with your resolutions, whether you are still going strong, have crashed and burned, or never started to begin with, we hope that this message can be a little bit of encouragement to continue, restart, or begin your journey of change. There is always the next opportunity to try again. There is always a new chance to grow. As the scriptures say, “His mercies are new every morning.” Have at it once more!   This writing was originally posted in an email sent to our mailing list…

Book Review- Braiding Sweetgrass

…in turn for fulfilling its Creator-given duty to the others. It reminds you every day that you have enough,” she writes, drawing on the words of Freida Jacques, a teacher at the Onondaga Nation School. “Gratitude,” says Kimmerer, “doesn’t send you out shopping to find satisfaction, it comes as a gift rather than a commodity, subverting the foundation of the whole economy. That’s good medicine for land and people alike.” The recognition of loss is also a theme of her book, as she recounts the taking of children from their…