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Every Story Matters

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025

Issues: help, hope, signs of suicide, suicide awareness, suicide prevention

Every year, September arrives with a quiet urgency. It is National Suicide Prevention Month—a time when we come together to remember, honor, and speak out about one of the most difficult and often silent struggles: the pain that leads someone to consider ending their own life. A 24-year-old woman, we will call her Emily, carried […]

Hope: The Wind Beneath Our Wings

Thursday, December 10th, 2020

Issues: catastrophic thinking, cognative distortion, Emotional Freedom Technique, faith, fear, health, hope, live your best life, new year, tapping, well-being

Article by Laura Gutierrez, LPC Moving forward into this new year our most powerful allies are hope and faith. They are key ingredients to resilient living, and both are critical in helping us get through tough times. Hope is the wind beneath our wings that carries us forward through the hard times until we land […]

Discovering Hope Through DBT

Monday, May 11th, 2015

Issues: control, DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, distress tolerance, emotions, hope, interpersonal skills, mindfulness, positive choices, skills

By Rachel Morici, LPC Do you struggle with your emotions? Do you find it difficult to interact effectively with others? Are you making self-destructive choices in your life? Do you feel out of control? If you find yourself struggling with these issues you are not alone. DBT can help. What is DBT? Dialectical Behavior Therapy, […]