Clarity Family Therapy blog
Insights, tips, and tricks to aid you on your healing journey.
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How to Not Make Excuses for Others Anymore
People often attract similar types of toxic and hurtful relationships repeatedly due to their limiting beliefs about themselves. Excuses are made for people who repeatedly hurt them to avoid facing their own issues. It is essential to love oneself, stand up for oneself, and avoid participating in drama to attract the right people, opportunities, and situations aligned with one’s authentic self.
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The Hidden Dangers of Toxic Positivity
Toxic positivity is a dangerous societal trend that involves dismissing difficult emotions and responding to distressing situations with false reassurances rather than empathy. It is important to seek help from trained therapists, like those at Clarity Family Therapy Services, when navigating life’s difficulties.
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Tips For Dealing With Gaslighting
Gaslighting is a harmful manipulation tactic used by those with narcissistic tendencies in relationships. No one should have to question their reality or be told that their feelings and perceptions are not valid. At Clarity Family Therapy Services, we have trained therapists who specialize in Narcissistic Personality, gaslighting, and techniques to help you manage your situation.
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Tips For Dealing With Uncertain times
People may have similarities; however, when it comes to dealing with uncertain times, people can have different reactions. There are simple steps to take to build resiliency during times of uncertainty. When you focus on what you can control and accept the feelings of...
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Mental Health: Making Changes for Improvement
People don’t usually have a game plan for long-term consistency, but it is critical in managing mental health to develop a plan or routine that can be also flexible, yet consistent and adaptive to a person’s mental health needs.
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Stress: Symptoms & How To Cope With It
Everyone has stress—it’s a part of life. Through using good coping skills, doing tai chi, exercising, taking a nature walk, playing with your pet, journaling or writing, symptoms of stress can be alleviated positively. Smiling and seeing the humor in life can help you...
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The Use of “I-Statements” In Communication With Others
Anyone who has been to therapy, or some type of communication workshop has heard that a good communication technique is using I-statements; however, not everyone uses them correctly. Even when used correctly, they can backfire when a person becomes overly defensive...
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20 Signs of Codependency: What Does it Mean to be Codependent?
Codependency is a condition in which one person supports, either overly or inadvertently, the addictive behavior of another person. It can also be described as a destructive form of helping or enabling.
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Trauma Bonding Defined: What You Need to Know
Trauma bonding can be hard to recognize without an understanding of how the brain works and typical actions of a toxic partner. It’s time to break the love bombing cycle.
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EMDR Therapy and How it Can Benefit You
EMDR stands for Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and it is an evidence-based psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). EMDR stands for Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and it is an evidence-based psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). There is extensive literature of how EMDR can treat more than just PTSD though!