Posts Tagged ‘coping skills’
Valentine’s Day Relationship Skill: Both Sides Now
February 13th, 2018 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Both Sides Now
by Joni Mitchell
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I’ve looked at love that way
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2017 – Day 1 of 30 Days of Gratitude
November 21st, 2017 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Today begins my 30 Days of Gratitude.
Day #1: I’m grateful for my good health. After fighting for my health for almost 2 years, I feel good once again and I’m grateful for every day that my body is healthy and functioning.
You can follow along for the next 30 days on my social media accounts for all 30 of the Gratitude Posts!
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Radical Acceptance is a large concept and a large skill
March 14th, 2017 | Author: Kathy Morelli
A definition and overview of DBT’s Distress Tolerance can be found here.
Radical Acceptance is a large concept. And a large skill to practice.
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What Causes Pregnancy Loss?
January 3rd, 2017 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Overview of Pregnancy Loss
You have recently experienced a pregnancy loss. You have many questions along with crushing sadness. Perhaps you miscarried, or perhaps your baby was stillborn. Whichever it may be, you lost your baby prior to birth. You are wondering if there was something you could have done to prevent it. You want to know more about what causes this to happen.
It is difficult to discuss a single cause of miscarriage, pregnancy loss or stillbirth in a simple way. There are many different causes for pregnancy loss and the causes are related to the stage of pregnancy in which the loss occurs.
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Life is not black or white, it’s the full spectrum of color in between
May 12th, 2016 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Depression and the Symptom of Black & White Thinking
If you suffer from untreated depression, you may feel lonely and isolated. You may think and feel like everyone else (except you) is surrounded by a group of friends and family. The intense loneliness can feel crushing and all-consuming. You might doubt your value as a human being, as a person. As someone who has suffered from depression, I know is a valiant fight, battle after battle, for self esteem and self-worth. 
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Wordless Wednesday: Mindbody Medicine: #LifeList Birdwatching
June 26th, 2013 | Author: Kathy Morelli
#lifelist Birdwatching!
I’m a lifelong birdwatcher. I started when I was 12, on Long Island where I grew up. There was a magical park that was about a forty-five minute walk for me. Grant Park. I used to go next door into the middle school field, walk through the back field, crawl down the “rabbit hole” under the chain link fence there, into the apartment complex parking lot, through the parking lot and walk on over to the park. Can you imagine a 12 year old girl taking this walk herself nowadays? I loved the freedom! I felt like Tammy Sawyer!
I was fascinated by this other world, the misty lake, the magical marshy areas around it and the mysterious wood, populated by fairies and other magical creatures: salamanders, snakes and the birds!
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Guest Post: Therapy from the Inside by Leighann Adams
June 24th, 2013 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Photo:Leighann Adams of Multitaskingmumma
Guest Post: Today I am pleased to have Leighann Adams of Multitasking Mumma guest posting here today. Leighann is a mom and a self-identified Postpartum Depression blogger. She says the Postpartum Depression blogging community helped her a whole lot when she needed information and support. She found blogging to be therapeutic for her; now she gives back to others via blogging and awareness campaigns.
Guest Post: Matt Logan (Music Therapist) and a Perfect Lullaby
June 17th, 2013 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Mom’s voice is perfection to her baby
Today I am pleased to have Matt Logan, MA, MT-BC, a board-certified music therapist, offer a guest post about the enhancing effects of music for the mother-baby relationship. Matt writes knowledgeably about the positive effects of music on our emotions and physiology. He works as a music therapist at a children’s hospital in Oakland, California., with kids of all ages and backgrounds and he loves this work! He runs two websites: A Perfect Lullaby and Music Therapy Source.
Matt Logan, MA, MT-BC
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Eight Keys to Recovery Success in Therapy Plus the (not so) Secret Ingredient
April 23rd, 2013 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Many Individual Paths to Well Being Istock/mycola
As a practicing professional counselor, I want to positively share what I’ve noticed over the years what the conditions are for positive change in therapy.
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Heidi Koss, LMHCA – Postpartum Support Int 2013 Conference
April 1st, 2013 | Author: Kathy Morelli
Behind the Scenes
Spotlight: Heidi Koss, LMHCA
Biography: Heidi Koss, LMHCA, has been an activist in many areas of Maternal Mental Health for two decades. She has volunteered for Postpartum Support International (PSI) of Washington for sixteen years and is the Postpartum Support International Washington State Coordinator. She runs a busy Marriage & Family psychotherapy practice, working as a marriage & family counselor and specializing in trauma and perinatal mood disorders. Her passion for helping others is rooted in her own personal experiences with perinatal mood disorders.
Heidi Koss, LMHCA, works with Perinatal Mood Disorders and Trauma
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