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4 Takeaways From A Therapist in 2021

“The psychology of returning” is a phrase I’ve come up with the describe this chapter in the pandemic. It’s such a big topic that I even created a talk around…

By Loyal Blue Counseling December 16, 2021Covid, Grief and Loss, Self-Help, Students

Covid DBT Parenting Self-Help

Go Find Your Wise Mind If It’s Gone Missing

As a tennis player, I occasionally mis-hit a ball on the frame instead of the strings (also known as a “shank”, the player therefore known as a “Shank-a-potamus”, and the…

By Loyal Blue Counseling October 21, 2021Covid, DBT, Parenting, Self-Help

Anxiety Covid Depression Relationships Self-Help Students

5 Simple Strategies for College Students

If you are on your undergraduate journey right now, you’re probably trying to have some form of a college experience during an ever-present pandemic. Whether it’s a return to familiar…

By Loyal Blue Counseling September 22, 2021Anxiety, Covid, Depression, Relationships, Self-Help, Students

Covid Parenting

How to Help Your Student Face Another Pandemic School Year

A year and a half is a very long time for a child. For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, schooling meant sitting in front of a screen. Parents helped young…

By Loyal Blue Counseling September 20, 2021Covid, Parenting

Anxiety Covid Habit & Time Management Self-Help

The Psychology of Returning: Inner World, Meet Outer World

This isn’t your basic comeback, what we are trying to do. I’ve written about personal comebacks before. This is more than recovering from the depression of so much loss, the…

By Loyal Blue Counseling August 23, 2021Anxiety, Covid, Habit & Time Management, Self-Help

Anxiety Depression Grief and Loss News & Research

What Working At a Hospital Taught A Therapist About Resilience

As human beings, we experience fear that horribly unexpected life-altering events might happen to us. This fear often manifests itself by provoking catastrophic thoughts. For example, “this bump on my…

By Loyal Blue Counseling July 21, 2021Anxiety, Depression, Grief and Loss, News & Research

CBT in Action

What Makes A Good Therapist?

We at Loyal Blue are dedicated to the practice of good therapy. We believe it is our duty as trained behavioral health experts to use evidence-based approaches like cognitive behavioral…

By Loyal Blue Counseling June 28, 2021CBT in Action

Anxiety CBT in Action Covid Depression Parenting Relationships Self-Help Students

Radical Acceptance! What Is It And How To Practice It

Having lived through a pandemic, we all learned a thing or two about radical acceptance without even knowing it. It took many of us weeks to months to accept the…

By Loyal Blue Counseling May 26, 2021Anxiety, CBT in Action, Covid, Depression, Parenting, Relationships, Self-Help, Students

Anxiety Covid Depression Self-Help

Aging Well – What It Means And How to Do It

We know a lot about aging well, both physically and mentally — and this blog post is about that, looking through the lens of the past year. Does what we…

By Loyal Blue Counseling March 17, 2021Anxiety, Covid, Depression, Self-Help

Parenting Relationships Self-Help

Tantrums vs. Meltdowns: How To Help Your Child (And Yourself)

Strategies For Your Family To Effectively Deal With Tantrums and Meltdowns — If you are like most parents, you have probably had the experience of a crying, screaming, tantruming child…

By Loyal Blue Counseling February 24, 2021Parenting, Relationships, Self-Help