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Understanding The Universal 5 Personality Traits

Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism Have you ever wished you could understand someone's tendencies better? Or why you struggle in certain areas when others flourish? Most modern psychologists agree…

By Loyal Blue Counseling September 14, 2022News & Research, Parenting, Relationships, Self-Help

Anxiety Depression Habit & Time Management Parenting Self-Help Students

When You’ve Got The Transition Blues

Even if you enjoy your job and love your home life, there is something difficult about returning to work after a vacation, or to school after summer — or just…

By Loyal Blue Counseling August 15, 2022Anxiety, Depression, Habit & Time Management, Parenting, Self-Help, Students

Depression Grief and Loss News & Research Uncategorized

Why Pet Loss Is So Heavy And How To Cope

It has always seemed to me that it is a cruel that our animals have such short life expectancies compared with ours. We could end up saying goodbye to a…

By Loyal Blue Counseling July 21, 2022Depression, Grief and Loss, News & Research, Uncategorized

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Depression & Anxiety: On/Off Switch or Volume Knob?

Understanding and managing depression and anxiety are the two biggest reasons that adults, students, and children seek counseling. Many people are mystified as to why we get these disorders. Sometimes…

By Loyal Blue Counseling May 25, 2022Anxiety, CBT in Action, Depression

Anxiety Covid Depression News & Research Parenting Self-Help Students

Two Favorite Ways To Beat Burnout

With all the back and forth of expectations and effort the past two years, “burnout” has become a buzzword worthy of its overuse. Those experiencing burnout are also more likely…

By Loyal Blue Counseling April 25, 2022Anxiety, Covid, Depression, News & Research, Parenting, Self-Help, Students

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Self-Worth Is Much More Than Liking What You See

By: our former AMFT, Maddy Pettit Young adulthood is a time when many enter therapy for the first time. People come in for a variety of reasons- depression, anxiety, relationship…

By Loyal Blue Counseling March 17, 2022Anxiety, CBT in Action, Depression, Grief and Loss, Self-Help, Students

Habit & Time Management News & Research Self-Help

How Regret Can Change Your Life

I'd like to tell you about what might be the most important book published in my field this year (and it's only February!): Dan Pink’s The Power of Regret: How…

By Loyal Blue Counseling February 23, 2022Habit & Time Management, News & Research, Self-Help

Covid Habit & Time Management Parenting

Adults: It’s Time To Pay Attention To Your Own Lives

“Character — the ability to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.” — Joan Didion, UC Berkeley ’56. With inspiration from the acclaimed…

By Loyal Blue Counseling January 27, 2022Covid, Habit & Time Management, Parenting

Covid Grief and Loss Self-Help Students

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