Tag Archives: coping skills
Break Through
One of her biggest break throughs was realizing that her own anxiety was stirred by seeing anxious patients, and theirs was stirred by hers. She created a more comfortable environment in her clinic, such as practicing mindful listening and offering … Continue reading
Mindful Conditions
Yes. Mindfulness doesn’t make us happier exactly, but it helps us know clearly when we are happy and when we are unhappy, and that means we are less likely to perpetuate our own suffering through doing things that make ourselves … Continue reading
Mindfulness
You’re in traffic, quite literally on your way to another destination. You’re in a rush to get somewhere else. But this moment, sitting in traffic, frustrated, is not less than any other moment in your life. It’s full of sounds, … Continue reading
A Better You…
Keep a gratitude journal beside your bed and each evening write down one positive thing that happened to you that day. Multiple studies have proven that writing like this increase resilience and boost your immune system and your ability to … Continue reading
Mindfulness
Mindfulness helps patients cultivate present-moment awareness, enabling them to observe and describe what is occurring without judgment. Mindfulness effectively counteracts viewing the present through the lens of distorted hopes, expectations, and past experiences of rejection and abandonment. Many patients believe … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 