As the week comes to a close all I can think is there’s nothing left, I’m running on fumes and sheer will and I feel like I may not make it while at the same time I know it’s not possible. With a week left to Tokyo fingertips are grazing the fucking finish line. While …
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The Holiday Fucking Experience
Personal disclaimer, I grew up poor, not poor we don’t take more than 1 vacation, but bo vacation. Not only did we not take vacations, but we ate our cereal with a fork and shared bath water poor. Despite this my Mom owned Christmas. She managed to to create the illusion of all …
Fucking Grief
Grief is the loss of anything precious to us, this can include our home, health, or relationships. There are different types of grief that include anticipatory grief, complicated grief ,Disenfranchised grief and ambitious loss. Everyone seems to know Kubler-Ross’s Theories of Grief stage models that include denial, anger,bargaining, depression and acceptance. But there are also …
I’m tapped out
Not gonna lie the overwhelming shots torment coming from a never ending parade of stupid has been enough to make school work, clinic work, real work and family work almost unmanageable. I’m exhausted, I’m numb, I’m scared and I’m trying to stay whole so I can stay 100% present for every moment with my clients. …
All The Fucking Questions
I sit here with 8 weeks left till graduation, 8 weeks left in my field work and 8 weeks to get a handle on all the fucking questions. I wish my questions were as simple as will I pass and where should I focus to ensure that, and not to brag, but that’s …
Family Fucking Therapy
There are so many ways, angles and subtopics when it comes to family therapy that it can be difficult to decide what the fuck to even talk about. Do we start off trying to define families and all of its aspects, do we discuss terminology like homeostasis or do we consider how to …
When they fucking leave
I know some people will talk about the business of mental health and this concept that you are never really “cured” so you’ll always need therapy on some level….keeping us all in business indefinitely. I can see why the talk exists, but the truth is always a bit more complicated. The truth is two-fold, …
DB fucking T
DBT stands for Dialectical Behavior Therapy & it is a combination of CBT (cognitive-behavioral techniques), mindfulness and acceptance-based strategies. There are 4 modules of DBT, mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. These techniques help a motherfucker manage emotions ,tolerate stress and improve their relationships. Some common mindfulness techniques include Mindful breathing,where the …
Cutting
I think it’s important to take the time to talk about self-harm and specifically the art of cutting. If you’ve never witnessed, have knowledge or experienced the practice it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the shock of it all. In fact those who are completely unaware of mistake it for a past suicide …
Fucking up
Sometimes they aren’t no way to deny it, you just fucked up. It can be a hard pull to swallow and it comes in all shapes, sizes and costumes…but when you really fuck up, boy do you feel it on impact. What’s worse about those deep felt fuck ups is, that you never tried ,intended …
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