Quotes & Books for Healthy Relationships

Quotes & Books for Healthy Relationships

Books About Setting Healthy Boundaries Recapping what we mean when we talk about boundary setting, our article called How to Set Healthy Boundaries provides a detailed description of what it means to set boundaries and how to do it. Relationship boundaries are...

The Art of Positive Change

The Art of Positive Change

5 Theories, Frameworks & Models Before introducing several influential theories, frameworks, and models of change, it is helpful to identify six factors that combine to make up positive change (Dhiman & Marques, 2020): Showing up – Trust that your presence is...

10 Risk and Protective Factors

10 Risk and Protective Factors

3 Psychosocial Influences on Teenagers’ Mental Health Gene–environment–development models show that the dance between puberty, neurodevelopment, and psychosocial changes specific to adolescence are drivers of mental health risk and resilience (Pfeifer & Allen,...

Healing Mind, Body, and Spirit

Healing Mind, Body, and Spirit

Holistic Treatment Techniques for Specific Conditions Holistic therapy offers effective treatment options for a variety of specific conditions. With limited side effects, treatment techniques can provide options that offer relief, healing, and lasting health...

13 Methods to Foster It

13 Methods to Foster It

Understanding Self-Empowerment Self-empowerment is more than just a buzzword; it’s a fundamental aspect of psychological wellbeing and resilience. At its core, self-empowerment involves a process in which people gain control over their lives, learn to find a closer...

14 Worksheets for Setting Healthy Boundaries

14 Worksheets for Setting Healthy Boundaries

3 Printable Worksheets About Setting Boundaries With Family While families can be a source of great support and comfort, they can also be challenging due to past conflicts and misunderstandings. Setting and communicating boundaries helps people move forward from past...

Trauma Informed Therapy Explained (& 9 Techniques)

Trauma Informed Therapy Explained (& 9 Techniques)

Understanding Trauma Triggers and Responses Trauma, in its various forms, can leave a lasting imprint on an individual’s mental and emotional wellbeing. One significant aspect of trauma is the way it can sensitize a person’s nervous system, leading to heightened...

Victor Vroom’s Expectancy Theory Of Motivation

Victor Vroom’s Expectancy Theory Of Motivation

Criticisms and Limitations It’s vital to remember that motivation is highly complex and nuanced, with multiple factors vying against one another in many differing environments (Riggio, 2015). The expectancy theory is a popular approach for understanding and increasing...

Childhood Emotional Neglect: 5 Hidden Consequences

Childhood Emotional Neglect: 5 Hidden Consequences

What Is Childhood Emotional Neglect? CEN refers to a failure to meet the basic emotional needs of a child, a lack of emotional responsiveness to a child’s distress, ignoring a child’s social and emotional developmental needs, and expecting children to deal with...

How It Can Help Your Clients

How It Can Help Your Clients

How to Do the Empty Chair Technique The set-up of the empty chair technique is relatively straightforward. The following is a simple description of the approach in a therapeutic setting (Smith & Quirk, 2017; Mann, 2010). Prepare the environment: set out two chairs...

Recreational Therapy Explained: 6 Degrees & Programs

Recreational Therapy Explained: 6 Degrees & Programs

2. Master of Science in Recreational Therapy – Health University of Utah, Utah The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, master’s degree promises an individualized, innovative, and progressive environment that will enable you to develop your personal and professional...