Healing doesn’t mean that you don’t still hurt, or that you don’t have painful thoughts or feelings when a wound is touched. Healing means that you feel more in control of how to navigate and sit with that pain, instead of reacting on autopilot… healing is a process.🖤
We feel you, Toby. Behind people’s perfect family apple picking and “everything pumpkin” social media pictures, we assure you there is a lot you don’t see. As the weather gets cooler and the days get shorter, if you start to notice feeling down and low energy you’re certainly not alone. Seasonal depression is very real.
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Check in with yourself (and the people you love!):
🎃: How am I doing?
🎃: How am I handling things?
🎃: How am I taking care of myself?
🎃: What needs my attention?
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No shame in needing and asking for some help. We’re always here. 🖤
Say 👋 to our new adorable, and of course therapeutic, feelings basket! Compliments of Taylar, Senior Clinician with Sand Tray Specialty 💜
Sometimes, a simple angle speaks to all the warm and cozy feels around here. We strongly believe the atmosphere matters.💜
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📸 credit: Lindsay, Senior Clinician with EMDR specialty
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The voice parents speak to their kids become their kids inner voice. Tell your kids you love them for who they are and tell them this often. 🖤
For any parent who feels lost… we’re here. No commitment to therapy. No judgement. Simply a space to sit with one of our therapists, ask questions, and receive direct feedback about how to best support your child. From littles to young adults. 🖤💜💙
The first day of an incredible career ahead helping people.💜 Everyone that is about to work with Nikki as their therapist is truly so lucky.
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Props to Deonna, our supportive BP Practice Admin for the sign, stepping right into Carly’s creativity! Love our team. 🫶🎨
“Things feel hard right now” has been echoing through our walls here at Blueprint. Who relates?
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Never should there be shame in the struggle or asking for help. If you’re thinking “maybe I should talk to a therapist”, that’s your sign that you probably should talk to a therapist. 🖤
Drumroll 🥁 🥁… please join us in CONGRATULATING Helen on getting her “C”!
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After helping so many people as an LSW (licensed social worker), Helen is now an LCSW (licensed clinical social worker) and earned the title of Senior Clinician. 👏👏👏
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We are so proud of her 🫶
👉 Ask the hard questions. 👈We assure you, and research backs it, that asking kids, teens, adults (anyone) if they have thoughts or wants to hurt themself does not implant the idea of suicide.
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September is Suicide Awareness Month and we are here as a support to anyone struggling every single day of the year 🖤
Good couples therapists read the books and do the trainings. Really good couples therapists know the stuff and integrate the knowledge naturally, while also bringing their true personality in the room to create a safe and honest space for people.
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Good therapy should be both warm and challenging, simple and hard, and while it doesn’t always feel good facing problems (sometimes quite the opposite if we’re being honest) … we assure you it’s so worth it. 🖤💜
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Our team is on 🔥 these days! Please join us in congratulating Nikki on her LSW, and officially joining the therapist squad here! After three years on our Client Relations team, we are so excited to pass the torch to her from the phones to the couch. 🥹
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Nikki is a naturally warm soul and one of the kindest people. We can’t wait for all that’s in store for her, and all of her future clients she will help. 💜
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Please join us in CONGRATULATING her and welcoming her to the therapist seat!! 👏👏👏
Happy International Dog Day to everyone’s favorite therapists here, Toby and Charlie! 🐶🐾🐶 These two are truly gifted in their natural abilities to bring smiles, laughs, healing and comfort in a way all of us humans can’t. 🥹 We all love you both so much, and are so grateful to have you guys here with us at Blueprint 💜
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The look parents have when it’s back to school time compared to students…. 🙃
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On a more serious note, school around the corner certainly can bring on a lot of stress, anxiety, and worry for many kids, teens, college aged and all parents.
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We’re here as support. Never is there shame in asking for help. For the first time, in a long time, no current wait list 🖤
Moral of the story is that learning how to regulate and communicate emotions is a life long skill. If you’ve never learned, it’s never too late. If you’re a parent… your kid(s) are relying on you to teach them how. 🖤💜
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Ever heard “it’s not what you said, it’s how you said it”? Research in couples and relationships show that the way people communicate is much more important than what they are communicating about.
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We often say with couples and families that while in the office we’re not concerned with what they are talking about. Our focus is on HOW you are talking to each other; helping everyone to learn to communicate and listen more effectively while pointing out unhealthy patterns.
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Sometimes, just a few sessions on our couch can actually make massive changes for people 🖤
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