Video Conferencing
Insight Counseling is going to make 2020 the year of video conferencing! I want to make it easier for us to connect. No need to risk driving in ice and snow for a meeting, we can still meet face-to-face via video conferencing software. Some reasons to decide to video conference: Avoid ice and snow. Cut […]
Read moreStress of Credit Card Balance
Money matters can cause much anxiety and stress. Worrying about how to build up credit when young or after a financial disaster is a cause of consistent concern and stress. I have heard the story that carrying a balance on a credit card helps build credit. While that may be true it is expensive and […]
Read moreCounseling, Consulting, and Research
The CCR part of my website name was needed to make my site unique. It stands for Counseling, Consulting, and Research. My practice is primarily a general counseling service. Further, counseling overlap with consulting and to some extent it is also related to business and personal coaching. Research is included here because it is a […]
Read moreWhat’s really important
I’ve recently been in a period of evaluation and reevaluation. I have decided to focus on 2 categories of things. 1) Things I’m obligated to do. This is as opposed to just sitting down and turning to dust. To not do my obligations is to snuggle up to depression, get morbidly comfortable and die. 2) […]
Read morePrivate practice
When I started grad school in 1982 I didn’t have much concern for making money, I merely wanted to help people make sense of their lives. I’ve been in solo private practice for almost three years and although my income is steadily rising, I’m not getting fat–except in the conventional way. It is interesting that […]
Read moreWhat can I do about stress? Part 2
Many airports have more than one runway because it is sometimes necessary to take a different approach to the process of landing. If you are stressed it may be a good idea to do some things differently. When things bother you, let them out rather than hold them in. Feelings are natural, neither right or […]
Read moreWhat can I do about anxiety and stress?
Dodge stress at all costs!
Read moreAnxiety
President Roosevelt, in his 1933 inaugural address said, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” and in so doing fairly well summed up what is meant by anxiety. It is the nebulous, distasteful emotion that we experience as we fear an imagined misfortune that probably will not occur. Some events or anticipated […]
Read moreIts not my fault
I read, with interest, the news story about the gunman who recently killed 8 others and himself. He had been dismissed for stealing beer. While being escorted from the building he opened fire. The story went on to report that the family claimed racial bias caused the man to kill. In working with people I […]
Read moreI’m back
I fully intended to keep pace by posting to my blog weekly–easier said than done. The practice is growing slowly but steadily. I am getting referrals from many diverse sources. My major bugaboo now is wrangling with the insurance companies. Shh… please don’t repeat what I just said in case some liberal health care reform […]
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