Archive for October, 2010

 Expanded Mental Health Coverage!!!

The Wellstone-Domenici Parity Act became law on October 3, 2008, but went into effect on January 1, 2010, and required health care insurance companies to comply when contracts are renewed during 2010. For many years my patients have had to discontinue treatment before they were ready if they could not pay cash (even though I [...]



 Enjoy life…

The past can be like quicksand, holding you back. The more you struggle the deeper you sink. Accept that what once happened is a part of you but does not have to define you. Stop struggling and live.
… there’s plenty of time to be dead. ~ Anonymous



 If there is no struggle, there is no progress. ~ Fredrick Douglass

Living with DV often leads us to focusing on the struggles, focusing on the problems, and or focusing on the negative. The struggles are necessary to make us stronger so we can progress. Problems give us an opportunity to find solutions. Every struggle makes us stronger.
Every setback gives you and opportunity to step up.

From: Metamorphosis: [...]



 Depression Journal Exercise #1: Count Your Blessings

It may sound a bit cliché but counting your blessings really works. Focusing on the positive helps you stop dwelling on the negative. The more you think about good things the more prominent they become and the more you ignore the bad things the more inconspicuous they become. You cultivate this optimistic attitude by taking [...]