by Kaitlyn Valdez | Oct 28, 2020 | Mental Health
Starting therapy is hard. Period. It is hard to ask for help. It is hard to risk intimacy with a stranger. It is hard to build a relationship. These are essential elements of successful therapy. As I left my internship site at the end of graduate school, many of my...
by Catherine Tilford | Apr 18, 2013 | Mental Health
April is Counseling Awareness Month, so I thought I’d spend some time writing about the profession that I love and how counseling is different than talking to a friend or loved one in our life. As a therapist in private practice, I have witnessed first hand how...
by Catherine Tilford | Feb 14, 2013 | Mental Health
Every year in February, it is hard to miss the reminders that Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching. Whether or not you celebrate the holiday, you are surrounded by the colors of pink and red, the flowers, the candy, and the cards every time you enter the...
by Catherine Tilford | Jul 27, 2012 | Mental Health
In the last three posts, I have focused on how I approach the different stages of therapy in my practice – this post in the series focuses on the final stage of ending the therapeutic relationship. Upon entering therapy, many people wonder how long therapy will...
by Catherine Tilford | Jul 16, 2012 | Mental Health
Over the next series of posts, I want to introduce you to how I approach the different stages of therapy in my practice – from the free initial consultation to ending the therapeutic relationship. Once we’ve completed the free initial consultation and...
by Catherine Tilford | Jul 14, 2012 | Mental Health
Over the next series of posts, I want to introduce you to how I approach the different stages of therapy in my practice – from the free initial consultation to ending the therapeutic relationship. In my last post, I described what the free initial consultation...
