When it comes to making friends, kids seem to have it all figured out. Similar interests, the same school, and shared events often are enough to build up a child’s social network. But how do we find friends as adults? If we boil down the factors that made it easier as kids, we can sort of recreate that process in…
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Welcome To Our New Intern
Justine Rea is our newest intern here at Embrace Change Therapy. She is a counseling and drama therapy student at Lesley University. She is accepting new clients for both in-person and online sessions. She accepts BCBS and most Medicaid plans and has a low cash rate of $30. Justine works mostly with adolescents, teens, and young adults working through transitions,…
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Do You Know About These Pride Month Events?
June is Pride Month and is a time that emphasizes celebrating and honoring the LGBTQIA+ community. A great deal events have information about the history of pride, and support the local community. There are festivities all throughout the United States. We want to highlight the variety of events here in Michigan as our practice is native to this state. Here…
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Today, I Just Need Someone To Listen
Sometimes our friends, coworkers or family members come to us for a chat. They might have something they want to get off their chest or maybe they’re having a hard day and just need another person around. When we find ourselves in a position like this, it may be best to just listen and not give advice. There are moments…
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What is Hypervigilance?
Hypervigilance is a symptom that is often found in anxiety disorders and traumatic stress disorders. Hypervigilance is being on high alert, extra aware of their surroundings, high anxiety, fearful, or avoidant of threatening things. Commonly hypervigilance appears after a stressful or traumatic event that threatened the individuals emotional or physical safety. It can look different across a variety of individuals…
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The Truth About Loneliness
“A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.” – Mandy Hale Loneliness is one of the hardest things to overcome; We have a natural need to be connected with others, through both physical and social contact. Although we can be surrounded by people we love, we can still…
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Gaslighting: Psychological Manipulation and How to Handle It.
Every relationship, either friendly or romantic, is built on trust and truth, so what happens when the truth begins to become fuzzy? Gaslighting is a type of psychological control and manipulation, where the victim is fed lies and false information, to the point that they begin to question what they know themselves to be true. The victim can eventually doubt…
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Advice for Long Distance Relationships
Long Distance Relationships (LDRs) can be difficult to navigate, but they can also be just as rewarding as traditional relationships. According to a study in 2015, a group of 1000 long distance couples participated in a study to determine what made a long distance relationship successful. A few trends became evident throughout the study, here are the findings: The role…
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Unhappiness in work, life, and relationships
Unfortunately, unhappiness is inevitable. Life involves constant change, and with that the ebb and flow of emotions, moods, and feelings. Some of us are constantly striving for happiness, but some of us are not. What can cause a person to be comfortable with unhappiness? And if that is the case, how can we change our perspective and look for the…
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Grief and Loss
Unfortunately, grief and loss are an inevitable part of life. Whether it is losing a pet, a parent, a job or a relationship, we as humans need to allow ourselves time to grieve. A common theoretical model of grief and loss was first proposed in 1969 by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her book On Death and Dying. It outlined the five…
