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Mindfulness and Attachment Class #2: Body Awareness

This week we began by reviewing the happiness survey, which is coming online in it’s new form soon. We discussed how the survey was intended to be used, [..]

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New Mindfulness Class beginning Fall 2011

Long before starting Counseling on Capitol Hill in the Summer of 2010, I was aware that my goal in offering integrated mental health counseling and coaching was the creation [..]

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New Study on Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Courtesy of MHCADSD: The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse released a study today entitled Adolescent Substance Use: America’s #1 Public Health Problem.<http://www.casacolumbia.org/upload/2011/20110629adolescentsubstanceuse.pdf> It reported that 9 [..]

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5 Domains of Healthy Relationships

What helps us develop capacity and resilience? The practice of mindfulness, to our thoughts, emotions, sensations, etc. allows us to develop these abilities. Read more »

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Connecting to the Core of Parenting and Relationships- Counseling on Capitol Hill

When we are feeling calm and peaceful, it is pretty easy to agree that our principles for how we want our kids, partners, and ourselves to act are simple. Something along the lines of creative, loving, and aware. From this place we can see that we have these qualities the most in our own lives when we are balanced and calm. Our sense of mental and emotional balance relies on our physiology as well.

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How Do You Find a Good Counselor in Seattle?

Seattle is full of great counselors and psychotherapists. How do you find the one that is right for you? Many people start with their insurance companies. Who is [..]

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Shifting Relationships One Interaction at a Time: Mindfulness and Positive Discipline for Parents and Adolescents

This is a huge change in the battles that are waged between adults and adolescents. Even though it is subtle, when we downshift out of habitual Punishment Mode, we start opening up to what is going on for the other person. We hear so much that children are “attention seeking”, and they are, but desiring the attention and care of others is natural and human, not a disorder. Read more »

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Examing Your Rulebook- Counseling on Capitol Hill Post #20

Howdy Seattle, How We Learn to Punish and Box Our Selves In I’m ruminating on the process by which we create rules based on our experience. It is [..]

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Upcoming Community Mental Health Event

Talking Together about Mental Health Please join us on Mon., March 28, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM at Prospect Congregational UCC 1919 E. Prospect for conversation about mental [..]

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Sex Education via Entertainment on Glee – Counseling on Capitol Hill post#18

Counseling on Capitol Hill post #20 Hello Seattle, Sexuality is an ever present force in our media, influencing our minds whether or not we’re aware of it. I [..]

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