Creating Goals in Utah Counseling

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Utah Counseling: How to Create Great Goals for Therapy As part of your Utah Counseling experience, you will work with your therapist to create goals. Effective goals in therapy can give your counseling sessions focus, direction, and momentum. And good goals can help you watch your progress as you move through the process. But what…

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Just Breathe! Reduce Anxiety With This Simple Exercise

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Just Breathe! Reduce Anxiety With This Simple Exercise Anxiety might seize you in the middle of the night, or perhaps at the beginning of a work meeting, or maybe while driving your kids to soccer practice. Wherever it happens, it can overwhelm you. Your mind won’t stop running; body is tense; heart is racing. You…

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Is it Okay to Argue in Marriage Counseling?

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 Arguments in Marriage Counseling If you are considering marriage counseling, you might be unsure of how a marriage therapy appointment works. Maybe you and your spouse are experiencing more conflict than usual. You might wonder if you can (or should) argue in front of your therapist in marriage counseling. Is it better to be on…

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Do Mature Couples (55+) Need Marriage Therapy?

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Can Mature Couples Benefit from Marriage Therapy? Are you and your partner in a “mature” relationship? Maybe you’re both over 55, retired, and this is your second marriage. Maybe you have already been with your spouse for decades and your children have moved out to form families of their own. You might be wondering; as…

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Am I Holding Back in Couples Therapy?

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How to Know if You Are Holding Back In Couples Therapy It’s hard enough to decide to make the call to schedule couples therapy. But making your appointment is just the beginning! The work begins when you and your partner arrive at your first appointment.  A successful experience in couples therapy will depend on your…

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Meet a Utah Therapist: Emily Helms, MFTI

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Meet a Utah Therapist: Emily Helms, MFTI Are you struggling to find the right Utah therapist for you or your family? Not sure where to begin or how to find the best fit for you? The Center for Couples and Families can help. Finding the right therapist is an important part of having a positive…

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Resentment and Negative Sentiment Override in Couples Therapy

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How Couples Therapy Can Help Solve Negative Sentiment Override Did you know that most couples wait an average of six years to seek couples therapy? You might not be surprised by that statistic. If you are reading this, you might be seeking couples therapy for the first time. Or maybe you’ve been before and you…

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Individual Counseling: Find the Right Therapist

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Individual Counseling: More Information about Finding the Right Therapist for You   In our last post, you learned about some things to consider as you work towards starting individual counseling. Some of these things included more of the “administrative” details that you might have overlooked, like cost, availability, or the therapist’s background. (Read more: How to…

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Individual Counseling: How Do I Find a Good Therapist?

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Individual Counseling: How To Find the Right Therapist for You Navigating the world of individual counseling can seem overwhelming, especially when it comes to finding the right therapist. Maybe you’ve never been to therapy before and you want to find a good fit. Or maybe you have been to therapy before and you’ve struggled to…

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Parenting: Understanding & Reconnecting With Your Teenager

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Parenting: Understanding & Reconnecting With Your Teenager If someone were to ask you, “What is one time in your life you would never revisit?”, what would you say? While the answers to this question are numerous, oftentimes the answer falls somewhere from ages 12 to 25. Why is it that people would never want to…

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