Ben’s Blog Articles
Proper Nutrition and Regular Exercise are Stress Management Tools You Should Be Using
Living under a prolonged state of stress can impact both your physical and mental health by manifesting in countless forms, such as a weakened immune system, facial tics, high blood pressure, gastrointestinal upset, headaches, chest pain, insomnia and anxiety. While...
How to Spot an Eating Disorder
An eating disorder is when a person has a distorted body image, fails to maintain a healthy weight, develops an obsessive fixation on food intake and attempts to control his/her weight through dysfunctional and harmful ways, such as starvation, binge eating, improper...
What to Expect in a Psychotherapy Session
Psychotherapy, which is also known as individual therapy or counseling, is a partnership between a client and therapist during which counterproductive patterns of thought and behavior are identified by discussing life’s events, memories, relationships, goals and...
What to Expect in a Couples Counseling Session
Once you begin looking into couple’s counseling, you will be awed by the endless benefits that are gained over the course of treatment, such as increased intimacy and displays of affection, improved communication and rebuilt trust. Counseling is indeed a meaningful...
4 Signs It’s Time for Couple’s Therapy
Every couple should be in-tune with the health of their relationship in order to address any pressing issues that crop up, so that a solution can be implemented as soon as possible. There are certain signs that tell you when a problem is becoming more than you and your partner can handle on your own. Here are 4 signs that should give you an indication that it’s time for couple’s therapy.
What to Expect for My Clinical Supervision
The State of Minnesota requires that you fulfill 4000 hours of clinical supervision to meet the minimum qualifications to obtain eligibility for licensure as a LICSW. Out of these 4000 hours, 1800 hours must be able to be defined as, “direct clinical client contact.”...