by Courtenay Monfore | Mar 25, 2019 | Anxiety, Blog, Therapy
Many of the clients I work with have one main goal: To stop being so angry. Anger can be an emotional currency. Some people grow up in an angry home where door slamming and phone throwing are basic means of communication. When we grow up in this environment, we take...
by Courtenay Monfore | Mar 18, 2019 | Anxiety, Blog, Therapy
How many of you have watched the move Good Will Hunting? If you haven’t go ahead and rent a copy, it’s a great film. If you have, you’ll remember the famous scene where Robin Williams, who plays a therapist, compassionately repeats the line “It’s not your fault” to...
by Courtenay Monfore | Mar 11, 2019 | Anxiety, Blog, Therapy
This month we plunged into a 4 part series of surviving change. We’ve learned the truths, we’ve accepted the changes (or at least we’re aware we need to!), we’ve expanded our options – now it’s time to take action. This last part of...
by Courtenay Monfore | Mar 3, 2019 | Anxiety, Blog, Therapy
What helps you expand your thinking? When adapting to change, we need to come up with thoughts and solutions that are different from ones we’ve used in the past. If not, we will just be responding in habitual ways that may not serve us now. We need to know how...
