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The ABC’s of Psychology

Focus/Flow: focus refers to the ability to direct and maintain one's attention on a particular task, activity or stimulus. Whereas flow is an advanced and effortless state of focus.

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The ABC’s of Psychology

Exteroception: is your nervous system's process of detecting and interpreting sensory information that originates outside your body. In psychology, it plays a critical role in shaping behavior, emotion, mental health, and cognitive processing

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The ABC’s of Psychology

Dysregulation/Emotional dysregulation: having difficulty managing emotions and reacting stronger/more intensely to a situation/event than generally expected.

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The ABC’s of Psychology

Cognition: the mental action or process of acquiring, storing, retrieving, and using knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

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The ABC’s of Psychology

Allostatic Load: the cumulative effects of stress on a person’s health, both mental and physical.

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Virtual EMDR + Somatic Therapy

Fort Worth Women’s Counseling is moving all EMDR + Somatic therapy sessions online! Find out the what, when, where and how of it.

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Perinatal Mental Health

Perinatal Mental Health is more than just Postpartum Depression (PPD). It includes a number of other diagnoses known collectively as Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs). In this blog you will get the break down of each perinatal/postpartum diagnosis.

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Virtual Counseling

Let’s talk about the benefits of online counseling and how to prepare for it.

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Trauma

“Trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and body.” -Bessel A. van der Kolk

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Somatic Experiencing®

Somatic Experiencing (SE) - putting the body back into therapy. Find out what SE is, how it came about and who it can help.

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A Peek Behind the EMDR Curtain

Are you curious how EMDR works? Peek behind the EMDR curtain with me to see what all is involved. I will give you the inside scoop!

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Grief

What is grief? Where am I in the stages of grief? And does it really matter?

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