Q&A for Teens Considering Counseling
Mental health/illness is simply what it sounds like. It’s the HEALTH of the brain and body system. When our brain is sick it often impacts t
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Kim Keys, LCPC
Jun 10, 20201 min
Couples Therapy: Common Questions Answered
There are a few questions we often get from couples thinking about starting couples counseling.
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Kim Keys, LCPC
May 4, 20203 min
Nervous System Inflammation: Trauma Explained
Our sympathetic nervous system is set up to keep us safe. Think “bear in the woods”. If there is a bear coming after you in the woods...
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Kim Keys, LCPC
May 4, 20203 min
Tips for Protecting Mental Health During a Pandemic
There is significant mental health concern with respect to this pandemic that we MUST begin to address. Studies show that 1 in 5...
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Kim Keys, LCPC
Mar 4, 20203 min
Adulting 101
I remember calling my mom sometime around age 19. I had moved to Boston for school in September. I’m a small town Central Oregon girl…...
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Feb 21, 20202 min
Five Ways to Create a Better Connection with Your Significant Other
1. Synchronize you and your partner’s nervous system everyday! After a long day away from home, make sure the first person who comes home...
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Kim Keys, LCPC
Feb 6, 20202 min
Do You Remember Your Wedding Vows?
Vow: a solemn promise or assertion Specifically: one by which a person is bound to an act, service, or condition Merriam-Webster If you...
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Kim Keys, LCPC
Jan 13, 20201 min
Did You Know You Might Have Access to Free Counseling?
Do you know about EAP for your mental health counseling services? An often unknown resource for accessing free mental health counseling...
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Kim Keys, LCPC
Jan 11, 20203 min
Self-care and the Self-employed
Attention business owners and entrepreneurs! Self care is no longer a luxury for you! Your life and the success of your company...
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Kim Keys, LCPC
Jan 11, 20202 min
4-Step Panic Management Plan
Did you know anxiety is currently the #1 reason people seek mental health counseling? You’re not alone and it’s very treatable.
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Kim Keys, LCPC
Oct 3, 20193 min
Value Systems - Creating a Rudder for Your Ship
Values and belief systems are a fundamental part of now only how we function within the world, but how we see ourselves in it.
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Kim Keys, LCPC
Sep 25, 20192 min
I Can't Trust Anyone!
If you’ve ever thought to yourself: “I’m done with relationships, I always get Sh*! on.” “Why do people always think it’s okay to walk...
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Kim Keys, LCPC
Sep 25, 20194 min
It's Not About the Nail
There is a hilarious video that often comes up with our couples in counseling. Check it out: What I find most hilarious about it (aside...
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Sep 6, 20192 min
Is Any Relationship Affair-Proof?
I was sitting in a café with my study partner, studying for an upcoming test. We ordered coffee and settled in. As we started digging...
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Kim Keys, LCPC
Aug 22, 20192 min
Self Care Requires Discipline
Self care requires discipline in the same way going to the gym requires discipline. We hear so many of our clients say “I’ll do self care...
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Kim Keys, LCPC
Jul 25, 20192 min
Maybe...
Anxiety takes us into the future, depression takes us into the past. I don’t remember who wrote that (nor could Google help me, sorry),...
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Kim Keys, LCPC
Jun 5, 20191 min
Curves Ahead
When I first started riding street motorcycles, I developed a couple of bad habits. As I went into a curve, I was looking too close in...
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Kim Keys, LCPC
May 30, 20191 min
Oil Change
We all change the oil in our cars (or get someone to do it for us). Why do we do this? Is it broken? No, we do this for maintenance...to...
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Kim Keys, LCPC
May 16, 20195 min
Inhale. Exhale. Repeat.
It’s the simplest thing in the world, right? Just breathe. Most of us don’t even think about it. We do it every moment of our lives....
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Kim Keys, LCPC
May 1, 20192 min
Boundaries with the Boundary-Less
You know the story. You’re in a huge fight with your spouse and emotions are mounting and you’re afraid you’re gong to say something you...
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