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Aug 11
5 min

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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Nervous System Inflammation: Trauma Explained

Kim Keys, LCPC

May 4
3 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 you...

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Tips for Protecting Mental Health During a Pandemic

Kim Keys, LCPC

May 4
3 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 individu...

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Kim Keys, LCPC

Mar 4
3 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… gr...

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Five Ways to Create a Better Connection with Your Significant Other

Susan Pennington, LAMFT

Feb 21
2 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

Jan 11
2 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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Why We Externalize Our Feelings and the Power of Claiming Them

Kim Keys, LCPC

May 1, 2019
2 min

Why We Externalize Our Feelings and the Power of Claiming Them

On a daily basis clients come into session and talk about things that bother them, the hurts, the pains, the traumas, the fears. We’ve no...

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