Benefits of using Video Therapy over the Internet To Combat Anxiety and Depression

I began seeing my clients using a HIPPA compliant video platform  for one of the health insurances I take a year ago. Most of these clients had problems with depression and/or anxiety related to job stress, finances, and family problems.  I thought the sessions would be of lower quality than when I saw my clients in person but I was wrong.  When I am seeing someone using my HIPPA compliant video software called Doxy.me, I soon forget that we are not in the same room.

Some of my clients were hesitant to see me using this method but once they tried it, I often never saw them after that in person. They found it so convenient to not have to drive in poor weather or even to take the time to drive to see me. Some people meet with me during their lunch breaks. When they are home they like to introduce me to family members, partners and  pets. Some clients live far from a city with therapists who are taking new clients. I have seen people using video who live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, as well as who are working at their jobs in Chicago or Japan.

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Using Nutritional Supplements to Reduce Anxiety, Depression and Bi-Polar Disorder, Pt 1

One of my most important quests in my life has been to find methods to help people relieve their mental problems without using medication. I have been thrilled to discover scientist William Walsh who has been doing much research for over 35 years on how nutrition can reduce mental problems.

Walsh is an expert in nutrient-based psychiatry and nutritional medicine. He is the author of Nutrient Power: Heal Your Biochemistry and Heal Your Brain. Walsh has discovered striking  blood/urine chemistry differences between people with mental problems and people who don’t have mental problems.

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How EMDR reduced Anxiety for One Artist

Anxiety can affect people in many ways. Creative people often struggle with anxiety about their creative process.  This post is how EMDR helped one woman artist change her negative self-talk about her artistic talent to positive self-talk.

EMDR, which stands for Eye Movement Desensization Processing, is my favorite therapeutic technique. For many people it quickens the pace of progress in therapy. It is a practice of using bi-lateral stimulation, which could be through eye movements back and forth, a tone heard in one ear then the other ear or tapping one knee then the other knee.

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