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Orlando Self-Care Spot: Cortney Singleton at The Salt Room

Orlando Self-Care Spotlight: Living Well Acupuncture

Self-care is fundamental to the wellness of your mind, body, and spirit. We kicked off the month by sharing a blog on the importance of self-care and some ideas to kick start your self-care journey! In our most recent blog post, we highlighted The Body Lab Pilates and interviewed Dede Ramos, Owner and Master Instructor.

We are continuing this series on Orlando Self-Care Spotlight, where we highlight local businesses that have been nominated by other Orlando therapist and professionals as awesome self-care spots. We have carefully selected locally owned Orlando businesses that nurture mind, body, and spirit to be featured in our series Orlando Self-Care Spotlight.

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5 Common Myths about Teen Counseling

Orlando Therapist Shares Myths About Teen Counseling (written for the teen)

You’re overwhelmed, you’re confused, and you're realizing that you need more help than talking to your friends can give you. You want to talk to your parents about getting counseling, but you don’t know if they’ll understand. You worry about your parents’ reaction if you even bring up counseling to them - will they blame themselves? Get upset with you for asking for counseling? Ignore how you’ve been feeling?

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Orlando Self-Care Spot: The Body Lab Pilates

Orlando Self-Care Spot: The Body Lab Pilates

We are kicking off this blog series on Self-Care Spots in Orlando by interviewing Dede Ramos, owner, and master instructor at The Body Lab Pilates.

We are grateful for these business owners because they have dedicated their lives to nurturing the mind, body, and spirit of humans. Because of their work, they are helping the people in our Orlando community live healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives.

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Orlando Therapist Shares Importance of Self-Care

Orlando Therapist Shares Importance of Self-Care

You’ve been feeling drained and overextended. You’re running out of gas emotionally and physically. You know things need to change, but you just can’t seem to prioritize your needs.

You say, ‘tomorrow’ or ‘after I pick up the kids,’ but the time just never seems to come. You’re inundated with endless tasks and a mile-long to-do list.

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6 Steps to Renew Your Self-Care Plan

Are you feeling like you need a little reboot to your self-care routine like things have gotten out of balance and some of the old ways of being have crept back in? As an Orlando therapist that specializes in trauma and anxiety, one of the first things clients and I do in a session is to create a solid self-care plan. Without the ability to take care of ourselves, we just don’t have what it takes to manage all of our responsibilities.

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7 Tips for Helping Someone Through a Panic Attack

It can be scary and overwhelming when someone you love is having a panic attack. All of a sudden, they are experiencing intense symptoms and are terrified, and are looking to you for support and comfort. At Mindful Living Counseling Orlando, we work with clients that struggle with anxiety and panic attacks.

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54321 Grounding

Anxiety Therapist Shares 54321 Grounding

Have you been struggling with panic and anxiety? Orlando Therapist Lauran Hahn, LMHC shares the 5-4-3-2-1 method. The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding method is easy to remember and is always available because it utilizes the 5 senses. Click to learn more about this method that will help you relieve the panic and anxiety you may be feeling.

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Orlando Therapist Shares about Eating Disorders and Body Image

As an eating disorder therapist in Orlando, many of my clients struggle with body image. I help my clients move from feeling bad and worrying about their bodies to being kind and accepting their bodies. So what does Body Image mean exactly? Body image refers to the relationship you have with your body; how you see it, think about it, feel about it, and how you experience living in it. It plays a big role in your self-esteem.

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How to Find an Orlando Therapist for Teens

Orlando has a lot to offer teens - theme parks, wonderful natural parks, springs, and the beach is only an hour away! Sometimes, however, we need to extend our search beyond fun destinations. There are times we need to search for a teen therapist in Orlando.

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What to Expect: Teen Therapy Orlando

Bringing your teen to counseling for the first time can be an overwhelming experience. If this is your first time going to a therapist as well, maybe you are unaware of what to expect or what will happen during the first session. You may have found a great counselor for your teen in Orlando, but what should you expect to happen during the first sessions?

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8 Questions to Ask a Teen Counselor in Orlando

Finding a therapist to help your teenager can be tough. You may search for “teen counselor in Orlando” on Google and find many results - but how do you know which one is the right fit for your teen? What questions should you ask to choose a counselor? It can be difficult to know how to find the right counselor for your teen, especially if this is the first time you are looking for a counselor. I am here to help you navigate this task! My name is Elizabeth Chambers and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Orlando who specializes in working with teens.

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How to Talk to Your Teen: 6 Helpful Steps

Orlando Therapist Offering Helpful Tips about How to Talk to Your Teen. You are constantly arguing - day after day you are going in circles about the same topics with no resolution. It’s impossible to get through the day without some disagreement taking place. How can you begin to improve your relationship when you can’t agree on the simplest things?

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EMDR Therapy Orlando Q&A

As I’ve been going through the EMDR consultant-in-training process, I have come across some commonly asked questions from clients and from other EMDR therapists. I have created a list of answers to some commonly asked questions regarding EMDR Therapy.

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Meet our Orlando Therapists

  • Image of Elizabeth Yoak an anxiety therapist in Orlando at Mindful Living Counseling.

    Elizabeth Yoak

    Hi! I specialize in working with adults and teens struggling with anxiety, trauma, and depression.

  • Image of Shauna Hughes an anxiety therapist in Orlando at Mindful Living Counseling.

    Shauna Hughes

    Hi! I work with anxiety, trauma, relationships, and coping with autoimmune diseases.

  •  Lauran Hahn

    Hi! I work with clients struggling with toxic relationship patterns, anxiety, and trauma.

  • Image of Susan Williams an anxiety therapist in Orlando at Mindful Living Counseling.

    Susan Williams

    Hi there! I specialize in working with teens, adults, and couples struggling with grief, anxiety, and trauma.

  • Image of Tristin McDermott an anxiety therapist in Orlando at Mindful Living Counseling.

    Tristin McDermott

    Hello! I specialize in working with teens with anxiety, trauma, and eating disorders.