St. Louis Therapy forHealthcare Staff The worldwide praise for healthcare workers comes in all forms: heartfelt, homemade posters, parades of appreciative police cars and delivered bakery sweets from thankful communities. Amidst all of this gratitude for their bravery, our front-line heroes are vulnerable and hurting, badly.I recently read a New York Times article entitled,'I Can't…
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Protecting Mental Health During COVID-19
https://youtu.be/tkb2QGLOL8Q Online Therapy During COVID-19 BMIRedefined with Gin and Moe™ seek Kelly O'Donnell Counseling's expertise regarding:- First responder trauma - Managing anxiety and depression- Working through loneliness during the pandemicWatch the video above to learn how the St. Louis community and the world can positively cope with these emotions in the present. Schedule an online…
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How Trauma Lodges in the Body
Human memory is a sensory experience, says psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk. Through his longtime research and innovation in trauma treatment, he shares what he’s learning about how bodywork like yoga or eye movement therapy can restore a sense of goodness and safety. What he’s learning speaks to a resilience we can all cultivate in…
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Self-love is action.
Do You Love Yourself? It is so cliche... You have to "love yourself" before you can... (fill in the blank here... find love... lose weight... be happy.) It is true, but what does it mean to "love yourself"? Ways to Love Yourself I like to think of love as a verb (an action), not a…
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