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SuS88806
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I got involved with peer counseling in the 70's and eventually became a professional counselor. I hope to never retire from this work. Outside of that, I do the life-long learner thing, play the new kind of board games, garden, do food-centered things, and cultivate my relationships with family and friends.
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Cultivating mental health; food; games.
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Re: Have suggestions to find the right therapist?

I am a therapist, and I also see an IFS therapist.  I've become a fan of IFS  (Internal Family Systems), which can be used both in therapy, and as an approach to handling one's own mind (and other people's) in day to day life.   I find that it helps ...
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Re: What Stimulates Your Brain?

I've fallen in love with the new kind of board games like Settlers of Catan, Dominion, Lords of Waterdeep, and my favorite, Terraforming Mars.   They are nothing like the boring games we all played as kids.  They are different every time you play.  E...
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Re: How do you care for your mental health?

No one has mentioned counseling yet, so I want to speak up for that as an option people should keep in mind.   I got involved in peer counseling as a young adult back in the 80's, and then became a psychotherapist.  Sometimes working with a caring sk...
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Re: Affordable online mental health providers?

It has been over a year since you posted, I hope you were successful in finding someone for yourself.   My company, CVS Minuteclinic, really got it that people were having such a hard time finding therapy, and created its own program around 2 years a...
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Re: Depressed about aging

It's been a few months since you posted;  how are you doing?   It sounds like you hit a big patch of GRIEF about changes and losses.   I am hoping you got lots of support (like the beautiful responses from here, but in person), tapped into your resil...
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Re: Have suggestions to find the right therapist?

I am a therapist, and I also see an IFS therapist.  I've become a fan of IFS  (Internal Family Systems), which can be used both in therapy, and as an approach to handling one's own mind (and other people's) in day to day life.   I find that it helps ...
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Re: What Stimulates Your Brain?

I've fallen in love with the new kind of board games like Settlers of Catan, Dominion, Lords of Waterdeep, and my favorite, Terraforming Mars.   They are nothing like the boring games we all played as kids.  They are different every time you play.  E...
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Re: How do you care for your mental health?

No one has mentioned counseling yet, so I want to speak up for that as an option people should keep in mind.   I got involved in peer counseling as a young adult back in the 80's, and then became a psychotherapist.  Sometimes working with a caring sk...
SuS88806 06-19-2023 10:18 AM
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Re: Affordable online mental health providers?

It has been over a year since you posted, I hope you were successful in finding someone for yourself.   My company, CVS Minuteclinic, really got it that people were having such a hard time finding therapy, and created its own program around 2 years a...
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Re: Depressed about aging

It's been a few months since you posted;  how are you doing?   It sounds like you hit a big patch of GRIEF about changes and losses.   I am hoping you got lots of support (like the beautiful responses from here, but in person), tapped into your resil...
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Re: Have suggestions to find the right therapist?

I am a therapist, and I also see an IFS therapist.  I've become a fan of IFS  (Internal Family Systems), which can be used both in therapy, and as an approach to handling one's own mind (and other people's) in day to day life.   I find that it helps ...
SuS88806 06-19-2023 10:44 AM
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Re: What Stimulates Your Brain?

I've fallen in love with the new kind of board games like Settlers of Catan, Dominion, Lords of Waterdeep, and my favorite, Terraforming Mars.   They are nothing like the boring games we all played as kids.  They are different every time you play.  E...
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Re: How do you care for your mental health?

No one has mentioned counseling yet, so I want to speak up for that as an option people should keep in mind.   I got involved in peer counseling as a young adult back in the 80's, and then became a psychotherapist.  Sometimes working with a caring sk...
SuS88806 06-19-2023 10:18 AM
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Re: Affordable online mental health providers?

It has been over a year since you posted, I hope you were successful in finding someone for yourself.   My company, CVS Minuteclinic, really got it that people were having such a hard time finding therapy, and created its own program around 2 years a...
SuS88806 06-19-2023 10:09 AM
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Brain Health

Re: Depressed about aging

It's been a few months since you posted;  how are you doing?   It sounds like you hit a big patch of GRIEF about changes and losses.   I am hoping you got lots of support (like the beautiful responses from here, but in person), tapped into your resil...
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