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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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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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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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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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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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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...
SuS88806 06-19-2023 09:58 AM
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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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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...
SuS88806 06-19-2023 10:26 AM
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4450
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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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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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0
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2679
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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...
SuS88806 06-19-2023 09:58 AM
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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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1433
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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...
SuS88806 06-19-2023 10:26 AM
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0
Kudos
4450
Views
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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0
Kudos
3101
Views
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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0
Kudos
2679
Views
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...
SuS88806 06-19-2023 09:58 AM
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