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By Tami Earnhart, LMFT, ATR
I’m a therapist in San Marcos writing about Child Therapy, Art Therapy, Parenting, Grief Counseling, and Anxiety Therapy for Adults.
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How creating art with an Art Therapist can help you feel more empowered.
This blog was originally written while the world was amid the pandemic. For several years, the one thing that stood out was the undeniable losses people were experiencing.
Many people are still trying to recover from those years. You may be one of them. You’re not alone.
How does Art Therapy Help with Anxiety? A Therapist in San Marcos, CA Shares thoughts.
Anxiety is one of the main issues that people come to therapy to deal with.
Maybe you have never gone to therapy and the thought of talking about anxiety feels hard. Perhaps you have tried to “talk” to a therapist before about your anxiety. And it didn’t go as you hoped.
Some therapies rely much less on talking, Art Therapy is one of them.
Helping Professionals Series: Art Therapist Helping San Diego Military.
In this edition of my Helping Professionals blog series, I want to introduce you to Megan Toth, one of my San Diego Art Therapy colleagues. Megan has a heart for helping our military men and women, and their families.
Megan co-founded Draw Near Art Studio & Workshops, an Art Psychoeducational Business where she leads “Draw Near” workshops with her colleague and co-founder.
Navigating the Storm: Overcoming Parenting Anxiety with Five Proven Strategies.
Guest Author: Irina Baechle, LCSW and licensed relationship therapist.
When you have children, you can count on a certain amount of anxiety. But worry and fear about the well-being of your children can quickly spiral out of control and impair your everyday life, relationships, and welfare.
Five Common Questions about Therapy for Anxiety in San Marcos, CA.
Stress can come from external events, illnesses, injuries, and even from past experiences. How much stress can one body take? Everyone is different. Some people are more resilient in the face of certain stressors.
So how do you know if you’ve reached your limit and now may be dealing with underlying anxiety?
A child therapist shares words to encourage parents in the moment.
The most natural thing when a child is in distress is to help them, to assist them in some way. That help often comes in the form of information, advice, and solutions. While children may need your information, they first need to feel connected to you. I don’t know the origin of the idea, but these words have always stuck with me, “Connect before your correct”. However, it seems for many parents and other adults it’s easier to correct or try to “fix” a child, and then try to connect with them.
You’re struggling with parenting. How to know when your child needs therapy.
Parenting is hard, so this is definitely not a drive-by-guilting. Sometimes you feel anxious about the things your family, and ultimately your child is going through at school or at home. You wonder if your kid should see a child therapist. One thing I have witnessed over the years is that if a parent can remain relatively calm and take care of themselves, no matter what the issue, their kids cope better.
Resolving to address your anxiety in the New Year with Art Therapy.
You can’t even put the past two years into words. You made it through the holidays. The disappointments, the stress, the grief. While you may or may not be looking forward to the New Year, you may be wondering if it’s time to address your anxiety. Perhaps you’ve been riding the waves up and down for a while.
Holiday Anxiety? Here are 3 soothing activities from an Art Therapist.
As a therapist in San Marcos, CA, I know that the holidays may feel overwhelming. You’re searching for ways to feel calmer during this season in the midst of all that is going on in your life and the life of those around you.
How an Art Therapist can help you make friends with your parenting anxiety.
The thought of making friends with any kind of anxiety can feel a bit like making friends with the neighborhood bully when you were a kid. Anxiety says untrue things to you and can threaten all kinds of harm. If you struggle with anxiety and you suspect it may be impacting how you parent, you may be right.
How an Art Therapist can help you creatively cope with your anxiety.
Anxiety is a normal human experience. Perhaps that is why many people search daily for effective ways to cope with anxiety for themselves and their children.
Perhaps, you have been searching for ways to cope with your anxiety for years.