Red Willow Counseling & Recovery Blog
Finding a Therapist: The First Major Hurdle!
By Scott Marshall, CMHC Intern “Look, I’ve got problems, no doubt - it’s just whenever I decide to get some help I end up spending 3 hours on Psychology Today until I just fall asleep. Then sometimes I decide I need therapy but then the next week I’m no...
Self-Compassion During a Worldwide Pandemic
By Cara Duchene Unprecedented Circumstances COVID-19, social distancing, lockdowns, work changes, and the loss of our typical day to day structure and support has taken a toll on everyone. As we work to manage our grief and anxiety about these changes and losses, we...
What’s in Your Toolkit?
By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director Pandemic, Earthquakes, Wildfires Oh My! One of the wildest of years is coming to an exhausting close, with slight glimmers of hope on the precipice of 2021. Most of us know by now how strained our mental health and general...
“Home”
By Vee Floros What Makes a Home? For so much of my life, home was my childhood house in my hometown of New England. Last week my mom put our house on the market, and it has made me think a lot about the concept of home. Do I no longer have a home? What is a home? ...
Surviving the Quiet Combat of the COVID-19 Quarantine
Supplemental Spring 2020 By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director It's been several weeks since our cities went into a state of emergency ‘lockdown.’ Our lives seem to have become restrained and constricted as well. Many of us are feeling increasing states of...
The Thaw Is Here, Time to Get Out Into Nature
Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director It might strike as a tedious ol’ notion that being in nature is abundantly healthy. It’s especially eye-roll inducing for folks who identify as introverts, have ability limitations or anxiety and depression issues, amongst other...
When Everything Seems to Fall Apart
By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director At the very moment of writing this, I’m in a small downtown apartment, lived in since December when major and necessary personal losses occurred. Just 2.5 hours ago the largest earthquake to occur in Utah since 1992 jostled my...
Let’s Not Leave Loneliness Alone
Let’s Not Leave Loneliness Alone By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director This month some of us may elect to observe the ever-contentious Hallmark holiday of Valentines. Still others may opt out for social, personal, historical or political reasons… or all of the above....
2020: Be Curious
2020: Be Curious By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director It’s a new decade, a new year, and a time that can feel daunting for many reasons. Maybe you’re reflecting back on 2019 with a few grunts and squirms. Maybe the past year (or decade) has been predominantly...
The Power of Your Why
The Power of Your Why By Paige Zuckerman, Clinical Director There’s a lot of chatter lately about ‘finding your why’ in the world of business. Catchphrase aside, this idea is not only applicable for entrepreneurs and Fortune-500 CEO’s. In mental health and addiction...