Celebrating Pride When You Aren’t Out Mental Health Resources

Celebrating Pride When You Aren’t Out

June is Pride Month for the LGBTQIA+ community. While it’s good to remember why we…

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How to Create an Activism Survival Kit Mental Health Resources

How to Create an Activism Survival Kit

The start of Pride Month offers an excellent opportunity to assess where we stand in…

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The Physical Impact of Trauma Mental Health Resources

The Physical Impact of Trauma

Some of our readers have been on a mental health journey of healing, growing, and…

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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Toxic Stress Mental Health Resources

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Toxic Stress

What are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)?  Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, are potentially traumatic events…

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Defining Sexual Harassment and Assault Mental Health Resources

Defining Sexual Harassment and Assault

One area of mental health that Heartland Therapy Connection aims to treat and raise awareness…

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The Truth About Therapy Mental Health Resources

The Truth About Therapy

For those who are new to the therapeutic process, therapy may seem quite intimidating. Like…

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Mental Health TikTok: Positive Impacts Mental Health Resources

Mental Health TikTok: Positive Impacts

Like it or not, TikTok is a reigning champ on the social media scene today. …

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The Power of Storytelling Mental Health Resources

The Power of Storytelling

For the year 2023, the theme for Women’s History Month is “Celebrating Women Who Tell…

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Brené Brown: Leader, Pioneer, and Researcher Mental Health Resources

Brené Brown: Leader, Pioneer, and Researcher

A prominent figure during Women’s History Month, as well as in the field of counseling,…

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Marsha Linehan: Creator of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Mental Health Resources

Marsha Linehan: Creator of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

At Heartland Therapy Connection we have a number of therapists who are trained in Dialectical…

AdministratorMarch 14, 2023

Women’s History Month: A Discovery That Changed Trauma Treatment Mental Health Resources

Women’s History Month: A Discovery That Changed Trauma Treatment

A tidbit of women's history you might not know.... Like the rest of us, Dr.…

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Honoring Black Contributions to Psychology Mental Health Resources

Honoring Black Contributions to Psychology

As we close out Black History Month, I felt it would be a good exercise…

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Black Mental Health Literature Mental Health Resources

Black Mental Health Literature

As a white, female mental health counselor in-training, it is my duty to continue building…

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How “Intersectionality” was Coined Mental Health Resources

How “Intersectionality” was Coined

What is intersectionality? Intersectionality is a term that was coined by legal scholar Kimberly Crenshaw…

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Remembering Black History Mental Health Resources

Remembering Black History

Black History Month has arrived and we are here to commemorate and remember the history…

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New Year, New You? The Power of Starting Fresh Mental Health Resources

New Year, New You? The Power of Starting Fresh

Aside from setting resolutions, it is common to have the desire to reset, start over,…

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Monthly Journal Prompts for New Year’s Resolutions Mental Health Resources

Monthly Journal Prompts for New Year’s Resolutions

With the start of a new year, new possibilities and hope for positive change seem…

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“Negative Emotions?” Not in my Office! Mental Health Resources

“Negative Emotions?” Not in my Office!

As a former teacher and a current narrative therapist, I believe in the power of…

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The Role of Emotions in Our Lives Mental Health Resources

The Role of Emotions in Our Lives

Identifying and expressing emotions can be a hard feat, yet necessary for our mental well…

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Tips on Overcoming Social Anxiety for All Ages Mental Health Resources

Tips on Overcoming Social Anxiety for All Ages

When there's uncertainty surrounding a situation or event, it can cause anxiety for many and…

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Mindfulness vs Grounding – What’s the Difference? Mental Health Resources

Mindfulness vs Grounding – What’s the Difference?

If you’ve done any exploration into managing your anxiety, you’ve probably come across these two…

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Combatting Anxiety and Burnout: The Importance of Self-Care Mental Health Resources

Combatting Anxiety and Burnout: The Importance of Self-Care

Anxiety and burnout are terms that individuals are likely familiar with, but what individuals may…

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Anxiety: Could It Be A Cycle? Mental Health Resources

Anxiety: Could It Be A Cycle?

What is anxiety? Anxiety is anticipation of what could happen in the future. This experience…

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Intimate Partner Violence Risk Factors and Prevention Mental Health Resources

Intimate Partner Violence Risk Factors and Prevention

Knowing the cycle of abuse, the types of abuse, and associated characteristics are important for…

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