Using AI For Better Minds, Healthier Relationships

Can I use ChatGPT or other AI programs between sessions?

Yes! Artifical Intelligence can be a helpful tool for reflection, journaling prompts, and practicing relationship skills and a wide variety of topics such as habit tracking, gratitude, journaling, meditation, and physical activity between sessions.

Keep in mind: It’s not a substitute for therapy. Use it as a supplement to reinforce what you’re learning, and always reach out to your therapist for serious concerns or crises. If you do not have a therapist talk to a trusted friend, legal source or crises line before taking serious action/s.

Privacy concerns. Data can be used by companies without privacy and payment information to provide the service. Companies collect your data such as your email, login credentials, and payment information to provide the service. They are not FDA regulated and are not subject to HIPAA. 

This post adapted from content generated by Chatgbt, published brief content from the American Psychologial Association and this therapists training/research. 

Emotional Connection on Valentines Day ❤️

We all want a Valentines Day that feels good whether we are with someone or not in fact we obsess about that day! Our brains are genetically hard-wired for attachment or connection yet we are incredibly vulnerable to show our needs. When a connection is warm and secure, we thrive in romantic relationships and feel less pain. When we are insecurely attached, either anxious or avoidant, we do feel pain, and are lonely.

When we do not have this type of connection or attachment, we can learn it with practice and trial and error, much like learning to play an musical instrument. Emotionally Focused Therapy brings couples together by using emotions to retrain the brain to respond with love and care to another person. And this can happen within an individual too! (We all know about our Internal Critic.) 

 

 

Online Counseling and In-Office Counseling: Hybrid Benefits for Clients

Updated July 14, 2021

Recently many things have changed in our world and the use of teletherapy is one. There are many benefits to teletherapy or video counseling. Here are a few:

1. protects participates or their loved ones from illness
2. convenience-can be done from anywhere
3. if needed/appropriate couples can be in different workplaces, towns or other locations after an initial session together
4. traveling one or both of you (within Oregon) not missing a session
5. using a specialist that is not in your area 
6. privacy with older children can be at home yet a parent is close by

Research has shown online counseling to be just as effective! In person therapy can be compared to holding a physical book in your hands.

Picture of a book, picture of kindle

Online therapy using a kindle to read an electronic book. Different but the same process and benefits for a client. Many people are surprised how comfortable they feel using online therapy. I have taken specialized training to make good eye contact, conveying warmth and working with more than one person online to provide the best, effective connection with my clients.

An initial conversation about online counseling can help you to learn more to show how the technology without committing to therapy.

A hybrid approach offers the "usual" type of therapy for those that wish that experience or to meet once to see me in person. Whatever you choose best wishes on recovering emotionally as well as physically during this post COVID time!

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