Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy-Challenging Faulty Beliefs
by Counseling and Wellness Center of PittsburghAugust 1, 2023 Albert Ellis, faulty beliefs, irrational thinking, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, REBT0 comments
Have you ever felt deeply hurt by someone’s actions, leading you to question how they could betray your trust despite your kindness and dedication to them? In moments like these, it’s natural to wonder what causes such emotional pain and turmoil. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), a spinoff of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), offers valuable insights into the...Learn MoreThe Valentine’s Day Love Manual For Singles, Married, and Those Who Never Want to Date Anyone Ever.
by Counseling and Wellness Center of PittsburghFebruary 7, 2017 counseling, couples counseling, couples therapy, dating, divorce, marriage counseling, meditation, personal growth, psychology, therapists, therapy, wellness, wisdom, yoga0 comments
The Valentine’s Day Love Manual For Singles, Married, and Those Who Never Want to Date Anyone Ever
We develop patience because we come to understand demandingness, we best learn to love by having our hearts broken, when our dignity is usurped, and our sanity called into question, sometimes this is the starting point for some wondrous growth and opportunity. We develop spirit by first...Learn MoreResolving to Simplicity
by Stephanie McCrackenJanuary 13, 2016 counseling, educational, mindfulness, psychology, psychotherapy, resolutions, wisdom0 comments
Change, Resolution
Resolving to Simplicity, Less is More.
Oh it is indeed that time again, the new year with its glittering hopes, perhaps like many others, you are assessing some goals, or maybe just noticing in quiet desperation that there are some things which you feel hopeless and exhausting from last year. According to statistics over half of those who have stated a resolution have...Learn MoreThe Grass is Greener, To the Patches of Dirt in my Lawn
by Stephanie McCrackenJanuary 22, 2015 counseling, couples counseling, mindfulness, personal growth, wisdom0 comments
Cultivating a Gorgeous Lawn
The Grass is Always Greener, To the Brown Patches of Dirt in my Lawn, On Love and Life
The grass is always greener, the crab grass, the blue grass, the sea grass, I see it out there as one whose mind is prone to perpetual comparisons, squinting eyes contemplating between the haves and have not’s. My front lawn has large cavernous patches of dirt, etched amidst...Learn MoreSerenaded by Fire; Dancing with Anger- A Psychotherapist’s musings…
by Stephanie McCrackenSeptember 4, 2014 counseling, couples counseling, elephant journal, mindfulness, personal growth, psychotherapy, wisdom0 comments
Anger Management
As written by us and featured in Elephant Journal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/09/serenaded-by-fire-dancing-with-anger-a-psychotherapists-musings-stephanie-mccracken/
Experiencing and acting upon anger, despite its steeping potentials, is often shrouded in uncertainty and even guilt or shame, causing many people to attempt its subterranean burial. Due to cultural and...Learn MoreShining Summer Solstice, Peaceful Gatherings and Personal Growth
by Stephanie McCrackenJune 20, 2014 counseling, personal growth, psychology, psychotherapy0 comments
The solar energy and entrance of summers dance beckons forth beads of perspiration and the cherry blossom glow if sun-kissed cheeks. It is time to celebrate the summer solstice and this year the earth has proffered abundantly with her flourishing landscape smiling faces pleased to be enjoying more of life outdoors. Moods seem to be heightened and Peaceburgh united in celebration of earth’s...Learn More