Blue Square Blog
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Anxiety in the New Year
As we step into a new year, it's common to feel a mix of excitement and apprehension. While it's a time for fresh beginnings and opportunities, it can also bring about feelings of stress and anxiety.
Breaking Down What It Means To Be a Highly Sensitive Person
Being a Highly Sensitive Person can feel challenging. So many things that an “average” person wouldn’t even blink twice at, can be incredibly overstimulating for someone who is an HSP. It’s not unheard of for family and friends of HSPs to criticize them and tell them to “toughen up”.
Tapping to Wellness with EFT
EFT is a body-centered therapy. It is known by many names (emotional freedom technique, tapping, psychological acupressure) and follows the same principles as acupuncture. It follows a specific pattern of tapping on the body with focused breathing. Studies have shown positive results from using EFT in conjunction with more traditional treatment options.
Engage Your Mind, Body, and Spirit with Art Therapy
The “American Art Therapy Association” defines art therapy as an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship. Art therapy allows people to express how they are feeling through a variety of mediums.