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CCRC Blog
Our blog is updated monthly with mental health-related posts written by CCRC therapists. If you have a topic or question you’d be interested in reading about, let us know!
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What to Do If Your Partner Doesn't Want to Come to Couples Therapy
Life is an incredible journey, filled with twists, turns, and moments of profound growth. When challenges arise in our relationships,...
Elena Kolomytseva, MS MFT (She/Her)
Jul 17, 2024
How to Let Guilt Go
Recommended Resources Check out what Howell Consultations says about forgiving yourself while letting go of guilt:
Jasmine Gaddy, MA QMHP
Jun 13, 2024
What Do I Do Outside of Therapy? Book Recommendations From a Therapist
I often have clients ask me for book recommendations and so I decided to compile a brief list of current books I’m finding insightful and...
Kate Hargadon, MFT
Apr 16, 2024
Riding Emotional Tides
I am a famously terrible swimmer. Somewhere, hopefully never to be found, there is a home video of me in a speedo and floaties having a...
Peter Bruce, M.A.
Mar 20, 2024
What's Love, Anyway?
Love. It consumes us. We are driven to seek it, to give it, to create countless art forms in an attempt to capture and understand it. ...
Laura Hagen, LMFT
Feb 26, 2024
An Approachable Take on Wellness: Leaning Into Your Body & Mind Connection
It’s the first month of a new year! Social media is flooding with posts of the past year and setting intentions for the new year. For...
Amanda Galarza, AMFT
Jan 12, 2024
The Antidote to Shame: A Musing about “Hard Feelings” with Jennette McCurdy
I’m about twenty minutes into my commute home from the office. Since I was a child, I’ve had this maladaptive coping mechanism that I...
Elisabeth Kee, LCPC
Nov 20, 2023
A Self-Motivation Guide: 5 Ways to Talk Yourself Out of a Bad Mood
Do you ever have those days when you cannot explain why you feel down? I have those days sometimes and they hit me like a ton of bricks....
Veronica McAllister, LPC
Oct 23, 2023
More Than the “Baby Blues”: An Overview of Perinatal & Postpartum Mood Disorders
There are many dualisms inherent in becoming a parent: it’s exciting, joyful, hopeful AND we can feel anxiety and grieve the loss of our...
Sara Morrow-Han, LMFT
Sep 26, 2023
Building Your Defensiveness Radar
When I work with clients dealing with conflict in their relationship, one of the first things I’m looking for is defensiveness – whether...
Eric Wren, AMFT
Aug 29, 2023
3 Questions to Ask About Your Relationship, From Naikan Therapy
In America, we’ve been programmed to pay attention to our needs in relationships. This isn’t a bad thing, but it can make us lose sight...
Josh Hetherington, LMFT
Jul 12, 2023
Individual Therapy vs. Couples Therapy – Which one? (Anonymous & Response)
We had a question that was submitted asking, “My question is, should I look at going to therapy by myself, with her, or not at all and...
Angela Nguyen, LMFT
Jun 14, 2023
Decision Making With Your Wise Mind
Since you woke up this morning, how many decisions - big or small - have you confronted? Did the answers to these decisions naturally...
Madalyn Simpson, LMFT
May 17, 2023
Connecting Mindfully With Nature
Spring has sprung in Chicago! The days are longer, warmer and brighter. Anecdotally, many people say that they feel their mood is...
Sara Morrow-Han, LMFT
Apr 25, 2023
The Emotional Journey of an Abortion Decision and How Therapy Can Help
Grief, relief, uncertainty, and direction. These are only a few of the many coexisting feelings that can arise after having an abortion....
Anikó Blake, LMFT
Mar 20, 2023
We’re Wrong About Boundaries... and How to Rethink Them
Boundaries are hot right now. Watch any reality TV show, TherapyTok, or listen to a relationship podcast and you’ll hear “They crossed my...
Allison Schentrup, LMFT
Mar 14, 2023
Navigating Grief and Loss As a Couple: Tips for the Supporting Partner
Grief and loss are an inevitable part of life that binds all human beings together. Yet, each person has their own unique ways of...
Negin Motlagharani, AMFT
Feb 8, 2023
Resource Radar: Sex Ed Edition
Finding accessible, accurate, and inclusive information to explore sexual safety, pleasure, and preferences can be challenging. My...
Teresa D’Astice
Dec 29, 2022
Keys to Effective Communication
Very often we find that it is very difficult for individuals to effectively communicate in relationships. Effective communication is...
Margaret Dandridge, AMFT
Nov 17, 2022
8 Meaningful Ways to Connect with the Older Adults in Your Life
As summer comes to a close and autumn weather arrives, I absolutely love seeing pumpkins and fall decor strewn about the aisles of Target...
Sam Hardy, MFT
Oct 19, 2022
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