Name: The Benefits of Dance Therapy: How Can This Body Based Therapy Help You Heal?
Uploaded: 2023-05-24T12:00:28-04:00
Channel: Julieth Diaz MD
Description: Dance therapy is a means to learn to express freely and through movement what is represented in the person's psyche and associated with the body.

May 24, 2023

The Benefits of Dance Therapy: How Can This Body Based Therapy Help You Heal?

May 24, 2023 by Julieth Diaz MD
Categories: Mental Health
Tags: therapy

Dance therapy is a body-based therapy defined by the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) as, "the therapeutic use of movement as a process that fosters the emotional, cognitive, social, and physical integration of the individual." This form of therapy is based on the expressive nature of dance and its power to transform the individual. Are […]

May 18, 2023

Mental Wellness vs. Mental Health: What Are the Key Differences?

May 18, 2023 by Krista
Categories: Mental Health
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With a lot of talk about mental health and mental wellness, these two terms get thrown around a lot. Most of the time, we use them as synonyms for one another, but did you know there’s actually a difference between these two? And yes, both matter and both, generally, fall under the same umbrella. So, […]

May 16, 2023

5 Surprising & Positive Facts About Therapy That You Need to Know

May 16, 2023 by Krista
Categories: Mental Health Personal Growth
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If you’ve never gone to therapy before, it might sound like a big and scary step. Should you actually pay someone to help you out right now? Do you even need help? You might never know unless you try! Thus, if you’re thinking about therapy, take the plunge. Try it out. See if it works […]

May 15, 2023

How My Emotional Breakdown Was the Wake-Up Call I Needed & Could Be Yours Too

May 15, 2023 by Dominica
Categories: Mental Health
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Years ago, I was in a toxic relationship and had been repressing my emotions for a long time. I finally reached a breaking point where I felt like I could no longer keep everything bottled up. I woke up one day feeling like a complete emotional mess. Heavy emotions were arising and I wasn’t sure […]

May 10, 2023

5 Simple Steps for Improved Psychological Safety (& Better Mental Health)

May 10, 2023 by Sarah @ Daily Motivation
Categories: Mental Health
Tags: career

Feeling safe and secure is a basic and innate human need; We all have this! And without it, we can feel seriously out of whack. We might feel depressed, perpetually anxious, overwhelmed, scared, fearful, and more. Yet, fostering psychological safety in our life and work doesn’t have to be overly complicated. In fact, learning about […]

May 9, 2023

Reduce Anxiety: 4 Calming Techniques to Help Rewire Your Brain

May 9, 2023 by Dominica
Categories: Mental Health
Tags: anxiety

Anxiety has been off the charts in recent years. The Anxiety and Depression Association of America reports that anxiety disorders are the most common type of mental health diagnosis. Here are a few statistics that may interest you: Over 40 million people over the age of 18 in the U.S. have been diagnosed with at […]

May 5, 2023

Dealing With Painful Memories: The 5 Steps to Help You Work Through

May 5, 2023 by Dominica
Categories: Mental Health
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As we journey through life, we experience all sorts of things that create memories. Some of them are happy, and most likely, some are painful. While happy memories bring joy and enrich our lives, painful memories can be challenging to deal with. They can make us feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck. Things like divorce, childhood […]

May 4, 2023

Post-Traumatic Growth: How to Find Meaning & Appreciation Through Hard & Tough Times

May 4, 2023 by Krista
Categories: Mental Health
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Life poses some awful and almost incomprehensible situations. It might feel as though our world has been shattered. At first, we might even feel like we’re in a dark, black hole of emptiness, unable to crawl or climb our way out. Yet, eventually, we do. Humans are some of the most resilient creatures on the […]

May 1, 2023

5 Thoughtful Shadow Work Journal Prompts to Heal Your Wounded Inner Child

May 1, 2023 by Dominica
Categories: Mental Health
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If you’ve ever been to therapy, you may have heard the therapist talk about the “inner child." Essentially, the inner child is a metaphor for the emotional aspect of ourselves. A “wounded” inner child refers to the unhealed emotional fragments that we, as children, just couldn’t process and heal for one reason or another. […]