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Are Mental Health Days Effective? Exploring Their Impact on Well-Being

Taking a mental health day when you're feeling overwhelmed can be the difference between thriving in your career or schoolwork and experiencing burnout. Physical and mental wellness in the workplace has become a popular topic of conversation in the...

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Understanding Why People Self-Harm: The Psychological Factors

IMPORTANT NOTE:Williamsburg Therapy Group is not a crisis line, nor is it equipped to handle medical or psychiatric emergencies. If you are...

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Do I Owe My Family Help? Understanding Your Emotional, Practical, and Financial Responsibilities

For generations, social conventions have obligated individuals to not only take care of their own family but also extend help to other family...

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Why Am I Always So Paranoid? Understanding the Causes and Solutions

While paranoia makes for an interesting plot device in spy thrillers or horror movies, in real life it can be disruptive, distressing, and the...

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Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder

Many people have at least a passing understanding of certain personality disorders: someone may call another person a "narcissist" or a "sociopath,"...

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Understanding the Most Common Child Mental Health Concerns

While mental health professionals and other experts continue to fight stigma around adult mental health, childhood mental health disorders are even...

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Addressing Transgender Mental Health Concerns: Strategies for Support

In today's fraught political environment, transgender people find themselves a common target of vitriol, misinformation, discrimination, stigma, and...

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Why Do I Feel Like I Don’t Deserve Anything? Understanding and Healing

It's not uncommon to occasionally feel guilty or unworthy of the good things in your life. But if this is a pervasive feeling for you, there may be...

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Why Do I Feel So Unwanted? Understanding and Overcoming This Emotion

Feeling unwanted can be a common problem, but it may also be both pervasive and debilitating. Negative thoughts around who you are can contribute to...

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What Therapy is Best for Childhood Trauma? A Guide to Healing Options

When most people think about post-traumatic stress disorder, they picture veterans having flashbacks of dramatic, violent scenes of war. However,...

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