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Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling (CCRC) helps you strive for work-life balance and healthy relationships.
5100 N Ravenswood Ave
Joined May 2013
NEW BLOG POST! In “What to Do If Your Partner Doesn’t Want to Come to Couples Therapy,” CCRC’s Elena Kolomytseva, MS MFT, provides insight and tips to help you navigate what do you do if your partner is reluctant to join you in therapy. Read more! https://t.co/3KT4ou2MAr
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Life is an incredible journey, filled with twists, turns, and moments of profound growth. When challenges arise in our relationships, seeking support through couples therapy can be a transformative...
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NEW BLOG POST! In “How to Let Guilt Go,” CCRC’s Jasmine Gaddy, MA, QMHP helps us reflect on feelings of guilt, and provides tips and resources for letting go and releasing the burden of guilt. Click to read more! https://t.co/RIUBTD1g0w
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NEW BLOG POST! In “What Do I Do Outside of Therapy? Book Recommendations From a Therapist,” CCRC’s Kate Hargadon, MFT has curated a fabulous list of books that can support growth and insight outside of the therapy room. Click to read more! https://t.co/2lb2BryTEo
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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 important. So much of our personal work happens outside of...
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BLOG POST! In “Riding Emotional Tides,” CCRC’s Peter Bruce, MA helps consider how we can swim with our emotions, rather than fighting against them. Click to read more! https://t.co/olR2gZs8VY
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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 temper tantrum about jumping into the deep end of the pool and...
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NEW BLOG POST! In “What’s Love, Anyway?,” CCRC’s Laura Hagen, LMFT uses wisdom from the writing of bell hooks to help us consider how to understand, craft, and choose love in a way that will foster healthy relationships with others, and ourselves. https://t.co/aJRpk5kvm3
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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. For something that is so core to our experience as human beings,...
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NEW BLOG POST! In “An Approachable Take on Wellness: Leaning Into Your Body & Mind Connection,” CCRC’s Amanda Galarza, AMFT helps us consider why tuning into our mind and body connection can be an important step towards overall wellness.
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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 many, the new year feels refreshing. The new year might feel like...
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NEW BLOG POST! In “The Antidote to Shame: A Musing about “Hard Feelings” with Jennette McCurdy,” CCRC’s Elisabeth Kee, LCPC models how to cope with the shame that can easily creep up inside us. Read more! https://t.co/wyrYd1b7Gh
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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 can’t seem to get a handle on. At the end of each day, I replay...
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NEW BLOG POST! In “A Self-Motivation Guide: 5 Ways to Talk Yourself Out of a Bad Mood,” CCRC’s bVeronica McAllister, LPC gives us five simple and accessible tips for breaking out of a bad mood.
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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. It is an immobilizing feeling that can leave you feeling...
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NEW BLOG POST! In “More Than the “Baby Blues”: An Overview of Perinatal & Postpartum Mood Disorders,” CCRC’s Sara Morrow-Han, LMFT provides a helpful overview of PMADs and excellent tips on what to do if you, or a loved one, is experiencing symptoms. https://t.co/BzteBp6rAH
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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 “old” life at the same time. Many of us have heard the term...
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NEW BLOG POST! In “Building Your Defensiveness Radar,” CCRC’s Eric Wren, AMFT helps us get curious about our moments of defensivenes and shares great practical tools for exploring our defensive responses and finding a better solution. Click to read more!
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NEW BLOG POST! In “3 Questions to Ask About Your Relationship, From Naikan Therapy,” CCRC’s owner/president Josh Hetherington, LMFT shares three simple self-reflective questions to consider in our relationships. Click to read more! https://t.co/hXyhRTr4L9
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CHECK OUT CCRC’s Matthew Bell, LMFT who contributed to the @letswondermind article “8 Therapist-Backed Tips for Taking Criticism Like a Champ,” by Sam Brodsky. Learn how to receive and manage criticism in the best ways possible. Click to read more!
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Getting defensive isn’t it.
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NEW BLOG POST! In “Individual Therapy vs. Couples Therapy – Which one?”CCRC’s Angela Nguyen, LMFT responds an anonymous question about whether to pursue individual or couples therapy. Click to read more! https://t.co/GyhvdZqYzN
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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 work it out with her?” This reader did preface that they had a...
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NEW BLOG POST! Making decisions can be hard! In fact, 32% of Americans struggle with basic, daily decision making. In “Decision Making With Your Wise Mind,” CCRC’s Madalyn Simpson, LMFT provides us a tool for better navigating life decisions. Check it out!
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NEW BLOG POST! In “Connecting Mindfully With Nature,” CCRC’s Sara Morrow-Han, LMFT invites us to boost our mood by connecting with nature. And provides an easy mindfulness exercise to try the next time you are outdoors. Check it out! https://t.co/atrtx4x3fc
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Spring has sprung in Chicago! The days are longer, warmer and brighter. Anecdotally, many people say that they feel their mood is “boosted” when the weather warms up. If you struggle with Seasonal...
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Next on https://t.co/5exBBx08ZW: There's no one trick to create strong relationships but we'll hear tips from @CCRCChicago's Thomas Bateman. Plus, have you tried speed dating? 💕🌬️ https://t.co/5SZzI4Neam
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Hot Potato Hearts is building a space for finding new friends and partners in Chicago.
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NEW BLOG POST! In “We’re Wrong About Boundaries... and How to Rethink Them,” CCRC’s Allison Schentrup, LMFT invites us to consider and expand our notion of boundaries. Read more! https://t.co/WAUmDoIhEa
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NEW BLOG POST! In “Navigating Grief and Loss As a Couple” CCRC’s Negin Motlagharani, AMFT gives us concrete ways to support a partner who is experiencing grief. Read more: https://t.co/f2Y7xsAg86
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NEW BLOG POST! In “Resource Radar: Sex Ed Edition,” CCRC’s Teresa D’Astice, LMFT provides excellent resources that promote understanding, self-acceptance, and raised awareness around sexual pleasure and functioning. Click to learn more!
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NEW BLOG POST! In “8 Meaningful Ways to Connect with the Older Adults in Your Life,” CCRC’s Sam Hardy, MFT, gives us eight great practical ideas on how we can connect with and support older adults in our lives. Click to read more! https://t.co/4Jpdj5cwET
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As summer comes to a close and autumn weather arrives, I absolutely love seeing pumpkins and fall decor strewn about the aisles of Target and Jewel Osco. The colorful Halloween costumes and warm...
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