Losing Yourself in Acute Grief
"A Piece of Me Went With You" is a Common Sentiment With Acute Grief Losing a loved one is hard enough. When you feel as though a part of...
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LGBTQ-friendly psychologist helping adolescents and adults heal from traumatic grief, using EMDR, clinical hypnosis, Solution-Focused Therapy and CBT.
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- May 22
- 5 min
How to Prevent Child Abuse in Your Home
Parenting is one of the hardest jobs in the world, and there is little external reward for doing it well. That said, it is important not...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- May 8
- 5 min
What is Racial Trauma?
You might have heard the term racial trauma being used to describe the experience of people who have experienced historical oppression...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Mar 27
- 4 min
Trusting After Trauma
Courage is the ability to show others your vulnerable, less polished and impervious sides. This is especially hard in situations where it...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Feb 6
- 4 min
What are the different types of attachment?
Attachment styles influence how you handle stress and form relationships later in life. This post discusses different types of attachment.
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Jan 29
- 3 min
Removing the Limits on Love
To protect yourself, you may have closed yourself off from having open-hearted encounters with other people. It is not that you are...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Jan 23
- 4 min
Hypnosis for Pain Relief
Clinical Hypnosis has many useful applications in dealing with human suffering; one of the most impressive uses for hypnosis is pain...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Dec 26, 2022
- 7 min
“Don’t Tell Me How to Grieve”
If you have experienced a loss and are trying to grieve, you might be told what you should do or how long to grieve. You might want to...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Dec 11, 2022
- 4 min
How To Deal with Fear of Mass Shootings
There have been an appalling number of mass shootings in the United States and abroad. The most recent appears to have been driven by...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Nov 28, 2022
- 4 min
How to Cope with Grief and Guilt
Are you worried that you are somehow responsible for your loved one’s death? You are not alone! One of the things that I most often when...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Oct 30, 2022
- 4 min
15 Questions to De-Stress During the Holidays
Between shopping for gifts, preparing for lavish dinners, and having visiting relatives and friends, the holiday season creates more...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Oct 11, 2022
- 3 min
Relationships Don't Have to be Painful
Assumptions, unrealistic expectations, and shutting down create painful relationships. I have observed three basic blockages to...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Oct 3, 2022
- 4 min
How EMDR for Traumatic Grief can help you
If you're are having a hard time accepting a significant loss in your life (like losing a loved one), you may have traumatic grief (known...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Sep 23, 2022
- 4 min
Aggression is the Opposite of Assertiveness
What does “mean” mean? Do you know the difference between being assertive and aggressive? Aggressive people often don't know that they're...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Sep 4, 2022
- 4 min
September 23 is Celebrate Bisexuality Day!
You may be familiar with the concepts of being gay or lesbian, but you or those around you might have less understanding and acceptance...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Aug 15, 2022
- 5 min
How to Accept the Present Moment
You may have been hearing a lot about mindfulness in conjunction with greater physical and mental health in the past few years. In this...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Aug 3, 2022
- 4 min
The Many Ways That You Can Benefit from Hypnotherapy Services
Chances are you don’t know the many benefits of clinical hypnosis. Unfortunately, a lot of people associate hypnosis with stage hypnosis...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Jul 4, 2022
- 4 min
“I’m tired of being home alone!”
As the COVID-19 pandemic infection rate decreases, you might think, “I’m tired of being home alone.” If you’re single you may feel this...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- Jun 13, 2022
- 5 min
Silence Equals Death, Post-Keith Haring
I can the 1980s, the AIDS epidemic was killing massive amounts of people, many of whom were part of the LGBTQ+ community. One of the...
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Lisa S. Larsen, PsyD
- May 30, 2022
- 5 min
Are You Being Exploited in a Relationship?
Are you being exploited in relationship? One of the most common issues I see in people who come from dysfunctional families of origin is...
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