If you’re experiencing anxiety, burnout, depression, alcohol or drug use, relationship concerns, career issues or other mental health issues, expressing gratitude can help. A structure I like to recommend is “bookending your day with gratitude.” When you wake up in the morning, before grabbing your phone and checking messages, spend a couple of minutes taking some deep breaths and thinking about things you’re grateful for. The really big things, like your health, your family and friends, your home, your career and more. Before you go to bed at night, do the same thing. It can help to reorient your mind and change your perspective to see that the small percentage of your day that’s difficult is not in proportion to the gifts you already have.
If you’d like to learn more about how gratitude can improve your mental health or have other questions, contact me for a free consultation. Take care and be well, Rich Lombino, Esq., LCSW Therapist & Lawyer
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You’re likely using hope already pretty often and not even realizing it. Watching the big game and hoping your team will win? On your way to visit family and hoping traffic won’t be too bad? Have an important presentation at work and hoping it will go well? You’re already doing it! Hope helps ease the burdens in everyday life. But for the really difficult times, it sometimes can be challenging to see the big picture positive things in your life because you’re tunnel visioning the acute stressors. Take some time to tap into what you’re grateful for to help reset your perspective. Remember that everything will work out ok because generally it usually does. Avoid worse case scenario thinking, going down rabbit holes of negative scenarios, and all or nothing thinking.
If you’d like to learn more about how infusing hope in your life can help improve your mood or other topics, contact me for a free consultation. Take care and be well, Rich Lombino, Therapist & Lawyer
Taking a proactive approach to shift self-talk towards positive themes can make a significant difference and help to stop the negative progression. This involves decreasing and ultimately stopping negative self-talk and reframing thoughts into positive goals and ways to achieve them. Develop some positive simple statements or mantras and say them to yourself throughout the day while taking deep breaths. Considering journaling to further explore and gain insight into where the negative thought patterns stem from and how best to deal with them. These and other actions can lead to more self-confidence and resilience in the face of challenges.
If you’d like to learn more about these strategies or other topics, contact me for a free consultation. Take care and be well. Rich Lombino, Therapist & Lawyer
It’s important to embrace the therapeutic mantra of “meeting them where they’re at.” What does this mean? It involves listening carefully and assessing what the person is looking for that could be helpful. It’s understandable to want to fix things or solve problems and provide a possible framework to do that. And in some cases, that’s exactly what a person needs. But sometimes, people just need to vent and feel heard. This can be very powerful in helping them calm down and feel better. Another strategy to consider is to ask them what they need. “I hear that you’re having a tough time right now. Do you need to vent and get it out or do you also need help with problem solving? I’m here for whatever you need.” Also, here’s more details about providing support to someone experiencing anxiety or depression.
If you’d like to learn more about these topics or others, contact me today for a free consultation. Take care and be well. Rich Lombino, Therapist & Lawyer |
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