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How to Find a Medicaid Therapist in North Carolina (Without Losing Your Mind)
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How to Find a Medicaid Therapist in North Carolina (Without Losing Your Mind)

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Understanding Pain Reprocessing Therapy
Trinity Perini, MSW, LCSWA Trinity Perini, MSW, LCSWA

Understanding Pain Reprocessing Therapy

Developed by Alan Gordon and his team at the Pain Reprocessing Therapy Center in Denver, Colorado, PRT serves to address chronic pain by shifting the way our brain perceives and responds to pain. PRT is rooted in the understanding that most chronic pain experiences have both psychological and emotional components, and overtime, the pain becomes (largely) a “learned” experience. 

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Managing Anxiety and Stress in the Post-Grad World
Najjiya Boler, MSW, LCSWA Najjiya Boler, MSW, LCSWA

Managing Anxiety and Stress in the Post-Grad World

...the transition from student to full-time worker can be very difficult. As a 20-something year old with little to no experience outside of being a student, figuring out what is next can be daunting. Early life crisis? …Yikes. Rarely are graduates prepared ahead of time to navigate the workforce, housing, student loans (ugh), and all of the other uncertainties that life brings....

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Chronic Health Conditions and Psychotherapy
Trinity Perini, MSW, LCSWA Trinity Perini, MSW, LCSWA

Chronic Health Conditions and Psychotherapy

As someone who lives with IC, I share a particular proximity to the psychological, social, and emotional challenges that IC has woven into daily living. The impacts of IC have seeped into every facet of my life, just as I know it has for many others who were diagnosed (or not yet received a diagnosis) with this condition they never expected, and certainly never asked for. In becoming a therapist, we are encouraged to sort through the experiences and locate the communities that are important to us so that we can tailor our efforts accordingly, so that we can tether our practice to passions and beliefs we hold tightly to our chests. I am deeply aware of the need for IC to be better recognized and tended to in medical practice (Advocacy! Advocacy! Advocacy!), and I also see the gap where psychotherapy services are critical to holistic treatment and care, yet not being recognized as such quite yet. It’s my goal to see this change.

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