Behavioral Health Clinic

  As blog’s go, I tend to write from personal experience as I find that the words and thoughts come more genuinely. I, perhaps falsely, assume that if it’s crossed my mind or if I’ve experienced it, perhaps others have thought it, wondered it, experienced it (or something similar to it) too, thus making it worthy of putting down on “paper.” If not, perhaps something in this blog will peak your interest nonetheless. This blog focuses on personal reflection. This is important to me as I believe it’s the key to personal growth. However, having worked in the counseling field for over a decade, I’ve found that this is a skill set in which people tend to struggle. Personal insight for people ranges from “It’s all my fault, I’m the worst” to “It’s everyone else’s fault, I’m the victim here” and a variety of versions in between. Personal reflection and self-awareness are two things we often tend to explore and/or encourage in therapy. Personal reflection, or self-reflection, is the skill o...