Looking Glass Psychological Services

05/09/2024

Our business was nominated once again for Tri-Cities Best in the category of Mental Health Services! Please vote for Looking Glass Psychological Services at https://www.votetcbest.com

11/15/2023

Kicking off the series on emotional safety for kids. This series is about ways caregivers can foster emotional safety for kids in their care. Emotional safety is so important for kids to grow up confident, resilient, and secure in themselves. Good emotional safety with caregivers can be preventative against certain mental health struggles. There will be 20 principles of emotional safety in this series. What better time than the holidays to focus on this very important topic.

11/15/2023

Starting a series on emotional safety in parenting/caregiving. Will look at different ways to cultivate specific kinds of emotional safety for children, but here are some fun questions to get started. These questions are great because they can bring up stuff your kids might not think to talk to you about on their own. They help them take stock of their life. They also can open up conversations about things they are struggling with or wish for that are hard to talk about otherwise.

05/15/2023

My business has been nominated for Best in the Tri-cities. It would mean a lot to have your vote! You can vote once per day while the voting period is open at: https://www.votetcbest.com Go to the Health & Beauty category and then the Mental Health Services

04/16/2023

At the ISSTD conference learning about DARVO from the amazing Dr. Jennifer Freyd. Her work on betrayal trauma is also incredible. Many abusers utilize the DARVO strategy to silence those they hurt, cause others to doubt the victim, or to garner sympathy for themselves. Use of DARVO strategies have high correlations with narcissistic personality traits and those who are more likely to perpetrate sexual assault.

08/18/2022

The story we tell ourselves about ourselves is so important ✨

01/11/2022

New office space! Updated address is 7411 W Clearwater in Kennewick

11/15/2021

Unexpressed anger can affect both our mental and physical health. Learning to express anger in healthy, non harming ways, can help us to better advocate for ourselves and feel peace that our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are in agreement with each other.

11/12/2021

Emotions are complicated as they are related to our thoughts, experiences, environment, nervous system, neurotransmitters, health, and behavior. Sometimes we need more than talking to process big feelings.

10/14/2021

Love this poem! Such a good reminder that our actions towards our kids teach them how they feel about themselves and how they treat others.

09/21/2021

Many of us want to change the world, to make a difference… However, one of the most important things we can do, to make us far more effective, is to do our own healing work first. This work may include healing traumas or other emotional scars from earlier in life, healing from grief, healing from inter-generational trauma, or healing from heartbreak and failed relationships. You may have heard “You can’t pour out of an empty cup.” There are many ways to heal and to be filled up with love and self compassion. Therapy is one way. It will also be a continuous process as you grow as a person and gain more insight. Find your way or ways and make it a priority. It is an investment in your future and your ability to make a difference.

09/13/2021

National Su***de Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

07/29/2021

07/28/2021

Now you can know all of their attachment styles before the reunion show! 😉 Charlotte was mildly anxious but moved towards secure as the series went on. Samantha was mostly avoidant but demonstrated some disorganized tendencies when she was with a few people, such as Smith, very much with Richard, and with Maria. Steve was not included because they changed his personality so much for the movie 😢