Te Veo Counseling and Consulting

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Te Veo Counseling and Consulting

Mental health counseling, couples counseling and family therapy provided by Cynthia Morales, LMHC.

Supervision for Washington state licensure available upon request.

11/20/2023

Sympathy is much safer than empathy, and a lot less work.

11/01/2023

What if you looked up from your screen to feel the intensity of your friend's gaze? You might feel anxiety, and you might also feel an internal warmth greater than anything on your screen could ever produce.

10/24/2023

Take a risk today and be vulnerable with someone you’ve wanted to be closer to

10/12/2023

Impact me. I can identify with that.

10/11/2023

You have a friend or loved one who would love to connect with you today

10/10/2023

Distractions are just objects to me unless I really connect with them. Objects bring a sense of newness or purpose that wears off when I have done everything I can do TO an object or it has done everything it can do FOR me. The next time you open a dating app, ask yourself what is driving your swipes. Am I swiping through objects? Or...is it that I want connection? Do I want to create WITH someone? Now...this person becomes a subject in my story, and I become a subject in theirs.

11/01/2022

Allow me to add — boundaries aren’t a request, either.

They aren’t something you ask someone to do. They are expectations you set with a consequence.

- “If you show up a half hour late to our appointment, I won’t be able to meet with you.”

- “If you bring up this topic in conversation today, I will need to leave and take some space.”

“If you do X, then I will do Y” is the simplified template for setting a boundary.

Keep it simple and short. Let there be no room for misunderstanding or misinterpretation.

Be specific. Make it as concrete and actionable as possible.

Take responsibility for the follow up of established boundaries. There should always be defined next steps if and when a boundary is not honored or respected.

Empower yourself. Boundaries are not a command or a demand. They are an action you take to preserve your energy in real time.

10/31/2022

Boundaries reap us significant benefits and we don’t often stop to see and appreciate what we’ve planted and sown.

We tend to feel more satisfied overall when you, and the people around you, are able to honor boundaries.

When we hold boundaries, it means we are getting our needs met. We are preserving valuable resources within us.

When our needs are met, we feel a greater sense of self, because we know what is important to us, both our values and our priorities of those values.

We feel far more safe and secure because we have been able to create that for ourselves, and with the help of others supporting those boundaries.

We know what we need and what we want because we know - and prevent/protect against/remove - what we don’t need and want.

10/30/2022

Let’s | talk | about | boundaries. 🙅🏻‍♀️
🔘Boundaries can be physical, emotional, sexual, time-limited, spiritual/religious, or financial.
🔘Boundaries protect us from unwanted contact or exposure to anything that compromises our ability to function in specific areas of our life.
🔘Boundaries are explicitly communicated and reinforced as needed when threatened or weakened.

For some, boundaries are difficult to maintain and for others to establish effectively. Depending on the individual, any number of underlying reasons may contribute to the difficulty surrounding boundaries.

10/29/2022

: When vetting therapists for the one best for you, ask if they are certified in the modality they use, or informed by the modality.

Some therapists may disagree with me, but I do think that there can often be an important distinction between whether or not a therapist holds a certification for their modalities of choice.

Certification often requires more extensive and more rigorous requirements to demonstrate competencies. It also often entails a period of developing mastery and review of live or recorded tapes of the therapist practicing the targeted skill set.

I personally struggle with the lack of transparency of therapists who advertise their services, often giving minimal indication or understanding of their level of experience and expertise.

“Informed” often refers to therapists who have had exposure to the mechanics of a therapy modality but have not completed competency or mastery requirements set forth by the agency/organization providing the training.

You can see that I offer a mix of both certified and informed therapy modalities. I’ll be expanding on my experience and expertise in upcoming posts.

10/28/2022

My professional experience includes working with individuals presenting with specific personal goals and challenges.

One of my roles as your therapist is also to help you identify what some of these might best benefit from targeted therapies.

Often, those who seek therapy will wait until symptoms or quality of life have worsened past their ability to function daily. However, it is never too early to begin therapy. In fact, beginning therapy when you’re functioning well may allow you to build the foundation and skills needed to resolve future issues.

These are my primary areas of specialty in an abbreviated format, however, it is worth noting that many other issues may fall under the umbrellas listed here — and some issues not listed here may see it’s root causes in areas not previously identified.

Comprehensive assessment of a client is critical and should ideally include collateral information from family and healthcare providers, if available. This will identify areas to focus on in therapy.

10/27/2022

Individuals, couples and families ages 13+ are welcome to meet with me for mental health counseling or relationship counseling.

I specialize in adolescent issues, family issues and couples/marital/relationship issues.

Additionally, I have developed expertise and experience around practicing cultural sensitivity, as well as demonstrating cultural competency, ranging across multiple identity dimensions, including gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and culture.

I look forward to bringing a deeper dive into my areas of training and expertise in future posts.

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http://teveocounselingandconsulting.com/

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