Swan Counseling Services

01/22/2021

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09/16/2019

People with borderline personality disorder are often treated as if they have a personality flaw, rather than mental health issues stemming from trauma. It's time we changed its name.

08/03/2019

Please try to use less stigmatizing language when working in substance use disorder treatment. It helps 🌹
https://www.changingthenarrative.news/stigmatizing-language

Trying to move away from criminalization while simultaneously using words like "substance abuse" that further criminalize people runs at cross purposes to the goal of humanizing people who use drugs. In health care settings and in policymaking, it is critical to avoid stigmatizing language that is...

06/30/2019

05/09/2019

Please keep coming!

Patients and therapists should ignore new guidelines for treating trauma.

04/18/2019

04/18/2019

So you have a high ACES score? What next?

Read our article about what to do with high ACE Scores.

03/18/2019

Colorado lawmakers are once again debating a bill to ban so-called conversion therapy for youth in the state. The practice seeks to change a gay or non

03/16/2019

https://medium.com//the-future-of-healing-shifting-from-trauma-informed-care-to-healing-centered-engagement-634f557ce69c?fbclid=IwAR3afV_pl5ibyU89p8TETALx7k9uSzBPz_Xvic98rDAsgtL3f9bMLuB5-3I

Shawn Ginwright Ph.D.

03/15/2019

If someone exhibits these symptoms, the might be suffering from Complex Childhood Trauma and could benefit from talking to a therapist.

https://healingfromcomplextraumaandptsd.wordpress.com/2017/02/02/the-7-areas-of-symptoms-behavioural-characteristics-due-to-childhood-complex-trauma/

  The following is from and is accredited to work by experts in the field, who’s work I follow, such as Bessel van der Kolk and John Briere. Psychological trauma in early childhood can h…

03/10/2019

This article does a great job describing toxic shame. However, it falls short of describing how to heal from it. People can heal by acknowledging the pain, acknowledging the source and taking baby steps in self love. They didn't deserve it. They certainly shouldn't continue suffering from it.

Toxic shame is one of the most common debilitating feelings that people struggle with. Toxic shame is a term that refers to a chronic feeling or emotional state of feeling bad, worthless, inferior, and fundamentally flawed. It is called toxic because...

02/24/2019

What is Echoism? Did you suffer from parental narcissistic abuse? You can heal! I hear and see you.

Echoism is a condition that can arise as a result of sustained abuse at the hands of narcissists. It's now gaining awareness as survivor communities push for recognition.

02/16/2019

We need to act now.

Bottom line: LPCCs and LPCs in Colorado must move on this.

The Mental Health Access Act Improvement was introduced to both the Senate (S. 286) and the House (H.R. 945) on January 31st, 2019. If passed, this measure would cover LPCs as Medicare providers. Currently, licensed professional counselors are not covered by Medicare. This creates significant challenges for many seeking access to mental health services, particularly those over the age of 65.

Counselors should make their voice heard.

Please take a few minutes to consider acting. The American Counseling Association (ACA) has put together much of what you need to contact your elected officials. ACA has made this a very easy process.

To act, follow this link: https://www.counseling.org/news/aca-blogs/aca-government-affairs-blog/aca-government-affairs-blog/2019/01/31/support-new-legislation-that-would-provide-medicare-reimbursement-to-counselors

02/15/2019

How could early onset drinking affect young people's brain??

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190206144521.htm

Lasting changes in the brain caused by drinking that starts in adolescence are the result of epigenetic changes that alter the expression of a protein crucial for the formation and maintenance of neural connections in the amygdala -- the part of the brain involved in emotion, fear and anxiety.

02/12/2019

I discussed in counselling today how much stronger I am feeling atm. But, I also discussed how people who have endured complex trauma, have different abilities to heal and recover. For many reasons…

03/11/2018

02/24/2018

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/massive-new-study-finds-that-antidepressants-work/

There’s been an array of controversy surrounding antidepressants over the past decades, ranging from concerns about their effectiveness to fears that overp