Mental Health Blog
Advanced Counseling of Bozeman believes you are your own best healing resource — and you don’t have to do it alone.
Explore our blog for perspectives and tools to support your journey toward better mental health and lasting wellbeing. We believe in using evidence-based, heart-centered methods and trusted, effective modalities to achieve the peaceful, purposeful, and fulfilled life that you deserve.
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Exploring Attachment Styles in Couples: Understanding Love and Relationships
Love and relationships are a complex, beautiful, and an integral part of our lives. They can be a source of joy, fulfillment, and support but they can also be a source of confusion and pain.
Skills Review: Distress Tolerance and TIP/TIPP
Have you ever felt instances of panic or distress coming on and wish you could “snap” yourself out of it? Although there is no switch we can simply turn off in these instances, there are some tools we can utilize to try and help ease these reactions as quickly as possible.
How to Interact with Someone with Narcissistic Personality Disorder
People with Narcissist Personality Disorder (NPD) may be unable to see its signs and symptoms in themselves.
Boundaries
Boundaries are like invisible fences that can help protect your emotional and mental well-being.
Understanding Roles in a Blended Family
When it comes to blending families, whether it be a heterosexual or same-sex relationship, understanding roles and creating bonds when children are involved can be challenging.
When Spirituality and Mental Health Collide
Today, many people are finding comfort and support in dedicating time to care for their mental health. One thing that can be missing at times when caring for one’s mental health is spirituality.
Adult ADHD: Validating Imposter Syndrome and Social Stigma
More than most other mental health issues people discuss during our therapy sessions, I notice those with ADHD carry with them a recurrent sense of imposter syndrome.
Indoor Plant-Based Mindfulness Practice
Spending time in nature can be a calming and grounding experience for many. But what if you work long hours in an office and cannot get away? Perhaps your ever-growing plant collection could be of some assistance!
Compassion Fatigue
Compassion fatigue can affect anyone whether they are a caregiver in their professional life, personal life, or both.
Exercise and Mental Health
We all know that exercise is great for our mental health and there are numerous studies that indicate that it helps decrease symptoms of depression and anxiety.
ADHD and Variable Attention Stimulus Trait (VAST)
There are times when it’s difficult to engage despite knowing what needs to be done. These moments feel influenced by something else, something hard to explain. Is it stress I wondered?
Book Review: Real World Mindfulness for Beginners
Although the title indicates that this text is intended for “beginners” this writer would recommend, Real World Mindfulness for Beginners to mindfulness enthusiasts (or just interested individuals) of any experience level.
Grief and Loss
Grief is often the response to loss, but what about an intangible loss such as the loss of a childhood that could have been different?
How to Support Someone After a Miscarriage
According to Mayo Clinic (2021), about 10 to 20 percent of pregnancies end in a miscarriage and 80 percent of miscarriages happen in the first trimester.
How to Cope with Uncertainty
There is a lot of uncertainty in our lives now. The stress that comes with the ambiguity of the external factors that play into our lives can cause an excessive amount of anxiety and depression.
Gratitude and Mental Health
Most of us have heard it before, expressing gratitude is helpful for our mental health.
Non Death Related Grief
Grief is often the response to loss, but what about an intangible loss such as the loss of a childhood that could have been different?
Spring Coping Skills
It’s a new year and almost spring, which means most people are thinking about forming healthier habits.
How to Mentally Recovery after an Injury
Everyone who is active, whether that be a little active, or a lot, has the chance of sustaining an injury.
Bad Habits that are Impacting Your Mental Health
We all have habits that have formed throughout our lives. Some are helpful, but others can have a negative impact on our health and wellbeing.