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RISE Counseling & Consulting Blog
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Mar 6, 20153 min read
A Closer Look At: Co-Parenting
“The best security blanket a child can have is parents who respect each other.” ― Jane Blaustone The dictionary defines a co-parent as:...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Feb 6, 20152 min read
A Closer Look At: Adult Binge Drinking in Jones County
“If there’s one thing I learned in Al-Anon, it’s that you got to face the music because it just grows louder when you ignore it.” ― Vicki...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Nov 28, 20144 min read
A Closer Look At: Grief & Loss
“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.” ― José N. Harris, MI VIDA: A Story of...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Oct 10, 20143 min read
A Closer Look At: ADD / ADHD
"I prefer to distinguish ADD as attention abundance disorder. Everything is just so interesting… remarkably at the same time.” — Frank...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Sep 19, 20142 min read
A Closer Look At: Sexual Assault
“It already is bigger than everything else. It lives in front of me, behind me, next to me, inside me every single day. My schedule is...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Sep 5, 20142 min read
Screen Time
“Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object.” ― Author Unknown “Screen Time” is any time a person...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Aug 8, 20143 min read
The Kids Are Off To College...Now What?
“There isn’t a child who hasn’t gone out into the brave new world who eventually doesn’t return to the old homestead carrying a bundle of...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Jul 11, 20142 min read
A Closer Look At: Anxiety
“Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time....
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Jun 13, 20142 min read
A Closer Look At: Depression
“That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so...
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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
May 30, 20143 min read
What is therapy?
“Think of your head as an unsafe neighborhood; don’t go there alone.” ― Augusten Burroughs, Dry Contrary to what many people think,...
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