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What Is A Marriage and Family Therapist and How Can They Help Me Feel Better?

1/27/2025

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Professionals in the mental health field may have different areas of focus.  Psychiatrists often times focus on medication management and at risk concerns.  Case managers will often serve at the hub of connection between different therapeutic team members.  School based counselors will often be available at school to help reduce symptoms in a school based setting. Social Workers can provide resources and often provide therapeutic services as well. While there are many different titles that therapeutic professionals may possess, in this post we are going to focus on Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT)

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5 Strategic Ways To Help Your 2025 New Year’s Resolutions Stick

12/26/2024

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With the start of 2025 right around the corner, this time can be a time of self reflection and processing. Maybe you've been spending more time on social media envious of others' posts. Maybe you have been reflecting on your progress in 2024 and want to make changes to reflect a goal.  Maybe you've had recurrent thoughts about wanting to change, but feeling lost on how to get started.

Ongoing questions remain.  What would I like to see over the next year? What are my yearly goals? Can I celebrate the wins along the way?
How do I plan to follow through on these goals? In this post, we will talk about 5 strategic ways to help your 2025 new year's resolutions stick.



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Strategies For Successfully Embracing Sobriety In The Workplace

8/9/2024

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​Embracing sobriety in the workplace is crucial for maintaining a productive and positive environment. Substance abuse can severely impact job performance. This leads to decreased efficiency, errors, and a toxic atmosphere. Not to mention, it can jeopardize the safety and well-being of all employees. In this article, we aim to highlight how impactful sobriety at work is while offering strategies to support employees in their efforts to stay sober. We will explore ways to create a supportive environment and develop a personalized sobriety plan. All of these strategies can make a significant difference and save a life. Also, we don't want to keep it just on an individual, personal level: companies that take these topics seriously and follow advice can foster a healthier, more productive workplace.

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Big Feelings Overload: The Art of Co-regulation and De-escalation

7/24/2024

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During our lifelong goal of growth and learning, we spend a lot of time trying to understand ourselves and people around us. Emotional intelligence is crucial in development, social norms, and our relationships. And yet, it can be hard for many to understand their tendencies, their habits, and their calming strategies. So just what is emotional regulation and how do we help our youth with it when we as adults are still learning?

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Stages Of Communication: How To Discuss Medical Treatments With Our Youth

2/5/2024

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Have you noticed more opportunities to discuss health with your child? Have they been asking more questions about something they heard on the news? Have you recently donated resources to an organization centered around health? Perhaps more conversations are centered around someone in the family undergoing treatment. Whatever your reason for starting the conversation, we want our youth to feel heard and supported while talking about illness.
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Kids In School: Social And Emotional Areas Of The Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

5/2/2022

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I frequently hear parents’ misconceptions about the Special Education system. It’s a fallacy to think that every student may receive services under the same qualifications. Students may receive services for a number of reasons including: Autism spectrum, Speech, Learning Disability, Emotional Disturbance (ED), Intellectual Disability (ID), and Other Health Impairment (OHI). Students can qualify with at least one of the aforementioned categories. A student may have more than one area in which the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Team is focusing on.

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How Are You Really? Checking in on Mental Health

9/24/2019

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Have you ever asked someone how they are doing and they respond with an answer that sounds forced? They might feel forced to answer with a “fine” or “okay” or any similar resemblance because that’s the social norm. However, their body language and their tone might be telling you that there’s something they would like to say and they don’t know how. ​

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Helping Others While We Take Care Of Ourselves

9/17/2019

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While helping others, we must ensure that we are also taking care of ourselves. When we are healthier, we are more likely to be able to help others. By getting restful sleep, eating a balanced diet, getting physical exercise, taking breaks, and having a support system, everyone is more likely to feel less strained.

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Violence And Mental Health

9/2/2019

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After a violent incident we regularly engage in a discussion about mental health. Mental health is often discussed on the media afterward, as if a mental health condition has caused the violence. On the contrary, persons who are suffering from a mental health condition are frequently more introverted and are more likely to negative self-coping skills (i.e. drug use, self-harm, avoid interactions, etc.) than they are to be violent.

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    Megan Bowling, M.A., LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She has been in the mental health field for more than ten years and is passionate to share mental health wellness strategies.

    Megan Bowling LMFT is located in Orange CA 92868.  She specializes in individual and couples therapy.
Megan Bowling, M.A., LMFT 
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist | CA #100409
P: 714.519.6041  |  e:[email protected]
22600 Savi Ranch Pky Ste A28 Yorba Linda, CA, 92887
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