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Choice Theory: Can Our Choices Shape Our Well-Being?

by Counseling and Wellness Center of PittsburghNovember 14, 2024 accountability, basic needs, belonging, choice theory, choices, decision making, decisions, Emotional Health, emotional intelligence, emotional iq, emotional resilience, empowerment, personal power, personal responsibility, resilience, responsibility0 comments
Choice Theory: Can Our Choices Shape Our Well-Being? In a world overflowing with daily choices—where to focus our time, how to handle stress, who to trust, and how to build fulfilling relationships—understanding Choice Theory can be a powerful tool for navigating life’s complexities. Developed by psychiatrist Dr. William Glasser, Choice Theory suggests that our...
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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy-Challenging Faulty Beliefs

by Counseling and Wellness Center of PittsburghAugust 1, 2023 Albert Ellis, faulty beliefs, irrational thinking, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, REBT0 comments
Have you ever felt deeply hurt by someone’s actions, leading you to question how they could betray your trust despite your kindness and dedication to them? In moments like these, it’s natural to wonder what causes such emotional pain and turmoil. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), a spinoff of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), offers valuable insights into the...
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The Valentine’s Day Love Manual For Singles, Married, and Those Who Never Want to Date Anyone Ever.

by Counseling and Wellness Center of PittsburghFebruary 7, 2017 counseling, couples counseling, couples therapy, dating, divorce, marriage counseling, meditation, personal growth, psychology, therapists, therapy, wellness, wisdom, yoga0 comments
  The Valentine’s Day Love Manual For Singles, Married, and Those Who Never Want to Date Anyone Ever We develop patience because we come to understand demandingness, we best learn to love by having our hearts broken, when our dignity is usurped, and our sanity called into question, sometimes this is the starting point for some wondrous growth and opportunity. We develop spirit by first...
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Resolving to Simplicity

by Stephanie McCrackenJanuary 13, 2016 counseling, educational, mindfulness, psychology, psychotherapy, resolutions, wisdom0 comments
Change, Resolution Resolving to Simplicity, Less is More. Oh it is indeed that time again, the new year with its glittering hopes, perhaps like many others, you are assessing some goals, or maybe just noticing in quiet desperation that there are some things which you feel hopeless and exhausting from last year. According to statistics over half of those who have stated a resolution have...
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The Grass is Greener, To the Patches of Dirt in my Lawn

by Stephanie McCrackenJanuary 22, 2015 counseling, couples counseling, mindfulness, personal growth, wisdom0 comments
Cultivating a Gorgeous Lawn The Grass is Always Greener, To the Brown Patches of Dirt in my Lawn, On Love and Life The grass is always greener, the crab grass, the blue grass, the sea grass, I see it out there as one whose mind is prone to perpetual comparisons, squinting eyes contemplating between the haves and have not’s. My front lawn has large cavernous patches of dirt, etched amidst...
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Serenaded by Fire; Dancing with Anger- A Psychotherapist’s musings…

by Stephanie McCrackenSeptember 4, 2014 counseling, couples counseling, elephant journal, mindfulness, personal growth, psychotherapy, wisdom0 comments
Anger Management As written by us and featured in Elephant Journal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/09/serenaded-by-fire-dancing-with-anger-a-psychotherapists-musings-stephanie-mccracken/ Experiencing and acting upon anger, despite its steeping potentials, is often shrouded in uncertainty and even guilt or shame, causing many people to attempt its subterranean burial. Due to cultural and...
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