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Three Things Everyone Should Know about Grief

Are you consumed with the negative emotions of grief?  Do you wonder if the sadness will ever end?  Are you wondering how to help a friend through their grief?  Many people hear that grief comes in stages, but that makes it seem easy to predict what feelings and emotions will come next.  The truth is, however, that grief looks different on everyone, and it also does no...

How to Survive after an Affair

Surviving and healing from an affair is not an easy task for a couple to do which is why couple’s therapy is at least the best decision to do when something like this happens. Therapists in Orlando and Winter garden will say that trust is the first thing to go in an affair and that couldn’t be more true. The trust and bond that the couple had has been attacked and broken and i...

Sex Therapy Q & A

Sex. A three-letter word that holds many messages behind it, some positive, some negative. Think about where your mind gravitates to when you think of the word sex. Do you think of the act of it? Do you think of the physical aspect of identity? How do you talk about such a stigmatized topic? Our therapists at Orlando Thrive are learning and training on these crucial topics in order to pro...

Learning About Your Sexual Self

This is part 2 of our sexuality and sex therapy blog series. In today’s section, we will be furthering the discussion on the psychological aspect of our sexual self from the bio-psycho-social. Our psychological self refers to our inner workings and belief system regarding sexuality. Our sexual self derives from all of the messages we have received about sex and sexuality t...

Sex Therapy Basics

When you think of sex therapy, you might think of an array of things: sexuality, couple’s therapy, sexual dysfunction, etc. but at the core, sex therapists are therapists who can ALSO talk about sex and topics associated within. We align the basics of sex therapy in two concepts. The first concept of sex therapy in order for it to work is fostering safety. Both the client ...

Can My Relationship Be Saved?

Are you worried that your relationship is headed for disaster?  Do you and your partner spend a lot of your time bickering or fighting over the little things?  Relationships are tough, and they often require work to get them to where you want them to be.  However, some relationships have real issues that may need a little extra help in marriage therapy in Winder...

Four Reasons Why It's Difficult to Get Out of Toxic Relationships

Many people that are looking into a relationship may never truly see what's going on inside.  Because of this, it can be easy to place judgment on others or simply not understand.  When someone is in a toxic relationship, it may sound easy to just leave your partner.  However, it is not always as easy as it may seem when you are on the inside.  As profe...

Six Tips to Manage Your Anxiety - in THIS Moment

Do you battle with anxiety that is triggered by many obstacles you encounter each day?  Anxiety can be triggered by a number of things, like comments from a friend, actions of others, sounds, smells, or even memories.  Everyone who battles anxiety likely has different triggers, which is one of the reasons why it is helpful to work in anxiety counseling in Orlando to ...

Four Simple Tricks that Could Save Your Relationship

Are you and your partner in a rut with your relationship?  Do you find yourself constantly having the same argument over and over again?  Are you worried that your relationship is headed for trouble?  Relationships take work, and this can make some people give up before they even know what to try.  In relationship counseling in Orlando, many couples confron...

Six Tips to Cope with Your Depression

Are you struggling to overcome the overwhelming symptoms of your depression?  Do you have a lack of motivation, fatigue, and extreme sadness?  Suffering from depression can cause you to avoid certain situations or even feel unmotivated to get out of bed in the morning.  When this overwhelms your life, you will want to talk to someone in anxiety therapy in Orland...