Managing Anxiety

If you are experiencing symptoms of anxiety (uncontrollable excessive worry, lack of concentration, tiredness, irritability, somatic issues, sleep disturbance, and/or antsy reactions), and you feel guilt/shame from such symptoms, this blog is for you. Dushyanthi Niyangoda, former graduate student intern at Space Between Counseling Services, explores the origins of anxiety and provides readers with useful ways to manage their symptoms and set goals to overcome it. The blog also links to mindfulness and meditation videos.

What a Load to Bear : Stress Within Marginalized Populations

Most people are aware of the negative impacts of stress and its ability to effect one’s mental health, physical health and ultimately affecting life expectancy. However, the inflicted impact of stress on marginalized communities continues to be overlooked. In this blog, Brittany Spencer, LCPC, explores how allostatic load impacts marginalized communities and individuals, and provides tangible ways to manage stress, cultivate awareness, and move towards positive change.

Guilt vs Shame: How To Tell Them Apart

Guilt vs Shame, Guilt and shame are two emotions that come up throughout the course of our lives as we grow and develop. Guilt and shame often come up together and may even be felt in response to the same scenario. We often associate these emotions with each other, and while they may overlap or intertwine, they do also have some major differences that can impact how we think about how to manage them. In this post, written by Abby Smith, LGPC, we define both guilt and shame, and explore how to better manage these feelings.

Balancing Your Chakras (Part 2)

This post is the second part of the two-part blog series titled, “Balancing Your Chakras” by graduate student intern, Sarah Miles. This post describes how to balance the heart, throat, third eye, and crown chakras. Read along to learn how the Chakras can be utilized as wonderful tool to become more self-aware, to conceptualize our needs on many levels, and to understand all of the different drives and motivations within us.

Space Between Counseling Services (SBCS)

March 15, 2021

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Creating Healthy Boundaries

Space Between Counseling Services (SBCS)

March 15, 2021

2021, Awareness, Baltimore, Baltimore Counseling, Baltimore Therapy, Charm City, Creatives, gen-x'ers, Free Thinkers, Habits, Mental Health, Mental Wellness, Self Care, Self Compassion, Stress, Well-Being

In this post by Dushyanthi Niyangoda, we explore how to establish and maintain healthy boundaries

Balancing Your Chakras (Part 1)

If you are interested in New Age Spirituality or Self-Help, you have probably heard about the Chakras - the 7 energy centers that run from the base of the spine to the top of the head that are said to connect our physical existence with the realm of the emotional, mental, and spiritual. In this first post, Sarah Miles, introduces the first 3 Chakras and discuss how to find balance within each.

Gratitude: Don’t just save it for Thanksgiving Day.

In this post, written by Diana Harden, LGPC, readers explore the definition of gratitude and learn how it can be applied to their daily lives. Diana also helps readers consider a few ways that they can create a personal culture of gratitude everyday, rather than waiting for Thanksgiving to practice.

The Power of Positive Affirmations

One choice/one resolution you can make today, is to say something positive about yourself every day. Positive affirmations are positive phrases which you repeat to yourself which describe how you want to be. Over time, they may help you to overwrite negative beliefs that you hold about yourself by replacing those limiting beliefs with them with positive thoughts that instill confidence and positivity. In this blog, graduate student Intern, Dushyanthi Niyangoda, helps readers to explore the power of positive affirmations.

Help! I’m Trapped Inside My Head: An Intro to CBT

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in simple terms is learning about how your thoughts impact your emotions and behaviors. CBT is a empirically supported treatment that works well for clients struggling with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, trauma and more. In this blog post, associate therapist, Jade Shapiro, LCSW-C, explores the three elements of CBT and provides readers with questions that they can utilize to implant CBT in everyday life.