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Orlando Therapist Blog

Welcome! Here you will find resources for therapy Orlando, as well as posts related to anxiety therapy, trauma therapy, and toxic relationship therapy. Join us as we share tools for hope, healing, and transformation. Choose Mindful Living as a way of life! Click below to hop straight to our guided meditations:

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Inviting your Limiting Beliefs to Tea

Orlando Counselor Providing Trauma, Anxiety, and Relationship Therapy

Have you ever felt stuck and limited by an ever so sneaky little voice that tells you things like, “You don’t have what it takes to succeed.” “You’re not worthy of true love.” or “You don’t belong here?” If so, welcome to being human. The ugly truth is, we all have Limiting Beliefs. They hurt. They get in the way of relationships. They are the root of our emotional triggers. And they hold us back from reaching for our dreams.

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Types of Counseling: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

Orlando Counselor Providing Trauma and Anxiety Counseling

You’re frustrated, tired, and feeling out of sorts. You’re tired of beating yourself up for reacting like you do. You make resolutions to stop the emotional overreaction, but without fail, you continue to let yourself down. You’ve been in therapy before and it didn’t seem to help, so you really don’t know where to go from here.

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Types of Counseling: What The Brain Says About Therapy

Orlando Counselor Providing Trauma and Anxiety Counseling

You’re stressed, anxious, and out of sorts, mind and body. You’re ready to feel better, but you’re apprehensive when it comes to calling a new counselor. You’ve been in therapy before, but it didn’t really seem to help. Starting over with a new therapist seems like a daunting task.

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Types of Counseling: A Bottom Up Approach

Orlando Counselor Providing Bottom Up Processing

You’re revved, anxious, and feeling out of sorts. You know you need to get some help, but the thought of starting therapy again just seems to add to the stress level. The last time you went to therapy, it didn’t really seem to help. You talked about the problems. You told the deep dark secrets. But nothing seemed to really change. So now what?

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Types of Counseling: Mind, Body, and Emotion

Orlando Counseling Providing a Mind, Body, Emotion Approach

You’re edgy, anxious, and exhausted from the sense of impending doom. You know you need therapy, but finding the right therapist just seems to add to the stress you’re already experiencing. You’ve been in therapy before and it didn’t really seem to help.

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Types of Counseling: What is EMDR?

Orlando Counselor Providing EMDR Therapy

You’re panicked. You can’t think straight. You’re having a hard time feeling settled. You know you need help, but the last time you went to counseling, you didn’t get any relief. You talked about your problems, but nothing seemed to truly resolve.

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Types of Counseling: Trauma Counseling

Orlando Counselor providing Trauma Therapy

You’ve been to therapist after therapist and no one seems to be able to help you. You’re still flooded with racing thoughts and emotions. You’ve talked about the difficult things that happened in your life and you’ve shared your deep secrets. Yet, you still aren’t feeling better.

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Anxiety? Use this Quick Tool to Tame the Runaway Train

Orlando Counseling Providing Anxiety Therapy

You’re feeling anxious. Your mind is racing. Your heart is pounding and you’re all revved up. Even though you want to relax, you can’t seem to turn it off. There is a constant nagging feeling that you’re not doing enough, an undercurrent of “go, go, go.” This feeling won’t let you rest. You stop and think about what you’re worrying about, and you can’t even seem to narrow it down to one thing. You just feel all geared up. You start to wonder, “What the heck is wrong with me?!"

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Discerning the Difference between Danger and Discomfort [a tool to calm anxiety]

Orlando Counseling Providing Anxiety Therapy

Your heart is pounding, your throat feels constricted, and your mouth is dry. Your system is geared up and ready to respond as if you’re actually in danger. You know there is no real threat, but you can’t seem to get your brain to calm down and stop acting like you’re being attacked by mountain lion. You’re exhausted from feeling all revved up and on edge.

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Anxiety Much? Mindfulness to the Rescue

Orlando Counseling Providing Anxiety Therapy

Your heart is pounding. Your mind is racing. Your mouth is dry. You have butterflies in your stomach. You feel pressured and rushed. You are caught up in the tidal wave of anxiety. When you feel it start to come, you think, “Not again!” and then a sense of dread comes over you.

As an anxiety and trauma therapist providing counseling in Orlando, I help my clients calm their anxious feelings using mindfulness. In this post, I will share some super simple mindfulness tools for soothing those overwhelming and uncomfortable feelings of anxiety.

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5 Quick Questions to Ask [when calling about your out-of-network benefits]

Orlando Counseling Providing Therapy Resources

You’ve finally decided that you’ve had enough. You’re tired of feeling this way. You’re ready to reach out for some help. Here at Mindful Living Counseling Services, we understand.

First of all, I want to to acknowledge how difficult this has been. People don’t reach out to a therapist when things are going great. People go through lot of pain and discomfort before actually deciding to call a counselor.

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Boundaries: 3 Reasons You Move the Line

Orlando Counseling Providing Relationship Therapy

You’ve tried to set boundaries in the past, but end up feeling puzzled and perplexed by your own lack of follow through. What was once a strong determination to honor yourself has vanished into thin air. It tends to go a little something like this….

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5 Simple Steps to Setting a Boundary

Orlando Counseling Providing Relationship Therapy

Do you feel insignificant in your relationship? Does it feel like your partner mows over you and your wishes? After an argument, do you wonder, “What the heck just happened?” If this sounds like you, then this series on boundaries will help clarify what’s happening and help you get your feet back on the ground.

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Meet our Orlando Therapists

  • Elizabeth Yoak

    Hi! I specialize in working with adults and teens struggling with anxiety, trauma, and depression.

  • Maria Ross

    Hi there! My name is Maria Ross and I specialize in treating anxiety and trauma in teens and adults. I offer in-person and online therapy sessions in English and Spanish.

  • Shauna Hughes, Anxiety Therapist in Orlando FL

    Shauna Hughes

    Hi! I work with anxiety, trauma, relationships, and coping with autoimmune diseases.

  •  Lauran Hahn

    Hi! I work with clients struggling with toxic relationship patterns, anxiety, and trauma.