PQ Therapist, Theresa Hasting, LPC-S, LCPAA During the formative years of adolescence the development of the self is a primary focus. As teens learn to navigate social relationships and attempt to differentiate from their parents, attachment difficulties may become pronounced and interfere with healthy identity development. Young people who have experienced adoption, relational trauma, stressful relationships …
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ReVisioning Borderline Personality Disorder: Seeing The Person Within
Written by Theresa Hasting, LMHC I remember my first job out of graduate school, working in a psychiatric inpatient facility, and listening intently as nurses and doctors spoke about the patients with whom we were working. A patient in particular sticks in my mind, a young adult female who had been in and out of …
Letting It Out, Letting It Go
By: Theresa Hasting, LMHC, Clinical Supervisor As students come and go in waves, I have seen an upsurge in students experiencing complicated grief issues. Mostly recently, I’ve worked with four students within a six month period who have experienced the loss of a parent; through long-term sickness, suicide, and unexpected accidental death. What these students …
Thanksgiving Blessings: Gratitude and Grace
As I sat in my dining room with my seven guests for our annual Thanksgiving meal, I recounted what I was grateful for in my life. Thanksgiving is actually my favorite holiday, not because of what it represents in terms of American history, but because it is a day that I am able to celebrate …
Combining Trauma-Focused Treatments with Horticultural Therapy
By: Theresa Hasting, LMHC Therapist Working in the garden alongside students and seeing the benefits it yields students (and, of course, myself) has left me asking “How do we integrate additional evidence based treatments with our practice of Horticultural Therapy?” The garden offers so many options for regulating the nervous system and calming the mind …
Working Through Compassion Fatigue
By Theresa Hasting, LMHC You’ve given everything you had; sleepless nights making sure your son stayed in his room, missing work to ensure he went to school, constant vigilance to ensure his safety. You’ve got him in a safe place where he is able to work on these issues. Now what? As we work with …
Setting The Stage for Healthy Attachment
PQ Therapist, Theresa Hasting, LPC-S, LCPAA During the formative years of adolescence the development of the self is a primary focus. As teens learn to navigate social relationships and attempt to differentiate from their parents, attachment difficulties may become pronounced and interfere with healthy identity development. Young people who have experienced adoption, relational trauma, stressful relationships …