Archive for the ‘Boston Depression Counseling’ Category

Boston Therapy Groups– and Group Therapy in Cambridge, MA

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Group Therapy is in high demand in Boston, MA and Cambridge, MA. To respond to the many requests we have received for Group Therapy services, Thrive Boston Counseling now offers Therapy groups for a variety of life issues, including:     Women's Issues Boston Therapy Group (and Cambridge Therapy Group) Men's Issues Boston Therapy Group (and ...

Five Tips to Reduce Stress During Difficult Financial Times

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

  During these difficult financial times, many persons are experiencing higher levels or stress, worry, and anxiety. The following five (5) anxiety reducing tips could help you overcoming stress and live a better life, even if your financial budget is in “crisis.” 1)     STAY CONNECTED. We often withdraw when we become stressed ...

Happiness Tips: Finding Happiness in Daily Life

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Dear Reader, This is Dr. Anthony Centore, with Thrive Boston Counseling. I was just asked to write a couple short ideas on how to create / promote happiness in life, for potential publication somewhere (I don't even know where). Anyway, as I send the quotes out into the ether of the ...

Not Therapy: Students in Massachusetts Hear Sexual Recording on a Depression Hot Line

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

8th Graders at a school in Massachusetts were given a phone number to a Depression Hotline. However, the hotline changed their number, and what the students heard was a recording for a phone sex line.  How are parents to react to this? Is laughter good therapy? Or is this a serious oversight ...

Double Suicide? Elderly Couple Disappears from Cruise Ship

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

An elderly couple disappeared from a cruise ship, their door locked from the inside with a "do not disturbed" tag hanging from the door. Authorities are trying to determine, is this a suicide, or something else? Some persons are maintaining the couple had simply left the ship at a port. ...

Suicide: Information on Suicide and Counseling for Suicidal Individuals

Monday, October 20th, 2008

PORTRAITS   Nicole got extremely drunk at a party and made a fool of herself in front of her entire high school.  She left the party, humiliated, and began thinking about each of the other stupid things she had done lately.  When she saw the glow of headlights coming up behind her, ...

Learning to Forgive: The 5-Steps of Forgiveness

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

WHAT FORGIVENESS IS (AND IS NOT) Forgiveness is giving up your right to hurt someone who has hurt you. Forgiveness does not diminish the wrong done against you. Forgiveness is not a denial of what happened. Forgiveness does not ...

Overcoming Loneliness and Isolation in Boston: 7 Strategies for Making Friends and Building Relationships

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The first thing I think of when I think of Loneliness is Bill Cosby. I don’t think Bill Cosby is necessarily a lonely guy, but I remember a scene from the Cosby Show where he tells Trudy (his youngest daughter) he wants to be alone. “But won’t you be lonely?” Trudy ...

Depression In Adolescence: Depression Risk Factors, Depression Effects, Depression Treatment

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

By, Laura P. Naylor Abstract Depression is very common in adolescence and if not treated properly it can produce long-term negative consequences, such as alcohol and drug abuse, criminal behavior, and even suicide.  It is imperative that parents, educators, mental health workers, and the entire society better understand the signs, symptoms, risk ...