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New Year, New Goals: Time to Make a Vision Board

By Andrea Schneider, MSW, LCSW
New Year, New Goals: Time to Make a Vision Board

“The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.” Melody Beattie

 

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Gaslighting: That Ubiquitous Term

By Andrea Schneider, MSW, LCSW
Gaslighting: That Ubiquitous Term

“Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Dorothy, Wizard of Oz

 

The 1944 movie Gaslight, staring Ingrid Bergman,

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Dizzy on the Merry-Go-Round: Cognitive Dissonance After Narcissistic Abuse

By Andrea Schneider, MSW, LCSW
Dizzy on the Merry-Go-Round: Cognitive Dissonance After Narcissistic Abuse

There’s no earthly way of knowing/Which direction we are going/There’s no knowing where we’re rowing/Or which way the river’s flowing/Is it raining?/Is it snowing?/Is a hurricane a-blowing?/Not a speck of light is showing/So the danger must be growing….”

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Relational Trauma Can Resurface During the Holidays

By Andrea Schneider, MSW, LCSW
Relational Trauma Can Resurface During the Holidays

“She is still a prisoner of her childhood; attempting to create a new life, she re-encounters the trauma.”
― Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence –

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Don’t Be A Grinch! : Managing Holiday Stress

By Andrea Schneider, MSW, LCSW
Don’t Be A Grinch! : Managing Holiday Stress

“Keep Calm and Get Your Ho Ho Ho On!”

Disclaimer: I am a therapist, mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend, and I wear many other hats. And I am actually writing this article for myself.

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