Deeply Rooted
12 Ways to Fall in Love Everyday: Happy 12th Anniversary to the Greenhouse Center
Download the PDF graphic here! Are you eager for easy conversation and laughter to spark between you and your partner? Imagine their smile as they open the perfect gift that you thought of. Reach anew for each other’s hands because it means something special. Trust in your connectedness. We are celebrating our 12th anniversary…
Read MoreDeeply Rooted in DBT
By: Shannon Nielson, LCSW DBT Group Manager In a series of blog posts, I will be giving information about DBT and some of the interesting things you can learn when you attend our groups. Below you will find a schedule of our groups and age ranges we currently offer. DBT stands for Dialectical Behavior Therapy.…
Read MoreDeeply Rooted in the Benefits of Animal-Assisted Therapy
By: Odessa M. Stevens, ACMHC, CAAP, CCLS II Since my childhood, pets have been such an integral part of my life. My earliest memory is of my little mouse, Mickey, clinging to dear life on the handle bars of my tricycle as we rode around the neighborhood. I cannot count the number of times that…
Read MoreDeeply Rooted in Forgiveness
By: Candice Packer, LCSW Forgiveness. When we hear that word, a lot of time, it raises a lot of emotions in us. Additionally, everyone has a different definition of forgiveness. So what does it really mean? I am going to answer your question with a question of my own. When you think of the hurt…
Read MoreDeeply Rooted in Knowing You Are Not Alone
By: Sonya Perkins, CSW Sometimes we never feel more alone than when we are surrounded by people. We walk around wearing a mask of what we think we should be or what we think they want us to be and inside we are saying, “If they only knew the real me. No one could ever…
Read MoreDeeply Rooted in Clarifying the Misconceptions of Mental Health Therapy
By: Marilee Woolstenhulme, LCSW Addressing some misconceptions about mental health therapy. Before I began my schooling to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I was like any body else: I didn’t know much about therapy other than what I’d seen on a TV screen. Take this quiz to separate fact from fiction and learn more…
Read MoreDeeply Rooted in Communication
By: Tyler Purdy, LCSW Communication is a key to life. We communicate for work, in families, at school, in all aspects of our lives. Now, I could start spouting off some statistics like communication is both verbal and nonverbal and that within these two types, verbal communication makes up 45% of all that is communicated…
Read MoreDeeply Rooted in Rejecting Apathy
By: Jessica Bodily-Miller, CSW To all of us fifteen to thirty year olds who are trying to figure out life: Apathy. This is our game face. We adolescents and young adults, we are apathetic. And we believe it is our greatest strength. We praise it in other people, “She doesn’t care what people think of…
Read MoreDeeply Rooted in Mindfulness Practices for Optimal Brain Development
By: Cindy White, LCSW Would you believe that learning to respond mindfully to ordinary, everyday positive experiences could significantly enhance the neural plasticity in your brain? Neuropsychologist Rick Hanson has identified that dedicating just three minutes a day to one particular mindfulness practice helps to facilitate synaptic formation and pruning that is so essential to…
Read MoreDeeply Rooted in Understanding Anxiety
By: Karen Salisbury, CSW Anxiety is a normal emotion that we all experience from time to time, but when it affects our daily lives it may be something more serious. It could be an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders come in many forms including Social Anxiety-discomfort and fear in social settings, and Specific Phobias-unreasonable fear of…
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