Making Peace With Our Past
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- Jun, 22, 2020
- Bethany Kinzel
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Charity’s June 2020 Newsletter Honoring our PastA few weeks ago, families across the country celebrated the role that mothers play in our lives and in a few short weeks, people will again do the same to celebrate fathers. While I too believe it is important to honor the caretakers in our lives, I always approach […]
Read MorePaying it Forward: The Grateful Way of Life
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- Nov, 12, 2019
- Bethany Kinzel
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Charity’s November 2019 Newsletter Despite the numerous reminders to be thankful we are bound to encounter as we enter the holiday season and approach Thanksgiving, I can’t help but feel weird and off topic if I don’t address the topic of gratitude in this month’s newsletter. At the same time, with so many gratitude reminders […]
Read MoreEnmeshed Codependency or Healthy Identity
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- Oct, 04, 2019
- Bethany Kinzel
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October Newsletter by Charity Simpson I recently began a young women’s group with an emphasis on personal wellness and recovering from patterns of codependency. As I conceived of the group and thought about the many people with whom I’ve worked, I realized that so often, our struggles with healthy identity development are centered in patterns […]
Read MoreStifling or Developing Healthy Identities
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- Sep, 04, 2019
- Bethany Kinzel
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September Newsletter- Charity Simpson The more I work with people at all stages of life, literally from ages 2 to 92, I realize how influential our early life experiences continue to be into adulthood. In both my personal and professional life, I have gradually come to realize how significantly our family of origins and early […]
Read MorePushing for Perfection or Striving for Excellence?
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- Aug, 08, 2019
- Bethany Kinzel
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August Newsletter- Charity Simpson Many years ago, when I was applying to my first graduate school program, I recall asking professors for letters of recommendation. I was privileged to have them not only agree to endorse my skills and abilities, but also be willing to share their confidential letters with me personally as I was […]
Read MoreWhat is Play Therapy?
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- Jun, 18, 2019
- Bethany Kinzel
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A Conversation with Charity Simpson- MS, LAPC, NCC, MDiv What would you say play therapy is? “Play therapy is an age-appropriate way to engage children in the therapy process that relies less on them verbalizing what’s going on and more so allows them to do through objects and through different kinds of play. It’s much […]
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