What is Counseling?!
Counseling/ Therapy/ Psychotherapy: We’ve all been told how we should go, but what does it look like? Going to counseling for the first...
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Libby King, BS, LPC Intern
- Feb 25, 2021
- 1 min
5 Love Languages
The way in which we receive love can sometimes look different than the ways in which we give love. Learning about our love language can...
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Libby King, BS, LPC Intern
- Feb 25, 2021
- 1 min
Hunger Scale
Have you ever taken the time to assess your hunger? Real Life Counseling created one just for you! The more positive of a relationship we...
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Libby King, BS, LPC Intern
- Feb 8, 2021
- 1 min
Attachment Styles
Attachment Styles: We’ve all heard of them, but what do they really mean? Attachment styles are characterized by different ways of...
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Libby King, BS, LPC Intern
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
Understands ACEs
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) This can include things like physical and emotional abuse, neglect, caregiver mental illness, and...
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Libby King, BS, LPC Intern
- Jan 26, 2021
- 1 min
Don't let social media control you.
We can’t control a lot of things in life, but one thing we can control is our usage and exposure to social media. Social media is a...
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1 min
Therapy Thoughts-Emotional Intelligence. An audio interview.
So you have a high IQ, so you’ve got “street smarts”. Maybe you even pride yourself on your artistic, musical or even spiritual...
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1 min
“What Brings you in today?”
August 20, 2018 Reasons teens and a families seek counseling. Only healthy people seek counseling. Unhealthy people just suffer through it.
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 2 min
Snowbirds, Adventurers, to the Courageous
February 1, 2018 To all my snowbird friends, to the adventures, the fearless friends excited for the day they leave the safety of the...
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1 min
Life can be better.
Rediscover joy, hope and peace.
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1 min
Here we go...
Beginning the journey to a better you. The first steps are the hardest.
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 3 min
Learning is Hard!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNuE-f4AKxE&t=49s Check out the video HERE A few thoughts on the process of learning something new....
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 3 min
Pain is Universal.
Recently I was able to spend the holiday with my favorite 3 year old, and well, one of my favorite people ever, my nephew Jonathan. Wife...
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1 min
Impulsive Teenagers!
November 28, 2017 When will they learn! When will pull their stink’n heads out of their ____________ (add your favorite body part). In...
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 4 min
Overwhelmed, Healthy, Vulnerability
September 19, 2017 Three thoughts woven into one, my hope is to bring it full circle in the end. First on Feeling Overwhelmed, then about...
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 2 min
Working with People: 6 things I’ve noticed about Teenagers
July 21, 2017 Einstein said There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a...
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 4 min
Stress, Masks, Teenagers
May 15, 2017 Three thoughts woven into one, my hope is to bring it full circle in the end. First on Feeling Overwhelmed, then about Four...
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1 min
ADHD – what is it, how to deal
Northern Michigan Counselor Jake Tracy is a Therapist at Real Life Counseling of Northern Michigan. To learn more visit...
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Jake Tracy, MA, LPC
- Apr 23, 2019
- 2 min
Overwhelmed?! This can help.
I’m Jake Tracy, MA, LLPC a counselor at Real Life Counseling of Northern Michigan in Petoskey. We help children, teens, families and...
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