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Tips to Help Couples Build a More Solid Relationship

The ability to stay calm during a fight with your spouse is essential for effective communcation. However, many couples struggle in their communcation because they are flooded by their own powerful emotions and cannot stay calm. It is time to solve this problem.Hi, my...

How to Identify and Cope with Anxiety

Our marriage and family therapist, Stephanie Keiper, discusses how to identify the signs and signals of anxiety and helpful tips to cope with the symptoms. “Hi my name is Stephanie Keiper, and I'm a marriage and family therapist at Cedar Rapids Counseling Center. Here...

What does depression feel like?

How do I know if I am feeling depressed? This question is one of the top google searches surrounding this topic. Stephanie is truly a gifted therapist. She uses humor, transparency, and compassion to utilizing the strengths within her clients to instill hope and...

Helpful Tips For Stress

Stress is a normal part of our lives. That being said, the types of things that cause stress to particular people do vary as well as the manner in which people manage it. Stress can originate from both external sources as well as internally in the manner in which we...

Pete Campie’s Tips and Tricks for Telehealth

Since Covid 19 has spread across the world, more people are seeking mental health. Unfortunately, the virus has also forced us to think of alternative ways of receiving care beyond the traditional face-to-face appointments. In this video, Pete Campie gives several...

How To Set Boundaries

A lot of stress and anxiety comes from not knowing how to manage other people's expectations of us. Too often, we feel like we have to fulfill all these expectations out of fear of letting people down. However, part of developing a complete sense of self is to...

Is Love All You Need For A Happy Marriage?

When you are feeling the feelings of love, it seems like nothing wrong could happen. Unfortunately for our society, when this feeling dissipates, our loyalty tends to fade. To truly thrive in a marriage, you will need more than just the feeling of love. Learn more...

The Inevitability of Criticism

The inner critic can be one of the least understood parts that we have to help us manage our fear of rejection and emotional pain. The key to overcoming the critic is learning how to show compassion. It is part of the human experience to interact with...