by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Nov 30, 2017 | abuse, ADDICTION, ANXIETY, CHRONIC PAIN, CODEPENDENCY, counseling, divorce, domestic violence, GRIEF, insomnia, journaling, memoir, NARCISSISM, personal growth, psychotherapy, reiki, TRAUMA, WOMEN
What is PTSD – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? By Gail-Elaine Tinker MS, LPC Psychotherapist Mary (not a real person) grew up in a chaotic household fraught with violence and addiction. Despite this experience, she has grown to have a functional life; higher...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Oct 23, 2017 | acceptance, ANXIETY, bias, CHRONIC PAIN, communication, counseling, development, empathy, evolution, intolerance, journaling, life-hack, personal growth, psychotherapy, satire
Use of Metaphor In Psychotherapy: does it help or hurt? By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., LPC Licensed Psychotherapist When a client describes to me that her anxiety feels ‘like a lion is sitting on her chest’ or that his ‘depression feels like he is trapped in a very dark...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Jul 2, 2017 | acceptance, alternative medicine, ANXIETY, CHRONIC PAIN, CODEPENDENCY, counseling, empathy, gratitude, GRIEF, HOARDING, Hypnosis, insomnia, life-hack, personal growth, psychotherapy, reiki, TRAUMA, WOMEN
Why Would I Use Hypnosis? By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., CH, LPC Psychotherapist Hypnosis is a therapeutic technique used by hypnotherapists who use relaxation and attention focusing exercises to give positive suggestions to the subconscious mind. Ethical professionals...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Jun 28, 2017 | acceptance, ADDICTION, alternative medicine, ANXIETY, communication, confidential, counseling, development, empathy, evolution, gratitude, GRIEF, Hypnosis, insomnia, journaling, life-hack, personal growth, psychotherapy, reiki, TRAUMA, WOMEN
Treatment of Anxiety and Depression:A Self-Empowering Process As with any presented issue, Tinker Psychotherapy Services – Gail-Elaine Tinker MS, LPC, provides treatment with a custom approach and emphasis on self-empowerment. The idea is to help the...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | May 27, 2017 | abuse, ADDICTION, ANXIETY, co-parenting, CODEPENDENCY, counseling, divorce, domestic violence, empathy, GRIEF, intolerance, NARCISSISM, personal growth, psychotherapy, TRAUMA, WOMEN
Narcissists: How Do They Experience Life? By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., CH, NCC, LPC I am a psychotherapist and client may come to me claiming their partner is a malignant narcissist. I do not take the claim at face value. I need examples of past and present behavior...