by Gail-Elaine Tinker | May 12, 2017 | abuse, acceptance, ADDICTION, alternative medicine, ANXIETY, CHRONIC PAIN, CODEPENDENCY, communication, counseling, development, empathy, evolution, gratitude, GRIEF, HOARDING, Hypnosis, insomnia, journaling, personal growth, psychotherapy, reiki, TRAUMA, Uncategorized, WOMEN, writing
Anxiety: 11 coping methods to managing your anxiety symptoms By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., LPC Psychotherapist Do you or someone you love to suffer regularly from anxiety? Do you feel helpless when trying to manage your symptoms or when encouraging your loved one to...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Mar 29, 2017 | abuse, acceptance, ADDICTION, alternative medicine, bias, CHRONIC PAIN, co-parenting, CODEPENDENCY, communication, confidential, counseling, development, divorce, domestic violence, empathy, evolution, gratitude, journaling, life-hack, NARCISSISM, personal growth, psychotherapy, separation, TRAUMA, Uncategorized, WOMEN, writing
All About Boundaries By Gail-Elaine Tinker, MS, LPC What are boundaries? A boundary is a limit or line; think property boundaries, they let people know which is theirs and which is the neighbor’s. Boundaries are an imaginary line in your emotions which separate your...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Mar 5, 2017 | alternative medicine, counseling, Hypnosis, insomnia, psychotherapy, TRAUMA
Psychotherapy and Hypnosis for Anxiety by Gail-Elaine Tinker M.S, CH, NCC, LPC Psychotherapist Anxiety is an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, accompanied by nervous behavior, such as pacing back and forth, nail biting, or hyper-focusing and/or avoiding the issue...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Apr 25, 2016 | alternative medicine, CHRONIC PAIN, counseling, insomnia, life-hack, personal growth, psychotherapy, TRAUMA, Uncategorized, WOMEN
The Promise of Hypnosis as a Tool in Holistic Psychotherapy By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., Licensed Psychotherapist and Certified Hypnotherapist For most Psychotherapists who use hypnosis and Hypnotherapists, the very first task is telling patients what hypnosis is and...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Apr 18, 2016 | acceptance, AUTISM, CHRONIC PAIN, communication, counseling, development, divorce, empathy, evolution, gratitude, GRIEF, insomnia, journaling, life-hack, personal growth, psychotherapy, TRAUMA, Uncategorized, WOMEN, writing
Your Pet’s Death is a Significant Loss Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S. Psychotherapist Many people feel an intense bond with their animal companions in life, so encountering their departure from our lives can be as traumatic as losing a family member. For many people a...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Apr 17, 2016 | abuse, acceptance, CODEPENDENCY, communication, confidential, counseling, development, divorce, domestic violence, empathy, evolution, gratitude, GRIEF, journaling, life-hack, personal growth, psychotherapy, reiki, separation, Uncategorized, WOMEN, writing
A Comprehensive List On Being Your Very Best Self By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., Psychotherapist “The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” – Anna Quindlen, As a Psychotherapist, I...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Apr 8, 2016 | acceptance, alternative medicine, CHRONIC PAIN, communication, confidential, counseling, development, empathy, gratitude, GRIEF, insomnia, journaling, life-hack, memoir, personal growth, psychotherapy, TRAUMA, Uncategorized, writing
Getting to Know Yourself Through Writing By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S. Psychotherapist Mankind has always had an impulse to tell stories. Since the beginning, we have found ways to tell our stories orally, pictorially, via hieroglyph, and then written language....
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Apr 6, 2016 | abuse, acceptance, co-parenting, CODEPENDENCY, communication, counseling, divorce, domestic violence, empathy, insomnia, life-hack, NARCISSISM, psychotherapy, separation, TRAUMA, Uncategorized, WOMEN
By Gail-Elaine Tinker MS, RM, CH, NCC, LPC Psychotherapist Narcissist Personality defined: long-standing pattern of grandiosity (fantasy or actual behavior), an overwhelming need for admiration, and usually a lack of empathy toward others. People with this...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Apr 6, 2016 | acceptance, alternative medicine, CHRONIC PAIN, counseling, GRIEF, psychotherapy, reiki, TRAUMA, Uncategorized, WOMEN
Integrative Medicine and Mind/Body Awareness Enhance Practice of Psychotherapy By Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S., RM, CH, NCC, LPC I have a wonderful client who refers to my alternative training as my “whoo-whoo” side. She means it as a fond joke, referring to the idea that...
by Gail-Elaine Tinker | Feb 14, 2014 | AUTISM, CHRONIC PAIN, GRIEF, TRAUMA, WOMEN
How Reiki Can Help With Physical and Emotional Distress by Gail-Elaine Tinker, M.S. Psychotherapist/ Reiki Master/ Life Coach The only premise one needs to accept or experience the power of Reiki is an acceptance of an all-encompassing energy which sustains every...