Ryan Long https://ryanlonglicsw.com/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:02:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 132310394 How To Stop Beating Yourself Up https://ryanlonglicsw.com/how-to-stop-beating-yourself-up/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 21:00:38 +0000 https://ryanlonglicsw.com/how-to-stop-beating-yourself-up/ When was the last time you heard from your inner critic? You know, that voice in your head that constantly judges you, puts you down and compares you to others. The one that tells you you’re not good enough or smart enough and says things you would never dream of saying to another person. Now you may […]

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]]> 1506 How To Lessen Your Teen’s Back-to-School Stress https://ryanlonglicsw.com/how-to-lessen-your-teens-back-to-school-stress/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 21:00:06 +0000 https://ryanlonglicsw.com/how-to-lessen-your-teens-back-to-school-stress/ It’s almost fall, which means store shelves are stocked with low-priced notebooks and markers and glue, et al. Soon the familiar brake hiss of school buses will be heard in neighborhoods across the country as kids head back to school. While some kids begrudge alarm clocks and mountains of homework, they still look forward to […]

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]]> 1468 How to Begin Healing After Personal Trauma https://ryanlonglicsw.com/how-to-begin-healing-after-personal-trauma/ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 20:00:06 +0000 https://ryanlonglicsw.com/how-to-begin-healing-after-personal-trauma/ No one is ever prepared for a tragedy. In fact, most of us go through our lives believing that tragedies happen to other people. When people do experience a distressing or life-threatening event, such as a car accident, natural disaster, or terrorist attack, they often develop extreme anxiety or PTSD. Many develop ongoing problems with their personal relationships and their […]

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]]> 1431 Why EMDR is Effective in Treating Trauma https://ryanlonglicsw.com/why-emdr-is-effective-in-treating-trauma/ Thu, 10 Aug 2017 21:00:07 +0000 https://ryanlonglicsw.com/why-emdr-is-effective-in-treating-trauma/ Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a therapeutic protocol used in the treatment of mental and emotional trauma. It has been widely praised in the United States and is currently used by agencies such as the American Psychiatric Association, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and the Departments of Defense and Veterans […]

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]]> 1415 Afraid of Failure? Here’s Advice on Coping with Failure https://ryanlonglicsw.com/afraid-of-failure-heres-advice-on-coping-with-failure/ Wed, 26 Jul 2017 21:00:08 +0000 https://ryanlonglicsw.com/afraid-of-failure-heres-advice-on-coping-with-failure/ Fear of failure causes us to put the brakes on our life. When we’re so afraid of failing at something, we either don’t try at all, or we subconsciously undermine or own efforts to avoid an even bigger failure. Without question, fear of failure is immobilizing and, when we allow it to dictate our choices and sit […]

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]]> 1391 Are You Playing the Blame Game? Here’s Why You Need to Stop https://ryanlonglicsw.com/are-you-playing-the-blame-game-heres-why-you-need-to-stop/ Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:00:07 +0000 https://ryanlonglicsw.com/are-you-playing-the-blame-game-heres-why-you-need-to-stop/ Blame and game – two words that should never be joined together. The truth is, the blame game is no fun to play and there are never any winners. And, perhaps, the biggest loser of all is the one who is doing all the blaming. When we blame others, we lose our power. Remaining stuck […]

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]]> 1357 A Traditional Sports Psychology Approach to Addressing Performance Issues is Ineffective https://ryanlonglicsw.com/a-traditional-sports-psychology-approach-to-addressing-performance-issues-is-ineffective/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:58:36 +0000 http://ryanlonglicsw.com/?p=759 Traditional sports psychology tends to rely on the premise that athletes need to adjust their thinking, incorporate relaxation techniques, and use other strategies to repair performance problems. However, the root of many repetitive performance problems comes from physical and emotional traumas held in the brain, also known as Sports Trauma Stress Disorder. So, for example, […]

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]]> 759 Psychosomatic Disorders: How America’s health care system perpetuates the problem https://ryanlonglicsw.com/psychosomatic-disorders-how-americas-health-care-system-perpetuates-the-problem/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:58:15 +0000 http://ryanlonglicsw.com/?p=756 THE MIND-BODY CONNECTION Psychosomatic  medicine specifically refers to physical disorders of the mind-body.  The disorders may appear to be purely physical, but they have the origin in unconscious emotions.  This can range all the way from back pain to cancer.  Despite the prevalence of these disorders, the practice of psychosomatic medicine is pretty much unknown […]

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]]> 756 The indelible impact of trauma on adolescents: Adults have a responsibility https://ryanlonglicsw.com/the-indelible-impact-of-trauma-on-adolescents-adults-have-a-responsibility/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:57:53 +0000 http://ryanlonglicsw.com/?p=753 The diagnosis of PTSD came about in the early 1980’s that only affected a minority of soldiers who had witnessed and been devastated by combat experiences.  Soon enough following, these same exact symptoms began to be described by those involved in natural disasters, rape survivors or those who had witnessed life-threatened accidents.  We know from […]

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]]> 753 EMDR and Trauma: A Powerful Brain-Based Therapy with the Opportunity To Coach https://ryanlonglicsw.com/emdr-and-trauma-a-powerful-brain-based-therapy-with-the-opportunity-to-coach/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:57:35 +0000 http://ryanlonglicsw.com/?p=750 EMDR is a wonderful and powerful brain-based therapy that I feel lucky to have at my disposal. Before starting with a new client, I search newspaper articles and videotapes of individuals talking about how difficult the process of EMDR was, but how rewarding it was in the end and how those individuals would never want to go back to how […]

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