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    3 Ways To Recognize A Toxic Person
    Monique West, LCSW-R
    • Nov 24, 2018
    • 3 min

    3 Ways To Recognize A Toxic Person

    Toxic people can be emotionally draining and can be difficult at times to recognize. It is important to cultivate your skill set and powers of discernment in identifying toxic individuals. In this post you will learn how to identify toxic people. You deserve to have people in your life that are supportive and mutually respectful. When you are trying to identify a toxic person begin to think about how these people make you feel if you feel that spending time with these people
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    3 Stepping Stones To Synergy!
    Monique West, LCSW-R
    • Sep 15, 2016
    • 4 min

    3 Stepping Stones To Synergy!

    We all have heard time and time again that in any relationship compromise is essential and paramount to having a healthy and nurturing relationship. In intimate relationships in particular the art of compromise can seem elusive and nearly impossible. Compromise for some people represents ‘losing’ or ‘going along to get along.’ In couple’s therapy I discuss with couples the importance of developing a fine tuned skill in their relationship where they begin to zero in on definin
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    Is It OK To Cut Off A Toxic Parent?
    Monique West, LCSW-R
    • Jul 28, 2016
    • 3 min

    Is It OK To Cut Off A Toxic Parent?

    I have numerous amounts of clients that battle with agonizing decisions whether or not to cut off a toxic abusive parent. It’s not an easy plight to conceptualize cutting off a parent nevertheless actually following through on this. When there has been years of emotional, physical, psychological or sexual abuse, however, it becomes necessary to begin processing if making healthy boundaries with a parent as an adult is necessary. With years of guilt trips, manipulative behavio
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    3 Tips To Cultivate Self-Love
    Monique West, LCSW-R
    • Jun 27, 2016
    • 4 min

    3 Tips To Cultivate Self-Love

    "Self Love is a concept that may seem esoteric in nature and fleeting. Self Love is characterized as a positive regard of self and commitment to healthy practices that fosters happiness and well being. Self Love is often reinforced by daily practices, attention and attuning to one’s emotional, physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual centers." When I begin to introduce Self Love principles to clients in individual session it is often misinterpreted as narcissism or b
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