I LOVE Christmas- to a crazy elf degree. My electricity bill shows it. But I hate the gluttonous part of it. Watch most holiday specials and they usually only get one well thought out gift, not 30 little gifts that will be set aside or…
Author: Jessie Shepherd, LCMHC
Jessie Shepherd is a Mental Health Counselor and owner of Blue Clover Therapy in Utah. She has a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of Utah. Her focus is treating trauma, eating disorders and adjustment issues in adults, adolescents, children and their families. She utilizes Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Play Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
Why your love life is less ‘The Notebook’ & more ‘The Girl on the Train’
The idea that our love life will be anything like a romantic movie is a ridiculous idea, I know. But we can’t help but want certain parts of intimacy and connection that we see. I’m here to tell you that you can cultivate shades of…
KSL: Tips to stop your kids nightmares
If you have ever been awakened by your terrified child because of a nightmare, you know how helpless the situation can make you can feel. Although we cannot control what our kids are dreaming about, we can help them build skills to cope with their…
Why you need to be a failure
We throw the word ‘perfectionist’ around a lot without any thought of the real mental pains it carries with it. Being a perfectionist is more than needing to get 100% on a paper or staying extremely organized. There is major anxiety fueling our actions with…