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Does Insurance Pay for Couples Counseling?
Using insurance to pay for couples counseling is a bit tricky. Here's why.

Raffi Bilek
Oct 286 min read


Reframing Amid Rumination: How to Break the Negative Thinking Cycle
Persistent rumination can impact focus, happiness, productivity, and much more. Luckily, there are ways to overcome rumination; with a little understanding and focus, it is possible to shift our mental states to focus on brighter things.

Baltimore Therapy Center
Oct 234 min read


The Journey Back to Yourself After Trauma
It's easy to lose yourself after trauma. But there is a pathway back to who you are.

Baltimore Therapy Center
Oct 24 min read


Should I Leave My Marriage?
Should I leave my marriage? This is a huge question. Take the quiz for greater clarity and read up on this critical information for making the right decision for you.

Raffi Bilek
Aug 114 min read


From Trauma to Triggers: How Childhood Experiences Impact Addiction
Addiction, also known as Substance Use Disorder (SUD), is a common problem across the globe. Whether someone is suffering from drug or alcohol addiction, they can experience a range of physical and psychological symptoms that vary in severity and potentially lead to death. While there isn’t a single cause of addiction, vulnerability to developing a substance addiction can be narrowed down to factors such as social, environmental, physical, psychological, and so on. A common f

Baltimore Therapy Center
Jul 47 min read


Understanding Your Emotions: 6 Crucial Facts You Need to Know
Emotions can feel overwhelming, confusing, and sometimes uncontrollable. Yet, understanding them can change how we approach challenges, relationships, and personal growth. Rather than viewing emotions as problems to solve or obstacles to manage, seeing them […]</p>

Baltimore Therapy Center
May 14 min read


How to Handle Grad School When You Have Depression
While pursuing an advanced degree is exciting, it can be daunting. Balancing grad school academic demands, career responsibilities, and personal life can be overwhelming and result in burnout, anxiety, and stress.

Baltimore Therapy Center
Dec 12, 20244 min read


Embrace Winter Without the SADness: Strategies to Combat Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder can drag you down. Here are some tips to combat it.

Baltimore Therapy Center
Dec 2, 20245 min read


When Aging Parents Need Help
As we age, performing normal daily activities can become increasingly challenging. Folks in the sandwich generation often discover that their elderly parents require assistance with routine tasks like meal preparation, medication management, and healthcare decisions.

Baltimore Therapy Center
Oct 15, 20243 min read


How Mindfulness and Meditation Can Benefit Your Relationships
Meditation has a lot of benefits. Let's explore how it can benefit your relationships.

Baltimore Therapy Center
Oct 9, 20234 min read


How to Handle Anxiety in a Relationship
While stress and anxiety are natural parts of the human condition, certain traumas or neurological dispositions can cause some people to struggle with these feelings beyond what is normal.

Baltimore Therapy Center
Apr 3, 20234 min read


Does My Partner Need Therapy?
How can you tell if your partner needs therapy - and what should you do about it?

Raffi Bilek
Dec 6, 202210 min read


How Do I Support My Partner with Depression?
Let’s take a look at the options in front of you for helping your depressed partner. Please remember, though, that you are not responsible for your partner’s mental illness, and you cannot make it go away. The best you can do is try to help.

Raffi Bilek
Mar 7, 20226 min read


Depression in Children: What Should Parents Do?
If your child is experiencing negative feelings that persist to the point that they are not functioning properly, then they might be suffering from a depressive disorder. Find out how you can help.

Raffi Bilek
Sep 2, 20214 min read


Understanding Your Anger: Where Does It Come From?
<p>One of the important components of anger management is getting an understanding of where your anger is coming from so that you can work towards not only managing your anger when it comes up but […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Nov 20, 20192 min read


How to Make New Year’s Resolutions Stick
<p>New Year’s resolutions – everyone makes ‘em, few keep ‘em. Why is this so? And how can we do it differently so we can finally make our New Year’s resolutions stick?</p>

Raffi Bilek
Dec 26, 20183 min read


4 Ways to Fight Depression
<p>If you’ve been feeling down a lot lately, always tired, not in the mood to do much of anything, you may be suffering from depression. Depression is different from just feeling sad, and it is a […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Aug 30, 20173 min read


Depression vs. Sadness and What You Can Do About It
<p>We’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled posts on the Five Love Languages to bring you this exclusive special in which I was invited to a local TV station to do a short bit […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Apr 10, 20173 min read


How Do I Find a Therapist?
<p>So you’re looking for a therapist in Baltimore. Maybe you typed “Baltimore therapist” into Google and it sent you here. But how do you find the right “Baltimore therapist” for you? What goes in to […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Nov 15, 20163 min read
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