Posts by Taylor Bennett:

The day my friend decided to try therapy, she sent me a frustrated text: “Ugh, I can’t find any therapists!” Of course there were therapists and counselors in her area, but she couldn’t find any…

Online counseling, or web therapy as some call it, is done via video conference, telephone, or chat/email. It’s a great alternative to the traditional therapy model, in which you meet with your counselor face…

Online counseling may not be as widely recognized as your traditional in-person counseling, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t significant or effective. More and more people are discovering that online therapy really works—as it enables…

Online counseling is pretty self-explanatory: it’s counseling that you receive online, typically via video chat or phone call. Okay, but if it’s essentially the same thing as your traditional therapy session, why choose the…

You may have heard of a little something called online counseling—but you might not know all that much about it. Basically, online counseling is therapy conducted via telephone or video chat. It’s particularly helpful for…

Maybe you’re going through a really rough breakup. Perhaps you’ve just moved to a new city and you’re struggling with crippling feelings of loneliness. Or, nothing out of the ordinary is going on in your life right now,…

Counseling is an incredibly useful tool for all who utilize it. Yes, it is exceptionally effective for those who present symptoms of a serious mental illness like depression or anxiety or posttraumatic stress disorder. But it is also exceptionally effective for…

As with most things, counseling has changed and grown exponentially since its initial development. First, let’s consider all of the various approaches to counseling that exist today: there’s cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, couples counseling, group therapy, family therapy, and more….

We all get lonely from time to time—after a breakup, at a new job, in a new city. Or sometimes for no obvious reason at all. But whatever the case, we have the power to relieve…

I am kind. I am smart. I am important. It might sound like I’m bragging, but I assure you I’m not—I’m just practicing some positive affirmations! Have you ever heard of these? They’re basically positive statements or…

I am a planner. Always have been, always will be. Now, I don’t keep an agenda like most planners—I make detailed lists instead, outlining my days, my weeks, sometimes my months. The idea is that I…

My phone’s home screen is crowded with apps. And the majority of them are my social media platforms: Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Reddit… and on and on and on. It’s always bothered me…