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Celebrating Over One Year of Experiential Process Group Therapy!

By aliahealycross | June 16, 2026June 16, 2026 by aliahealycross

For the past 14 months I have been holding space in my home office, facilitating Group therapy. This is both a professional and personal accomplishment that I feel proud to share with current clients, prospective participants and others who would like to know: What is Experiential Process Group? Our Group has consisted of between 4-7 members who each commit to at least 12 consecutive Group sessions. About six months or so ago, we started calling…

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Gift Giving & the Therapeutic Relationship

By aliahealycross | December 23, 2025December 28, 2025 by aliahealycross

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Taking this Extra Day to Encourage SELF-LOVE

By aliahealycross | February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 by aliahealycross

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What is self-love? Why do so many people struggle to love themselves? Self-love is not selfish. It’s not about stepping on others. It’s not about grandiosity or arrogance. Self-love allows us to show up for others with energy and to be happier in our interpersonal relationships. It lets us see when others try to take advantage of us, treat us poorly or do not respect our boundaries. We won’t accept poor behavior from others because…

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The Use of Expressive Arts in Therapy

By aliahealycross | January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 by aliahealycross

Sometimes we don’t have the words to describe our pain. Sometimes it feels anxiety-provoking to sit with a new counselor, or even a therapist we’ve been working with for awhile, and share our most vulnerable secrets. Our shame. Experiences that feel unique, lonely, regrettable. As a therapist, I know that there are times when a barrage of questions isn’t the right method for growth between my client and myself. Sometimes sitting in silence isn’t the…

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Self-Care

By aliahealycross | April 22, 2023April 22, 2023 by aliahealycross

I first became strongly attracted to practicing Self-Care and exploring the concept with clients when working with survivors of Domestic Violence (DV) during my internship. I define Self-Care as a form of putting oneself first. I don’t believe this is a bad thing. Selfishness, when tempered with a self-awareness of keeping it in balance with one’s other responsibilities, is not a bad thing. The (mostly female) survivors of DV I met had been through such…