Quotes & Aphorisms

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“You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.” 

— Joseph Campbell

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“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson 

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“What we have before us are some breathtaking opportunities disguised as insoluble problems.”

— John Gardner

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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” 

— Theodore Roosevelt 

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“Just keep going, no feeling is final.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

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"Mental strength is not the ability to stay out of the darkness, it's the ability to sit present in the darkness knowing that light will shine again"

-Unknown

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“The best is the enemy of good.”

— Voltaire

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“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.”

— James Oppenheim

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“The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” 

— Chinese Proverb

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Understanding

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The following links are listed to provide you with additional online mental health care information. The following is not meant to be a comprehensive list, nor is it an endorsement of the content of the sites.

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Addiction and Recovery ​

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• Alcoholics Anonymous

• Center for On-Line Addiction

• SAMHSA's Treatment and Recovery

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Anxiety

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• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad/index.shtml

• Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder 

• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Mayo Clinic 

• International OCD Foundation

• Calm Clinic

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Associations & Institutes 

 

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 

• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy 

• American Counseling Association 

• American Psychiatric Association 

• American Psychological Association 

• Association for Psychological Science 

• National Institute of Mental Health 

• Mental Health America 

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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 

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•  ADDA - Attention Deficit Disorder Association

• Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIMH

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Child Abuse and Domestic Violence 

 

• Childhelp USA® 

• Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse

• The National Domestic Violence Hotline Website

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Chronic Fatigue 

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• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Depression

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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCrniLQGYc

• https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression/index.shtml​

• Depression and How Therapy Can Help 

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Dissociation and Traumatic Stress 

 

• Sidran Traumatic Stress Institute

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Journals & Magazines 

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• Drug and Alcohol Review 

• Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 

• Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 

• Language and Cognitive Processes 

• Loss, Grief & Care 

• Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

• Personal Relationships 

• Personality and Individual Differences 

• Psychiatric Bulletin 

• Psychology of Men & Masculinity 

• Psychology Today 

• Stress and Health 

• Substance Abuse 

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Medications and Health Supplements 

 

• Drug Interactions, Drugs.com 

• Medications, FDA

• Medications, PDR

• Medline, Comparison

• Multivitamins

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Mental Health Care General Links 

 

• CounsellingResource.com  

• Mental Health Counselor Resources, About.com 

• Mental Help Net 

• PsychCentral.com 

• University of Michigan Health Library 

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Parenting

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• https://www.seleni.org/

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Parents and Teens

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• http://www.chconline.org/resourcelibrary/

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Personality Disorders 

 

• Mental Help Net - Personality Disorders ​

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Suicide Awareness and Hotlines 

 

• SAMHSA's Suicide Prevention 

• Suicide Awareness Voices of Education

• Suicide: Read This First

• http://www.chconline.org/resourcelibrary/

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Additional Mental Health Care & Counseling Resources 

 

• Keirsey (Myers-Briggs) Temperament Sorter 

• Signs of Menopause, Symptoms of Menopause

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Connections

 

Suicide Prevention

 

If you are having thoughts of killing yourself:

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• Please call the Suicide Hotline:  1-800-273-TALK (8255)

• If you have a plan and the means to carry out a suicide, please call the Hotline, OR CALL 911, or go to the closest emergency room if you feel you cannot trust yourself to be safe                                                                               

 

Other Crises:

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• You can reach a trained counselor by texting the Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741-741

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Note: Not responsible for the content, claims or representations of the listed sites.

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I do not provide emergency services.
In case of emergency, PLEASE CALL 911, or go to the nearest hospital emergency department.

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