Robyn Westervelt

LMHC Candidate | Counseling Psychology Graduate Program | Lesley University | She, Her | “If you happen to be different, then live that truth.”

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Be Here Now

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Truth

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You are not your thoughts. You are the observer of your thoughts.

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I think you'd like this from Calm.

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@therapiworks I’m starting Counseling and Spirituality class in grad school next semester. I’m looking forward to confronting my bias. 👀

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For those looking for an easy read to begin a journey to self discovery and authenticity: “How to Survive Your Childhood Now that You’re an Adult” by Ira Israel.

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Client: “I'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here."
Therapist: "Is there something wrong with that?"
Client: "Absolutely.”
- Ned Vizzini

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Absolutely horrible, unprofessional services offered to clients. The WSJ has plenty of examples. The Failed Promise of Online Mental-Health Treatment https://t.co/QleUsqMI6e

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✋ Slow down! Live in the moment. “Learn how to pay attention and experience life rather than hurry through it.” It takes practice. 😌

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“Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life.” — Shannon Alder

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Transgender clinicians cannot speak for all trans clients, as there is no universal truth that represents all gender identities and backgrounds. — Lore M. Dickie

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“There is so much pain in the world, and most of these people keep theirs secret, rolling through agonizing lives in invisible wheelchairs, dressed in invisible bodycasts.” ― Andrew Solomon

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What we achieve change inwardly will change outer reality. -Plutarch

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Big deal. And a good one for Acronis.>Acronis Acquires Data Loss Prevention specialist DeviceLock https://t.co/IpKjn5z0rp

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Speechless. Grateful.

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

BREAKING: Major win for LGBT rights at #SCOTUS with 6-3 decision that federal law bars workplace discrimination against gays, lesbian and transgender. GORSUCH writes for Dem appointees. ROBERTS agrees. ALITO/THOMAS/KAVANAUGH dissent.

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Responses to this thread are a great read!

[Christofer Hoff @Beaker]

A relative newcomer to the wonderful world of Cyber Security who self-identities as a community “leader,” sent me a DM in which they asked “who the f$ck are you?” < I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I RECORDED A SECURITY-THEMED NICKELBACK COVER ONCE AND WAS NOMINATED FOR A @PwnieAwards !

[Molly Hennessy-Fiske @mollyhf]

This was taken today. It’s been nearly a week. I’ve worked every day, injured, because you cannot stop the free press protected in our Constutution by shooting us. #JournalismIsNotACrime @MnDPS_MSP @MnDPS_DPS

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Words on social media are not enough. Please stand with your neighbors for what is morally right. #BlackLivesMatter

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Just out for a stroll in #Boston. This was on the street corner.