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How to Find the Right Counselor, Part 4: The Method to Look For
This is the last blog to the four-part series: “How to Find the Right Counselor for You.” In the three prior blogs, I shared an...
Mark Allen
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How to Find the Right Counselor, Part 3: The Principles to Look For
While counseling has scientific elements to it, that is: good counseling uses evidence-based approaches, it’s not an exact science but a...
Mark Allen
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How to Find the Right Counselor, Part 2: The Personal Elements
You’ve reached a point where you’ve decided to invest in your relationship by looking for a counselor. And, from our previous blog, you...
Mark Allen
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How to Find the Right Counselor, Part 1: Seeking Counseling Shows Strength not Weakness
There is a harmful myth running amuck in our western individualistic culture. According to a recent survey, nearly half of Americans...
Mark Allen
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Learning Oneself Anew Through Writing
I’m Misha McCorkle, a writer who has published one young adult novel, with more in the works. In this blog, I want to share a little...
Misha McCorkle
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The Ache of Attachment Part 2: A Longing to Authentically Connect
In my first blog, I shared about the human longing and the ache for meaningful connection. In psychology, this longing is known as...
John Zivojinovic, Ph.D.
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The Communication of Communication
Holding the Other as Sacred When Sharing One’s Individual Perspective If effective communication between persons is the exchange of...
Mark Allen
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Anticipating the Holidays
With all that has happened in 2020, and the holiday season well underway, it is especially important to pause briefly and reflect on how...
Mark Allen
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What it means to be Human: A Shared Task
Well, here we are again in the midst of chaos. You’ll notice that I used the first person plural “we.” We’re in quite a predicament as...
Mark Allen
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Manifestation: A Reality Check
It has been proposed that every generation critiques the previous, which is how humanity grows and prospers. In our context, this often...
Aaron Hart
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The Shared Space of “Re-” Learning
At interself, our goal is to equip our clients for success through nurturing healthy relationships. Often this means that they need to...
Mark Allen
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Finding Meaning, Finding Our Whole Self
“Religion causes good people to do bad things.” That’s what a commenter recently wrote in an online streaming class I was leading...
Dr. Patrick Oden
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The Porch
I recently graduated with a master’s degree and have been reflecting on my time at grad school through some key events that shaped me. I...
Phil Worrall, MAT
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The Bus Tour
In this post I wanted to take a brief look into some of the day-to-day work we do at interself. This post provides a quick overview of...
Mark Allen
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When Dating has become like Scavenging
In the search for love, what, if any adverse effects do dating apps have on relational bonding in a culture of convenience and a society...
Mark Allen
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Unmasking Inauthentic Spirituality
I’ve had the privilege to be a church planter in Denver, CO for the past six years. With all the holidays right around the corner, this...
Casey Franklin
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The Ache of Attachment: An Introduction
Our innate desire for human connection with others is not a phenomenon that can be considered a luxury. We are hard-wired for human...
John Zivojinovic, Ph.D.
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Atop the Mountain of Success
In Athens, Greece, you can climb a mountain called the Hill of the Muses. At the top, there’s a second-century monument to Filopappos, a...
Mark Allen
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Why Traditional Coaching & Therapy Don't Work
Our world today is highly attuned to the idea of psychotherapy and coaching for mental and relational health. The stigma once attached to...
Mark Allen
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Moving Past Lost Love in Freedom
About this time every year, my inbox and voicemail become full of many new inquiries seeking help to navigate the dating world and more...
Mark Allen
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From Dr. Mark's Desk
Welcome to our blog.
Inside you'll find lots of helpful information on how both mental and physical health is formed through our relationships. So, if you're interested in exploring the link of health to relationships you will find our articles give a unique and provocative perspective.
Together we will explore the idea that 'health and wholeness' are not possible apart from relationships: As we are the most social of all creatures, the blog attempts to pioneer reflection on the way in which health emerges in the context of our engagement with one another.
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