- Rachel Dack is a Licensed Psychotherapist and a Nationally Certified Counselor who is passionate about helping others achieve positive wellbeing and partake in healthy, satisfying relationships with others. Rachel offers psychotherapy for individuals (children, adolescents and adults), couples and families in her Bethesda, Maryland office. Rachel also serves as a relationship coach for adults who are looking for love and would like support with dating, intimacy and relationship building. Services are offered in Rachel's office or over the phone.
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Gratitude Groove On #5
The goal of this gratitude exercise is to reframe something that appeared to be negative or distressing into a learning experience, life lesson or blessing. What are you grateful for regarding this experience? Continue reading
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Tagged blessing, experience, grateful, journal, life lesson, negative, positive, qualities, reframe, skills, strengths
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Journal Jump #16
Our relationships with the earth are very important. Our connection to nature, living organisms and to the environment as a whole is a significant part of our experience on earth. These connections have the ability to increase our overall feelings of happiness and enrich our lives with beauty, present moment awareness and vitality. We also have a crucial task to preserve our earth and take care of the environment. In your journal, reflect on your feelings about the environment. Consider the questions below. Continue reading
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Tagged earth, environment, happiness, interact, journal, nature, vitality, world
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10 Tips for Healthy Couples Relationships
Healthy relationships enhance wellbeing, lead to further happiness and lower levels of stress. Below are ten tips to help create more joy, balance, healthy communication, fun, learning and gratitude between you and your partner. Continue reading
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Tagged balance, communication, expectations, gratitude, happiness, intimate, partner, relationship
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Pick More Daisies
IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER By Nadine Stair (age 85) I’d dare to make more mistakes next time. I’d relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take … Continue reading
Journal Jump 15
“It is possible to live happily in the here and now. So many conditions of happiness are available—more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don’t have to run into the future in order to get more.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist teacher and Zen master Continue reading
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Tagged future, happiness, here and now, journal, reflect, thich hat hanh
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Healthy Parenting in the New Year
It’s the beginning of a new year. Now is the time to reflect on your parenting relationships and set intentions about the parent that you want to be. Check out some tips for healthy parenting below. 1. Take care of … Continue reading
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Tagged children, parent, relationships, skills, strengths, support, value
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Gratitude Groove On #3
Write about or make a list of the opportunities, experiences, and gifts (including those that are tangible and intangible) that you have in your life. Reflect on your feelings of gratitude. Which opportunities and experiences are you thankful for? Make a list of at least fifteen things that you are gratitude for. Continue reading
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Tagged experiences, gifts, gratitude, opportunities, reflect, thankful
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If Only… Thinking
Many times the tangible things that we want represent our emotional needs. When we resort to “if only…” thinking, we are unable to reflect on the true origins of our unhappiness and forget that true happiness comes from within. By shifting our attention on ourselves and away from external things, we are able to look within and decipher the root causes of our current problems and create long-term happiness for ourselves. Continue reading
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Tagged depression, emotional needs, happiness, problems, thinking, waiting, within
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Journal Jump 14
Relationships with others are incredibly powerful and contribute to the way we feel about ourselves. Some of our relationships offer us support, joy and comfort while others may challenge us, disappoint us or leave us feeling drained. Continue reading
Gratitude Groove On #2
Set a timer or keep track of time for one minute. For one minute (or longer), take in the environment around you. Use all of your senses to locate what you are grateful for. Listen and look around for things that make you feel thankful. Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, environment, gratitude, mindful, thankful, thoughts
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