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Personal Growth

Personal growth articles from the therapists at 2nd Story Counseling. Explore topics such as self-esteem, confidence, motivation, resilience, life transitions, personal development, finding purpose, and creating meaningful change in your life.

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Personal Growth

6 Steps to Move Out of Comparison and Into Compassion

November 12, 2016 2SC Staff
  We’ve all been there.  Some of us live there.  You log onto social media and see the “fantastic lives” of your exes, your high school classmates, and your co-workers.  Maybe you walk through the […]
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Depression

When It Seems Like This Is All There Is

June 15, 2016 2SC Staff
By: Greg Harms Over the past year or so I have heard from a number of people, both patients and non-patients, that they seem to be experiencing some symptoms of depression, or maybe anxiety.  They […]
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Personal Growth

Three Things You Need to Be Successful

May 19, 2016 2SC Staff
Success Requires 3 Things By: Costa Provis, LCPC, CPC I have never met anyone who didn’t want to be successful.  Maybe that means success in your career, or success in relationships, or in pursuit of […]
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Personal Growth

Summer: A Season People in Chicago Embrace

May 9, 2016 2SC Staff
By: Greg Harms, LCPC, CADC It may be a little premature to start thinking about summer in Chicago, but the weather has started to finally move towards warmer temperatures.  Every year numerous blogs and other […]
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Personal Growth

The Narrative and stories we tell ourselves…

May 1, 2016 2SC Staff
Narrative Therapy By: Alex DeWoskin It is not a revolutionary view that culture and environment contribute to identity formation and how one experiences themselves and others.  Since Freud, schools of psychology have, to some extent, […]
Personal Growth

From Adversity to Success…Lessons and Growth

April 18, 2016 2SC Staff
By: Alexandra DeWoskin, LCSW “When life gets tough, the tough get going.” So they say… Consider that 75 percent of all people experience some form of trauma in life, and about 20 percent of all […]
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Career

3 Tips for People in Chicago to Work Through Burnout

March 18, 2016 2SC Staff
By: Dr. Tyler Fortman Chicago can be a tough place to survive, succeed, and thrive professionally.  It’s not only the third largest city in the country, it’s also home to companies like Boeing, United Airlines, […]
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Personal Growth

Male Friendships: An Endangered Species?

February 19, 2016 2SC Staff
Male Friendships By: Bill Farrand, MA, LCPC While the 21st century may not quite yet be time to lament the demise of the once- venerable institution of “Buddyhood,” the latest research clearly does not bode […]

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