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How to Say "No" (Without Feeling Guilty)
Learning to say no. Learning to state your wants and needs while respecting other people, is a valuable skill. Do you find yourself...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Sep 11, 20213 min read


Are you an Introvert? Do you struggle with anxiety? There's a connection!
Today I'm going to talk about how being an introvert and not caring for your introverted nature can lead to anxiety. The biological fact...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 11, 20211 min read


All About EMDR
EMDR can help you strengthen positive traits that you possess. It can de-sensitize you to phobias and high anxiety situations. EMDR can...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 11, 20211 min read


Progressive Muscle Awareness
Similar to progressive muscle relaxation, this mindfulness exercise is designed to help you connect with your body. This is a great tool...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 11, 20211 min read


Guided Mental Grounding Exercise
Over the next few weeks I'll be guiding you in some grounding exercise. Grounding is a set of exercises designed to distance you from...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 11, 20212 min read


Creating Your Calm Place
Creating and strengthening a calm place is one of my favorite EMDR exercises. Think of it this way...you have a memory network or a...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 11, 20211 min read


Creating and Using a 'Container'
Today is all about learning a handy EMDR Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) technique. How to create and use a container. Do...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 11, 20211 min read


Should You See a Therapist for Your Anxiety?
Let's talk about anxiety! Did you know that anxiety affects 40 million adults in the United States. That's just a little over 18% of the...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 11, 20211 min read


10 Key Strategies for Working/School from Home
Working and going to school from home can be challenging. It is so easy to feel overwhelmed by anxiety or sink into a depression that...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 11, 20212 min read


What is Teletherapy?
This is easily the most challenging time anyone of us have ever experienced. It's okay to be anxious, scared, irritable, angry, sad,...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 11, 20211 min read


Isolation and Depression
We are social animals. Even the most introverted of us need connection. This can be challenging at any time but especially now in the age...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 11, 20211 min read


Anxiety and the Body
Feeling anxious, stressed and anger can be really uncomfortable. Sometimes the physical sensations are the most disturbing part of the...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 11, 20211 min read


Challenging Negative Thoughts
So many of us have that 'tape' running in the back of our head. It's exhausting always having that voice that's telling you all the bad...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 10, 20211 min read


Soothing Grounding
Soothing grounding is a way to talk kindly to yourself by focusing on things that make you happy. Great for depression and anxiety. When...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 7, 20211 min read


Physical Grounding
Physical Grounding is great for stress, anger, anxiety and dissociation.

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 7, 20211 min read


Mental Grounding to Help with Anxiety
Mental grounding is an excellent way to help manage anxiety, dissociation and other strong negative emotions. It helps anchor you into...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 7, 20211 min read


Grounding- An overview
I continue exploring the changes in our community here in Champaign/Urbana and all of Illinois, that occurred virtually overnight. I also...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 7, 20211 min read


4/7/8 Breathing
I continue processing the pandemic and what sheltering place is like. Although I reject the concept of 'social distancing' I fully...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 7, 20211 min read


Getting through the Pandemic Successfully
This is day two of our collective awareness of just how much Covid-19 would change our lives. Anxiety, depression, anger, stress,...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 7, 20211 min read


Caring for your Mental Health During Covid-19
This is a weird, stressful, difficult time. I felt called to start a series of videos speaking to this crisis and how best to navigate it...

Melanie Sivley, LCSW
Aug 7, 20211 min read
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