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Couples Therapy
Two years ago I began training through the Gottman Institute and have since completed Level 1 & 2 training for couples therapy. I had...

Rhonda Allenger
Oct 16, 20232 min read


Self care is caring for your future self, not self soothing or regulation.
This statement has been rolling around in my head since I attended a thought provoking training this last week, challenging perceptions...

Rhonda Allenger
Oct 21, 20221 min read


Loving Kindness Meditation Resource
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) utilizes loving kindness meditation (LKM) as a mood induction skill. When you are...

Rhonda Allenger
Jan 30, 20221 min read


Interested in attending an RO-DBT skills training group?
I plan to start a new RO-DBT group on Zoom video platform, Wednesdays from 4-5:30p, starting December 8th, 2021. The entire group content...

Rhonda Allenger
Dec 1, 20212 min read


Gratitude
Gratitude Today I was awakened early by my dog’s nose letting me know that she needed to go outside. I have been working on noticing and...

Rhonda Allenger
Nov 21, 20211 min read


Resting Joy Face
Resting Joy Face?! What would that look like? Many of us are familiar with the term resting bitch face or resting asshole face (currently...

Rhonda Allenger
Sep 8, 20211 min read


The Heart of the Matter
“It took about 42 years to write this and about 4 minutes to sing.” I happened across Don Henley’s Heart of the Matter song and his...

Rhonda Allenger
May 28, 20211 min read


Novelty Challenge!
Why is novelty important? Mental Flexibility! Fixed mind can find ways of creeping into our life that makes particular outcomes feel like...

Rhonda Allenger
May 7, 20212 min read


Resilience & Pandemic
It is easy for me to get stuck thinking of all the things that have changed or have been lost during the pandemic. These changes are...

Rhonda Allenger
Feb 26, 20213 min read


Suicide
I want to normalize for a moment what it means to think about suicide, recognizing that socially this could be a difficult subject to...

Rhonda Allenger
Feb 26, 20212 min read
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