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Umbrella Policy News October 2024
Rate increase: Â Blue Cross Blue Shield clients who have a deductible will notice an increase in their cost per session from $129 to $137....
Amanda Nealon
Oct 4, 20242 min read
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Attunement, Regulation, and Competency- What's new at Umbrella Psych
Throughout the last several years I have been growing through a period of change. My own path as a mother of children who are growing...
Amanda Nealon
Oct 4, 20242 min read
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NEW: Parent Support and Study Group at Umbrella Psych.
Join me for a six-session parent support group that combines the latest research on effective parenting with a warm, convivial...
Amanda Nealon
Aug 21, 20242 min read
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Science of Wellbeing- Last Class
The end of summer seems an appropriate time to come to the end of the Science of Wellbeing newsletter. Through this class, we have...
Amanda Nealon
Sep 11, 20236 min read
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Science of Wellbeing- The Emotions of Wellbeing
The last leg of the cognitive behavioral triangle is our feelings. We have discussed both habits of thought and habits of behavior that...
Amanda Nealon
Jul 24, 20234 min read
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Science of Wellbeing- Class 4, Part 2
Last month we began talking about the patterns of thought that can contribute to greater happiness. The first was gratitude. In this...
Amanda Nealon
Jun 16, 20234 min read
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Science of Wellbeing, Class 4- Holding gratitude
The first habit of thought that Laurie Santos discusses in week four of the Science of Wellbeing is gratitude. I have been experimenting...
Amanda Nealon
May 10, 20234 min read
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Science of Wellbeing- Interlude
One of my own cognitive weaknesses is that I don’t look at overviews. If I had, I would have recognized the structure which Laurie Santos...
Amanda Nealon
Apr 10, 20234 min read
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Science of Wellbeing: Too Many Weeks
I gotta say, this science of wellbeing is starting to get me down. I feel accosted by these mental health tips. I realized (too late)...
Amanda Nealon
Mar 13, 20235 min read
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Science of Wellbeing Week 3
The Science of Wellbeing: Week 3 Well guys, we made it! We finally get to the part of this course that is less about the ways our brains...
Amanda Nealon
Mar 6, 20235 min read
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Science of Wellbeing: Week 2, part 2
I hope you all had a nice school break week! Last time, we learned about impact bias, hedonic adaptation, and the psychological immune...
Amanda Nealon
Feb 28, 20234 min read
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Science of Wellbeing: Week 2
In the third class of the Science of Well-being, I learned about impact bias, hedonic adaptation, and the psychological immune system....
Amanda Nealon
Feb 13, 20233 min read
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Science of Wellbeing-week one review:
In the first week of class, we covered some of what I talked about in last week’s post. Here is the rest! There were two surveys: one...
Amanda Nealon
Feb 5, 20233 min read
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The Science of Wellbeing Course
There were two online courses that I took during the pandemic in order to stay current and energize my work. One was called “Right to...
Amanda Nealon
Jan 25, 20233 min read
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The Case for Self-Compassion
How do we care for ourselves when we are in a bad mood? Every day I learn from my clients about how sadness, irritability, frustration,...
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Oct 25, 20224 min read
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