
Dating After Divorce: A Therapist’s Perspective
By: Lara Farrokh, MSW, LCSW
Full Disclosure: This writer has never been divorced. But I truly love working with people who are experiencing divorce especially those identifying as women. Please also note, I write this from what I have learned working…

FAQs about Telehealth at Mindful Soul
In response to our current state of emergency due to COVID-19, Mindful Soul is taking therapy online! We know our clients have a lot of questions, so we put together this helpful FAQ to answer them.
How Does Telehealth Work?
We are currently using…

COVID-19 Notice to Clients of Mindful Soul
We are OPEN for Business! . . . online! : )
COVID-19 Notice to Clients 3/14/20
It has been a pretty wild week in New Jersey with COVID-19 and we want to share our latest plans and preparations. Governor Murphy announced yesterday afternoon that…

Guided Meditation: An Introduction to Mindfulness with Ji!
These days, the word "mindfulness" is all over the mental health and wellness worlds...but what does it actually mean and how can it help you? In this vlog post, Mindful Soul's Ji Lim, MSEd, MPhil LPC, talks about the how and why of Mindfulness along…

The Nurturing Benefits of Nature for Mental Health
By Amanda Leone, MSW, LSW
While many of us know intuitively and through our own experiences, recent research supports the notion that time spent in nature is connected with a positive mood, a sense of meaningfulness, and vitality. Spending time in…

Healing Our Horcruxes: Harry Potter & Trauma Therapy
By Sarah A. Temel, MSEd, LAC
In the sixth (and my favorite) book of the series, The Half Blood Prince, Dumbledore takes Harry on an incredible and terrifying excursion through memories of Tom Riddle, who would one day become the world’s darkest…

Altered Books: Healing the Past through Creativity!
Art often creates a language for the things there may not be words for. Check out this video in which Altered Books facilitator and therapist, Heather McPaul, MS, LAC, NCC explains the incredible healing power of creating an altered book.
The…

Managing Change with Mindfulness
Being human can be hard. There are often things that need to faced that we would rather not. Change is one of the parts of life that can be hard to navigate. We may want to dig in our heels and refuse (honestly, it may feel like the equivalent of a toddler…

The Edge of Your Comfort Zone
People often seek counseling because they are no longer able to tolerate some element or elements in their lives. Many times, things have reached a point of crisis, a place of unbearable discomfort, of anxiety, of depression, or relational stress. You…