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Jesse Whittle-Utter LMFT
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How is Your Depression Hygiene?
Depression is often confused with many other psychological states - sadness, melancholy, ennui, and grief, for instance - but it is...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter LMFT
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The Perils of Text Therapy
Online therapy seems to be everywhere these days – in our Google search results, news feeds, on the lips of our friends and colleagues....
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Jesse Whittle-Utter LMFT
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Are Teens Worse Off Than Ever Before? Part I.
Being a teenager is hard, and probably always has been. It is a time when you leave the warmth, security and comfort of childhood—and the...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter, LMFT
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Mindfulness: What You Need to Know
"Mindfulness” is the latest buzzword in mental health and wellness circles, and is rapidly gaining ground in business environments as...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter, LMFT
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Hurray for Marriage! Let's Not Stop There.
Happy Pride Recovery Week! I happily join millions of Americans this week in celebrating the historic civil rights decision by the...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter LMFT
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The Myth of the "Gay Community"
Are you a regular guy having trouble connecting to gay community? The trouble is not within you - it's due to the unfortunate fact that...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter, LMFT
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Negotiating Sex In Your Relationship
It is common knowledge among psychotherapists and researchers that the areas of highest conflict in couples are money, division of labor,...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter LMFT
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Is Your Relationship Not What You Thought It Was?
Most relationships begin with abundant sparkle: the connection is electric, the laughter deep, the sex fantastic and plentiful. In the...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter
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Is Homophobia a Mental Disorder?
When I was doing research for my graduate thesis, I came across a fascinating and--for its time--radical theory that homophobia, rather...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter LMFT
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What Heals?
We all know that our bodies have the amazing capacity to repair themselves naturally, given the appropriate conditions. The body has a...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter
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Response to American Genders
Hi All, I received a thoughtful and astute response to my guest blog post from last year, "American Genders: Transgender and Two-Spirit"...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter LMFT
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The Grand American Happiness Myth
I think a lot about the #work #culture #happiness #money #stress
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Jesse Whittle-Utter LMFT
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The Unexpected Reason Why Work-Life Balance Is So Hard to Achieve
America has a productivity problem, and it isn't that we aren't working enough. In fact, the opposite tends to be true: Americans work...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter LMFT
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How To Keep Your New Years Resolutions (And Why You Shouldn't Feel Bad If You Can't)
It's the new year! Around this time, you may be setting intentions to make 2014 the year of key psychological, spiritual and behavioral...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter LMFT
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LGBTQ Holidays Loneliness - Tips for Making It Through
The holiday season can be an especially lonely time for people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or are in any...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter LMFT
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Exciting & Helpful or Disappointing & Pointless? Thoughts on Grindr, Scruff, Growlr, etc.
Nevermind that its logo looks like serial killer in a hockey mask—Grindr is harmless and fun, right? I have given a lot of thought to...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter
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The Power of Vulnerability
I recommend this TED talk to many of my clients. Brené Brown does a wonderful job explaining how allowing ourselves to be vulnerable can...
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Jesse Whittle-Utter LMFT
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How Do I know If I Have PTSD?
Do you think you may have PTSD? Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD) refers to a set of thoughts, feelings, and experiences that...
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Jonathan Whittle-Utter
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AMERICAN GENDERS: Transgender and Two-Spirit
The following is a fabulous guest post by Jonathan Whittle-Utter. Jonathan, a practicing massage therapist, yoga teacher and somatic...
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