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Direct Impact Nation, listen as your host Andrea Epting dives into a topic that directly impacts us all: Avoidance. The brain is hardwired to protect us from pain, whether that be emotional, perceived, or physical. Let’s identify together the common scenarios of avoidance so we can better understand how it shows up in your life, and work together to avoid the negative impacts it creates.

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Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

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Meet Alex Tobar, police officer for over 26 years and current captain of the South Side precinct in Savannah. Alex has worked across many platforms in law enforcement including crime prevention, bike patrol, crime suppression, robbery, homicide, internal affairs, and more. He has commanded a precinct as well as a training unit and consults for the international association for chiefs of police, and travels across the country to teach police departments leadership skills. Listen, as Alex draws from his experiences to share about the mental health needs of first responders with Direct Impact Nation.

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To join the discussion and be part of our online community visit www.directimpactmedia.com or email us at [email protected]

Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page https://www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc. https://www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Follow us on instagram at www.instagram.com/directimpactwithandreaepting

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

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Direct Impact Nation this episode is about inclusion. Andrea explains why everyone can benefit from therapy. Life is full of large and small traumas and therapy can mean the difference between moving forward and stalling under the burden. Find out how mental health providers gather information to better serve you and what to do when the therapeutic relationship is not a good fit! We are all in this together!

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

You might ask yourself whether a friend, family member, or coworker has a problem with compuslive behavior? Perhaps you want to better understand your diagnosis or that of someone you know. Listen and discover what it means to have a pathological relationship with things like: food, sex, or gambling. Find out how even emotional expression can result in compulsivity. Don’t fear, however, because mental health treatment with a trained professional can offer freedom from these undesired behaviors. This episode might give you your life back!

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

There was a time that Janet Jackson realized she didn’t have enough, and she made an album about it. Of course, we’re talking about Control! No matter how much you have or want, this episode introduces listeners to the art of discernment. Discerning whether one’s loss of control signifies addictive behavior or relief from a maladaptive coping style takes an objective other. The counseling process offers that objectivity, and preserves relationships that can be healthy forms of support.

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Validation is a wonderful pat on the back, but Andrea wants the Direct Impact Nation to be wary of developing a compulsive need! Friends, followers, and likes may feel good in the moment, but they can stir you from a grounded place of self-confidence, self-efficacy, and an appreciation of what makes us all unique. Listen up folks, and build a solid foundation from which to grow!

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Licensed Associate Professional Counselor Alia Carata of Resolve Strategies explains Dialectical Behavior Therapy today. This is your chance to learn about the elements that make up this evidence-based modality. See how it benefits individual and group therapy, and understand what types of groups are right for you or your loved ones.

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Some of the world’s most treasured stories are about traumatized people reflecting on their experiences and giving back to others. Whether it is what Andrea calls a “Big T” trauma followed by clinical diagnoses like Acute Stress Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or a collection of “Little T” traumas over time, you have fertile ground for transformation. This can be the day your story changes to one of healing, empowerment, and role definition. Those that take the time and hard work to process trauma with trained professionals reap opportunities to help others. How will your traumatic growth help those around you?

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Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Direct Impact Nation, taking a minute and ask yourself what comparisons fuel your decision-making? In this episode, Andrea sharply warns against the dangers of comparison. Listen and ask yourself what mental health symptoms can be traced back to comparing ourselves to others. This episode explains why we must stop running internal races. It is the clarion call to quit orienting your wonderful and unique self to a “less-than” mindset!

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Subscribe to our YouTube channel HERE.

Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Direct Impact Nation, today Andrea invites counselor Kelly Long for a deep dive into toxic shame. See how its roots penetrate the family, school, healthcare, and community systems. Understand that toxic shame not guilt lurks behind addiction. You’ve been working hard, but trained professionals can create a safe place for authentic expression. Not sure if you have toxic shame? Andrea clues us into the language behind it. This episode is shelter from the “should” storm!

Follow us on instagram at www.instagram.com/directimpactwithandreaepting

Subscribe to our YouTube channel HERE.

Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources:
Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page
www.headsupsavannah.org/resources

Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops!
Resolve Strategies, Inc.
www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff

Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist