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Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S

A Closer Look At: Adult Binge Drinking in Jones County

“If there’s one thing I learned in Al-Anon, it’s that you got to face the music because it just grows louder when you ignore it.” ― Vicki...

Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S

A Closer Look At: Grief & Loss

“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.” ― José N. Harris, MI VIDA: A Story of...

Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S

A Closer Look At: ADD / ADHD

"I prefer to distinguish ADD as attention abundance disorder. Everything is just so interesting… remarkably at the same time.” — Frank...

Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S

A Closer Look At: Sexual Assault

“It already is bigger than everything else. It lives in front of me, behind me, next to me, inside me every single day. My schedule is...

Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S

Screen Time

“Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object.” ― Author Unknown “Screen Time” is any time a person...

Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S

The Kids Are Off To College...Now What?

“There isn’t a child who hasn’t gone out into the brave new world who eventually doesn’t return to the old homestead carrying a bundle of...

Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S

A Closer Look At: Anxiety

“Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time....

Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S

A Closer Look At: Depression

“That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so...

Melissa Paulsen, MA, LMFT, RPT-S

What is therapy?

“Think of your head as an unsafe neighborhood; don’t go there alone.” ― Augusten Burroughs, Dry Contrary to what many people think,...