Matthew CookeClinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

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Hey, I'm Matt. Life may not offer a lot of certainty, but one thing is for sure: everyone struggles sometimes. You might feel like you struggle MOST of the time. I would offer that embracing those struggles can often be the key to overcoming them. I believe we can learn to acknowledge and confront adversity in a way that will allow us to feel more empowered and more in control of our own reactions.When we live with anxiety and depression, it makes sense that we would want a permanent fix, but I believe that expectation too often leads to feelings of hopelessness simply because that’s not how anxiety and depression work. What if, instead of waiting for them to magically disappear, we learned to acknowledge those feelings and used our own unique experiences with them to get ourselves through the struggles?

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