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You Look Great! The Intersection Between Eating Disorders and Diet Culture

Today’s standards of beauty and health can have a detrimental impact on our mental…

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Intersectional Conversations: Supporting & Celebrating Your Queer Identity

In the 40 years since New York’s Stonewall riots helped launch the queer civil…

Intersectional Conversations: Supporting & Celebrating Your Queer IdentityRead More

Art Therapy as Trauma Treatment: The Power of Nonverbal Expression

Art can express what words alone can’t. Art is a pathway to expression. So…

Art Therapy as Trauma Treatment: The Power of Nonverbal ExpressionRead More

Not What You Expected: When Your Child Becomes the Independent Thinker You Raised them to Be

My mom used to say, “You’re only as happy as your least happy child.”…

Not What You Expected: When Your Child Becomes the Independent Thinker You Raised them to BeRead More

Psychedelics and Therapy: Healing Through a New Lens 

Psychedelics have been utilized throughout the ages for a myriad of purposes. Some cultures…

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Embracing the Unwelcome: How “Bad” Feelings Can Help

What if there was no such thing as a “bad” emotion? Would that change…

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Helping Kids Find Their Footing: Elizabeth Galasso, LICSW

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Grappling with Grief and Loss

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The Power of Integrative Healing: Hannah Braune-Friedman

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“My experience at the Viva Center was extraordinary. I saw a therapist there for almost 2 years, who walked me through EMDR twice. I really enjoyed the atmosphere and thought that it was well-run. I never encountered any issues, but if I had, I know that the staff would have addressed them immediately. I would not hesitate to reach out to their wonderful team of therapists for treatment.”

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“The Viva Center offers a unique combination of top quality psychotherapy combined with a holistic, mind-body approach. Having collaborated with Viva for over 2 years, I’ve been consistently impressed with their skill at helping individuals heal in a way that is deep, thorough, and transformational, both at the mind and body levels. They have a wealth of experience and skill in the field of healing trauma, and also have a strong dedication to integrative care, evidenced by the wide range of healing arts practitioners on staff.”

— Jeremy Riesenfeld, Founder of Tranformational Acupuncture

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“My life was going at a fairly even pace but something was always missing. I felt like I had been groomed to do all the “right” things, but they weren’t my things. I went through a significant transformation where I learned how to tolerate bigger risks. As a result, I am living the life that is right for me. I am so grateful that I found Viva!”

— L., from Individual Psychotherapy
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While participating in body- and brain-based therapies, we are recovering our relationship with ourselves and our bodies. 

Sometimes, we may not understand why a memory has been brought up in the way it has. However, we learn to trust the signals our systems give us. 

We learn to trust our strong, resilient, beautiful bodies. We learn to trust ourselves!

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Honoring our full selves can be overwhelming. Still the fulfillment and empowerment it brings to embrace and love ourselves as we are is worth it.​​​​​​​​
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The Viva Center is here to support you on your journey towards wholeness. Our clinicians strive to create a safe space that calls forward your best self. Schedule your Intentional Matching Interview to take your next step with us.​​​​​​​​
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Many of us aim to grow, to improve. It is healthy to examine where we are, where we want to be and set goals to help us achieve.​​​​​​​​
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However, some tendencies such as perfectionism and comparison can freeze us in our tracks. Hyper-productivity does not necessarily equate to meaningful work and can also lead us into periods of burnout. Another person’s exterior world is not a cohesive assessment of their wellbeing. ​​​​​​​​
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Still, having examples that help us envision the life we hope for can be useful. The perspective we approach goal-setting with shapes the terrain of our change. Our clinicians at Viva aim to help you set and achieve goals that are true to you and the life you want to create.​​​​​​​​
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Uniqueness is central to how we provide care because we understand and value the different ways all of us show up in the world. 

Our clinicians each possess unique skill sets and experiences that inform their care. Our clients have unique backgrounds and needs. The result when each of us feels safe and able to show up as we are – unique treatment outcomes!
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At Viva, we understand that our relationships with our bodies are complex. ​​​​​​​​
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Especially following trauma, an inclination towards approaching ourselves and our surroundings with fear makes sense. ​​​​​​​​
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Yoga is one tool that can be used for restoring balance to our bodies and systems. A yoga practice can help us learn how to follow intense sensations through to their natural end -- to know the calm that waits for us on the other side of struggle.​​​​​​​​
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For this very reason, some Viva clinicians incorporate yoga and other body-based therapies into their care! Learn more in our story today.
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We do not have to look outside of ourselves to know love. ​​​​​​​​
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Some of us have experienced insecure attachments that led us to believe we require external validation and love in order to know happiness. However, within each of us are stores of love that we can choose to show ourselves before extending to others.​​​​​​​​
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In fact, self love and secure internal connection boosts our ability for meaningful connection with others. Self love is not a  selfish act. It can be quite expansive and provide us with the resources we need to love others with more intention and sustainably as well.​​​​​​​​
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Nature Informed Therapy finds its roots in the belief that - nature heals, nature is everywhere and for everyone. 🌿 Join us on Friday September 16th from 9-10:30am for a presentation from Dr. Heidi Schreiber-Pan and Anne Contee. ​​​​​​​​

Learn evidence-based tools for engagement with the natural world that can bring healing -- to our individual lives, our planet and humanity as a whole. ​​​​​​​​
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Both clinicians and non-clinicians alike will be able to implement the lessons shared in this workshop! More information on this presentation, its speakers and our Holistic Professionals Group within our bio.​​​​​​​​
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At The Viva Center, we are passionate about knowledge. Healing begins with awareness. 

This information from our founder Dr. Julie Lopez’ book Live Empowered!, talks about the role our unconscious thoughts and memories play in our lives. The ways they inhibit our thriving can be re-wired. Healing can be as tangible as pain has been.

Many of our Viva clinicians are trained in nonverbal therapies for this very reason – so that you can know healing and better days. 
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Sometimes thinking about the future is overwhelming because we cannot envision circumstances different for ourselves than the ones we are currently experiencing. What is true is that change happens.​​​​​​​​
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Our current realities are not all we will ever know.  For some of us, this thought brings hope. For some, it brings worry. For many of us, a mixture of emotions. ​​​​​​​​
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Our hope is that this reminder of temperance will encourage you to savor what you have in this season. And to have hope in the possibility of changes to come.​​​​​​​​
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Rebeca uses a trauma-informed, mindful and expressive arts approach. She is bilingual, Spanish-speaking and trained in art therapy. Rebeca specializes in working with teenagers and youth and has experience covering topics of prejudice, racism, trauma, community injustice and LGBTQIA+ issues. Her goal in therapy is to provide a safe space that facilitates the unique self and mind-body connections that art fosters.​​​​​​​​
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If you have been craving an invitation to listen to and honor what your body is telling you — this is it. 

Our nervous systems store so much information that we cannot consciously recall. Lack of awareness does not make the information any less impactful or real. In fact, awareness is how we become empowered to know ourselves and heal.

Your body is hardwired for healing. Listen to your system. Honor what you are feeling.
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A new week brings awareness of the many directions our days and weeks could take. Only some of these factors do we have control over. ​​​​​​​​
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Still, there are tools we can use to find calm, focus and compassion amidst it all. Deep breathing, meditation and earthing are some of our favorite practices for grounding.​​​​​​​​
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More information on each of these in our story today to aid your pursuit of peace in the coming week.​​​​​​​​
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