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Avani is recognized by SDSU Alumni Association

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Author: Mona Klausing I am so grateful to be featured, along with my team at Avani Counseling, by the SDSU Alumni Association. Though our therapy practice includes amazing clinicians (past and present) from Pepperdine and USD as well, most of us found one another through our connections at the SDSU Marriage & Family Therapy Program.…

On the Move

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On the Move: Milestones and New Beginnings Author: Mona Klausing It has been a significant year of growth for Avani Counseling. We want to share some exciting milestones that illustrate the progress, commitment and dedication of our entire team. Celebrating Our “Pod” This year, we marked several anniversaries that speak to our stability, our passion…

Shedding Light on Relational Problems through Discernment Counseling

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Author: Melda Baysal Walsh More often than not, significant problems in our relationships can lead us to wonder whether to separate or not. For couples who are considering the option of ending a long term, committed relationship, Discernment Counseling offers a means to support this exploration with the goal of gaining more clarity within a…

The influence of “work” on identity

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Author: Jenn Hourani When the United States shifted from a farming economy to an industrial powerhouse in the late 1800s, capitalist values like “productivity at all costs” and “profit over people” began to shape society as we now know it. “Work” became the new measure of personal worth; “output” became the new measure of regional…

An Invitation to EXPLORE

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Author: Mona Klausing A good number of our male clients (both gay and straight) are brought to therapy for the first time by their partners. Often the initial goals are to improve communications, reduce conflict, or reconnect after a period of disconnection or infidelity. Sometimes men are ‘forced’ into therapy with the ominous-sounding threat of…

Burnout

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Author: Mona Klausing “Just push through” is what our culture tells us to do when faced with stress. Oftentimes this is the worst possible advice, because living in a perpetual state of stress literally breaks down your body and rewires your brain – keeping you fearful, on alert and less capable of sound decision-making. Yet…

TikTok and Mental Health

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Author: Mona Klausing TikTok and Mental Health Recently, our team has noticed an uptick in clients discussing mental health issues and diagnoses that they first learned about on TikTok. The rise of mental health content on the social media platform has skyrocketed during and since the pandemic and this phenomenon has been documented extensively. Millions…

Who are you?

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Author: Melda Baysal Walsh Who are you? Many of us will probably jump to the most readily available identifiers to answer this question, such as our name, age, and occupation. I would like to reflect on this question more to extend and deepen our perspective on ourselves by approaching it as a rather philosophical question. …

What do the 2020s have in store for you?

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Author: Mona Klausing What do the 2020s have in store for you? As we move closer to the two-year anniversary of the California lockdown (March 16, 2022), my family has been in some reflection about what we have learned from the past two years cut off from our extended family and friends, our day to…

The Immigrant Dilemma: Who to Be, Where to Go?

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Author: Melda Baysal Walsh The Immigrant Dilemma: Who to Be, Where to Go? My intention with this blog post is to acknowledge and validate the questions of “who to be?” and “where to go?” and explore the idea that these questions might be never ending, forever accompanying ones, specifically for those of you with direct…