by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Jun 3, 2025 | Private Practice, Treatments
It feels generous to offer free therapy — but after years of pro bono work, here’s why it often undermines client progress and burns out the therapist, and what to do instead. If you have been a therapist in private practice, you have likely considered providing...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Apr 14, 2025 | Mental Health, Treatments
A therapist with 16 years of experience puts ChatGPT to the test as a counselor — and finds that while its advice isn’t bad, it misses the one thing real therapy depends on: relationship. With the rise of ChatGPT and the like doing everything from writing papers...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 24, 2025 | Treatments
Grounding is one of the most effective coping skills for anxiety and panic — yet most people use it wrong. Here’s how the 5-4-3-2-1 technique actually works, sense by sense. Original Publication Date: January 24, 2017. Coping skills often get a bad rap. Often,...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 17, 2025 | Autism
For people on the autism spectrum, anger is often less about temper and more about sensory overload, communication breakdowns, and unmet needs — and that understanding is the key to managing it. Anger is a natural and human emotion, but it can significantly impact...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 12, 2025 | Gaming Addiction
Minecraft’s open-ended creativity is exactly what makes it so hard to put down — and for some players, especially kids, that pull can quietly tip from healthy fun into compulsive use. Original Publication Date: August 3, 2023 Since its inception in 2011,...
