Building Better Mental Health with Dr. Lauren Cook
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Lauren Cook, PsyD has a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Master\\u2019s of Marriage and Family Therapy. She is a clinician working with individuals, couples, children, and families. She practices Emotionally Focused Therapy to help clients improve their communication while enhancing emotional closeness. She speaks around the country providing audiences with education about mental health and wellbeing. She is the author of Name Your Story: How to Talk Openly About Mental Health and The Sunny Side Up: Celebrating Happiness.\\xa0
We talk about why she decided to go into the mental health industry, the highs and lows of being a therapist, what made her decide to start her own business/practice, publishing two books and the process of writing them, what people can do to deal with stress during these times, how she got into public speaking, getting comfortable being uncomfortable, imposer syndrome & how to overcome it, the process of rebranding her business & why she decided to do this, what she learned about happiness from her studies and how this changed her outlook, what she would've told herself when she was just starting out, how to get involved with mental health & ending the stigma, and so much more!
Website link: www.thesunnygirl.com.\\xa0
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