Just to be clear- this is not a ‘new year- new you’ thing. This is all about being the best version of yourself that you want to be. Not your mom’s version, or your boss’s, or your partner’s. It is about finding that fire in…
Author: Jessie Shepherd, LCMHC/LPC
Jessie Shepherd is a Mental Health Counselor and owner of Blue Clover Therapy in Utah and Texas. She has a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of Utah. Her focus is treating trauma, eating disorders and adjustment issues in adults, adolescents, children and their families. Jessie is the author of the “What Mental Disorder?” book series and has been featured in print and television throughout the region with regular appearances on Fox’s The Place and Park City Television. On a personal note she enjoys spending time with her husband and three children recreating outdoors. She is also a coach for the Cedar Valley Mountain Bike Team. Jessie believes in individual and family involvement to better the lives of everyone in our community.
FOX 13’s The Place: Emojis: What are they saying about you?
Click on the image to watch Jessie on FOX 13’s The Place! Jessie Shepherd, a licensed mental health counselor says emojis may be saying a lot about you. She says 70 percent of communication is nonverbal and 80 percent of us use emoticons to provide…
Social Rumination
Have you ever repetitively rerun a conversation you have had over and over until you feel like your brain is going to explode? This is a form of rumination and it can be completely overwhelming. For example, the holidays are full of social interactions with…
FOX 13’s The Place: Unwanted holiday gatherings
Click on the image to watch the segment on FOX 13’s The Place! Christmas is a time of get-togethers and holiday gatherings. But, statistics show 19 percent of us dread attending holiday events (Consumer Reports 2017) and 64 percent of us will be attending at least…