Joyce Marter
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Resilience Tips for Loved Ones of Essential Workers During COVID-19
Having a loved one who is an essential worker is extremely stressful during this unprecedented pandemic. It's completely normal and understandable to have fears → Read More
Mental Health Implications for Essential Employees & Their Families During COVID-19
Essential employees are the heroes who are keeping us safe and fed during this unprecedented time of challenge. Without the healthcare workers, first responders → Read More
How to Sell a Therapy Practice
Learn how to sell a mental health counseling practice from Joyce Marter, Founder of Urban Balance. → Read More
How to Sell a Private Practice or Counseling Center
Learn why having an exit strategy is important for all counseling practice owners, how to find out the value of your practice, how to find a buyer for your business, and many important tips about the process of selling a private practice or counseling center. → Read More
Sexual Assault Awareness Month #SAAM: Tips to Embrace Your Voice
Sexual Assault Awareness Month is an initiative to raise public awareness about sexual violence and provide education on prevention. According to the National Sexual Assault Resource Center, nearly 1 out of 5 women and 1 out of 67 men in the U.S. have experienced rape or attempted rape sometime in their lives (Smith et → Read More
How to Encourage Critical Thinking in Kids
In an age when most kids are glued to their phones and their primary mode of communication is Snapchat, it's a concern for many parents as far as to how to help their kids develop critical thinking. In a recent radio interview with WGN's Vic Vaughn, we explored how to help kids become better able to objectively → Read More
Consensual Sex is an Ongoing Dialogue, Not Simply a Yes
The #MeToo movement and the Aziz Ansari story have revealed the great need for discussion about the boundaries involved in consensual sex, which needs to be an ongoing dialogue emotional, physical and sexual boundaries and limits. → Read More
How to Make a Vision Board for the New Year, by Yourself or as a Family
As a therapist who has been practicing for over 20 years, I have developed a healthy respect for self-fulfilling prophecy. Over and over again, I've seen that → Read More
How to Promote Healthy Emotional-Social Development of iGen Teens
Are your kids on screens too much? Learn how to help them unplug and develop positive emotional and relational skills. → Read More
#metoo: How to Respond to Sexual Trauma
Many of you have probably seen friends post "#metoo" on Twitter, Facebook and social media. In the wake of recent allegations of multiple sexual harassment and → Read More
How to Cope After Acts of Mass Violence: 10 Tips
After acts of mass violence like the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas, we may be left without words and with little hope. We might ask ourselves, "Why is this → Read More
How to Recommend Therapy to Someone: 7 Tips
Learn how to effectively refer somebody to therapy and set them up for success in a way that is kind, compassionate and diplomatic. → Read More
5 Tips for Dealing with Grief
5 practical solutions for coping with grief and loss, whether due to death or divorce. → Read More
5 Ways to Be a Less Anxious Parent
Learn 5 ways to better manage the normal anxiety that comes with parenthood. → Read More
5 Tips for Dealing with Grief
5 practical solutions for coping with grief and loss, whether due to death or divorce. → Read More
5 Ways to Be a Less Anxious Parent
Learn 5 ways to better manage the normal anxiety that comes with parenthood. → Read More
20 Ways To Choose Happiness
After 20 years of counseling clients and working on my own psycho-spiritual journey, I recommend the following ways to choose happiness...... → Read More
50 Kind Things We Should Be Telling Others More Often
Make a choice to consciously nurture your relationships with verbal communications of love. Be kind and sincere. Ask open-ended questions with an open heart. Listen empathically and non-defensively. Remember, there are no conditions, no strings, no e... → Read More
How to Recover From a Broken Heart: 10 Tips
Romantic love is mystical and magical -- permeating every aspect of mind, body and spirit until you are completely consumed. The intensity of the attraction, the depths of the desire, and the power of the passion are simultaneously exhilarating, intoxicating and terrifying. Tremendous courage is a prerequisite for the awesome vulnerability of opening up your heart, body and soul for love. When… → Read More
10 Ways to Evolve and Be a Better Person
Do what you say you are going to do. If things have changed and you are moving in a different direction, be honest and clear with others. Be reliable and consistent. Admit when you are wrong. Apologize and make amends as needed. → Read More