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Karen Chenier, PhD, R-DMT
Sep 15, 20201 min read
Air Quality and Mood
Bunsen Honedew has some ideas to improve human air.
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slave2machine
Jan 23, 20202 min read
What is Your Superpower and Strength?
To find what your superpower and strengh consider taking the VIA survey at http://www.viacharacter.org/www/Character-Strengths-Survey...
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slave2machine
Sep 6, 20192 min read
Film review "The ACE Study"
The ACE Study I. Cavalcade Productions Photo by Grannan, Katy, Sugar Camp Road: Christopher and Zachary, Bay Farm, Duxbury, MA. 2002. The...
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Karen Chenier, PhD
May 25, 20192 min read
Sleep in the Summer is Crucial!
As a therapist and university instructor I've receive good questions on the functional purpose of sleep, and have worked with people who...
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Karen Chenier, PhD
Nov 11, 20183 min read
Free, Fun & Smart : An Author Event at Powell's
Writing process, mental health awareness, creativity
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Karen Chenier, PhD, R-DMT
Feb 18, 20184 min read
"Discover the Power of Eye Contact?" No joke!
“Discover the Power of Eye Contact” that was the title heading on a flyer I recently saw at Portland State University. The flyer...
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Karen Chenier, PhD, R-DMT, LPC Intern
Jan 2, 20182 min read
Free Class: Family Members or Close Friends With An Mental Illness.
Often times it can feel confusing as to how to best assist and support someone you love and or care about who has a mental health matter....
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Karen Chenier, PhD, R-DMT, LPC Intern
Dec 30, 20172 min read
Social Relationships & Networks
Clients who come in for therapy, or couples who seek counseling, are all unique in their needs and wants for personal growth and...
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Karen Chenier, PhD
Dec 18, 20175 min read
You have a body- move it! Dance!
Dance is one of the most fundamental forms of human communication and expression. The use of human movement, gesture and dance as a...
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Karen Chenier, PhD, R-DMT, LPC Intern
Nov 15, 20173 min read
Egghead Upgrade
Don’t you wish you could have a personal assistant to help you remember the things you need? Though, it is likely that technology will...
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Karen Chenier
Apr 18, 20172 min read
Sex - Teens and Emergent Adults
The teenage years there are significant hormonal changes which awaken the emergence of sexuality accompanying these new experience, also ass
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Sophia June, Willamette Week
Jan 11, 20173 min read
Euphoria-Triggering ASMR Videos May Be The Weirdest Thing You Ever Watch, But They Just Might Help Y
I first discovered ASMR while in a strange corner of YouTube. I had just watched a 20-second video of seagulls and another 30-minute...
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Karen Chenier, PhD, R-DMT
Jul 13, 20162 min read
Emotions help us think and feel
What if you didn't have the ability to feel and understand emotions? We take the ability to experience and express feelings and emotions...
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Karen Chenier, PhD, R-DMT
May 30, 20162 min read
Emotional Hygiene
It's common knowledge that good hygiene is important for physical health, these include, hand washing, food preparation, a neat living...
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slave2machine
May 15, 20161 min read
Rain or Shine - We Walked for NAMI
I have been encouraging and inviting my students at PSU to participate in the NAMI Walk (National Alliance on Mental Illness). It was...
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Karen Chenier PhD, R-DMT
May 12, 20162 min read
Your Unique Self
Every person is unique and special in their own way. Say, for example, if you were invited to a party, and for some reason you could not...
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Karen Chenier, PhD, R-DMT
Apr 25, 20161 min read
How to cultivate passion in a committed relationship?
True love relationships, or as Dr. Sternberg called it, "consummate love", one needs to have 3 elements: Intimacy + Passion + Commitment....
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Karen Chenier, PhD, R-DMT
Apr 21, 20163 min read
NAMI Walk
It's the third year since I have been encouraging and inviting my students at PSU to participate in the NAMI Walk (National Alliance on...
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Karen Chenier, PhD
Apr 19, 20161 min read
Having a tough day? Check out this movie
Louder Than A Bomb is a inspirational film which documents four young adults, their classmates and teacher/coaches as they compete in a...
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Sophia June, Willamette Week
Jan 27, 20160 min read
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