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Your Inner Critic!
Coping with Corona virus

Mar 7
1 min

That self-critical voice!

Constant judgments, never being good enough, and high expectations. Sound familiar? These are some values driving that self-critical voic...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Jun 10
1 min

Collective trauma, grief and healing

We are living in a time of dialectics. Dialectic is a term where two parallel experiences and phenomena are unfolding simultaneously. We ...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Mar 28
1 min

Corona virus, uncertainty and compassion

Amidst the uncertainty, lack of control and unpredictability of the pandemic, being hit with the dialectic of suffering and peace, uncert...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Mar 26
1 min

For folks who listen to podcasts...

Amidst a time of social distancing, here is a podcast on a non-pandemic topic that is relevant. It is by the special interest podcast gro...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Mar 23
1 min

The Corona virus - a need for communal effort

The health care professionals who are at the forefront and dedicate countless hours to deal with the influx of corona virus, the resident...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Mar 15
1 min

Coping styles we all may be familiar with during this time...

In the wake of Corona virus, safety, support, coping, and managing our worries is paramount. I am offering tele-health services through a...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Mar 8
1 min

Mind-body connection to stress

Often times, we carry stress through shifts in our mood, appetite and sleep changes, difference in social interactions and a shift in our...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Feb 14
1 min

What is this Valentine's Day!!!

Valentine's Day is an opportunity, if you choose to, to connect with your strengths and areas of growth with awareness and self-compassio...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Feb 6
1 min

The process of therapy

Therapy is a process of discovering the whole you..with your strengths and areas of growth. This awareness then informs the direction of ...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

That self-critical voice!

Collective trauma, grief and healing

Corona virus, uncertainty and compassion

For folks who listen to podcasts...

The Corona virus - a need for communal effort

Coping styles we all may be familiar with during this time...

More on inner dialogue!!

Mind-body connection to stress

What is this Valentine's Day!!!

The process of therapy

Contact: 267-652-0467

drdevdas@inner-refuge-counseling.page

Dr. Lavanya Devdas