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High school senior breaks neck in state wrestling championship, father says [Video]

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ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) – A high school senior suffered a broken neck during a state wrestling championship last week.

Dominic Haines was injured at the Georgia High School Association State Championships in Macon last Thursday.

According to his father, Keith Haines, Dominic Haines underwent surgery that put a cage around his spine to help with the pressure. He will have a second surgery Thursday to re-fuse his vertebrae.

“I hate seeing my boy in so much pain,” Keith Haines wrote in a social media update. “If the old saying, ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ is true, I better watch out when he’s back in action because he’s going to be a machine.”

Keith Haines said his son has regained feeling from the chest up.

During a physical therapy session, a therapist said she could also feel some of his leg muscles starting to engage on the right side.

The Haines …

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Expert informs Rockford caretakers how to better tend to those with Parkinsons [Video]

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) Rock Valley College (RVC) hosted a meeting for caretakers and friends to learn how to better care for people who suffer from Parkinsons Disease. Experts from the American Parkinson Disease Association of Illinois spoke during the informational session. meeting attendees learned more about the seriousness of Parkinsons, the benefits of physical []

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Is Diagnosing our Therapy Clients Helpful? Extended Cut [Video]

This is the minimally edited, podcast-style version of my video "Is Diagnosing our Therapy Clients Helpful?" You can catch the shorter and snappier version of the video here: https://youtu.be/AA_CUwY2Pwg Today I wanted to *genuinely* & curiously tackle the question: is it helpful to diagnose our clients? Of course, the answer to this question isn't black-and-white. So in today's episode, I take a look at comments from the r/therapists subreddit exploring this question and offer some of my own thoughts. What do you think? Do you diagnose after your first session with every client? Have you ever "tweaked" a client's diagnosis with the intent of ultimately supporting them? I don't claim to have the answers, and certainly no direct clinical advice to offer, but I think this is an important conversation to have. And certainly, I think it's great for each of us to reflect on how we approach diagnosing and why we approach it that way. Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email easy and streamlined. Check them out here: https://bit.ly/pps_paubox_YT *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" *Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year - that means you can get your whole first year free if you apply both deals! FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 Thanks to the original poster and to everyone who responded. You can see the reddit thread I referenced here: https://www.reddit.com/r/therapists/comments/1i7i9ui/im_starting_to_disagree_with_this_entire_field/ LINKS *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/ 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear 👉 Music I use: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/c7m5mj/ This video is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TfknqIlVlmhGcdTbRM3rS Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-practice-skills/id1735988673 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.