Psychotherapy is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change and overcome problems in desired ways. Psychotherapy aims to improve an individual's well-being and mental health, to resolve or mitigate troublesome behaviors, beliefs, compulsions, thoughts, or emotions, and to improve relationships and social skills. Certain psychotherapies are considered evidence-based for treating some diagnosed mental disorders. Others have be
Minimum wage increase As part of Coloradoâs plan to increased the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020, the wage will go up to $10.20 on Jan. 1. The minimum wage for tipped employees goes up to $7.18 an hour. According to a University of Denver study, 20 percent of all households in Colorado will see a pay increase under the plan. New rules for growing marijuana plants
This yearâs ballot presents Colorado voters with a pocketbook issue as direct as they come â should the stateâs lowest wage workers receive a bump in pay. About 55 percent of counted votes, or 965,485 ballots, were cast in favor of Amendment 70, which would lift the stateâs minimum wage from its current rate of $8.31 an hour to $12 an hour by 2020, compared with 44.9 percent, or 790,922, against.