Grief & Loss
Posted on October 3, 2017
Grieving parents need your loving support after experiencing pregnancy or infant loss. Read for tips and ways you can help.
Mental Health
Posted on October 3, 2017
Use these ten tips to maintain your mental health. Brought to you by Lutheran Family Service.
Mental Health
Posted on September 7, 2017
by Wanda Pritzel
In this complicated, fast-paced, everchanging world, it’s important to have at least one person you can fully trust to hear, understand and help when needed. If you have that person in your life, thank God for them for you are indeed blessed. But many don’t have that person, and even for those who do, there are times and situation when more help is needed. That’s when a Christian counselor can be most helpful. Talking with a counselor can be life-changing, and sometimes life-saving for you or someone you love who is suffering.
Mental Health
Posted on May 21, 2017
I don’t know how many of my readers have heard about the original Netflix Series, ’13 Reasons Why’, but after learning about this show, I decided to watch it myself to see what all the hullabaloo was about. The premise of the show is learning about Hannah, and the ‘13 Reasons Why’ she committed suicide. […]
Mental Health
Posted on December 22, 2016
by Kristi Manley, LMHC, LCPC
It is hard to watch your child suffer regardless of their age. The American Society of Addiction Medicine acknowledges substance abuse and substance dependence as a disease process and as such, those affected by the disease, whether the user or the family member, are considered sufferers. When your child is an adult, it is doubly […]
Mental Health
Posted on December 7, 2016
The holidays can leave many people feeling like the picture to the right – stressed and in need of solace! And nothing can make a person relapse quicker than stress, therefore it’s important to take precautions and create a plan to avoid relapse this Christmas Season, and start the New Year full of faith and hope. […]
Mental Health
Posted on November 9, 2016
by Manda Boothby, LMHC
Have you ever tried to be in two or three places at the same time? I have always found it impossible. Yet every holiday season it feels like we are pulled in different directions by everyone else’s expectations of where we should be, and when we should be there. Many end up feeling guilty for […]
Mental Health
Posted on July 26, 2016
by Courtney Frerichs, LMHC
Was that simply a shopping spree, or are you a shopping addict? Many of us love to shop, myself included. And going on a shopping spree every once in a while is not indicative of a shopping addiction, especially in our materialistic society. According to Ruth Engs, a researcher and professor of health sciences from […]
Mental Health
Posted on May 6, 2016
Recovering or Cured? Many years ago, I attended a multi-day training at the Village, a mental health recovery community in Long Beach, California. Although I was utilizing recovery principles by that time as a therapist, the immersion training helped me understand how to apply the term “recovery” to persons with mental illness. Previously, the term “recovery” […]
Mental Health
Posted on April 12, 2016
by Nicole Kehoe, LISW
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, with 18% of the population affected at any given time.
