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.
Mental Health
Posted on February 8, 2016
by Courtney Frerichs, LMHC : Director of Counseling Services
Who doesn’t binge once in a while at a buffet, church luncheon, or holiday meal? I feel confident in saying all of us have eaten to the point of being uncomfortably full. And we must eat to survive, therefore we can’t avoid food entirely. So when does sporadic overeating become binge eating? Binge eating is […]
Mental Health
Posted on November 30, 2015
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Has anyone ever said that to you? Probably so, if you are like me. You also probably have – at one time or another – made a big mess of something and said to yourself or admitted to others, “I goofed up.”
Mental Health
Posted on November 30, 2015
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2016 is here and I can almost hear people’s minds whirring with all the resolutions being made. As you look back on your previous resolutions think over how many you kept.
Mental Health
Posted on November 30, 2015
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That one word conveys different meanings for each of us. For some, we immediately thought of drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes. Others perhaps recalled their own personal struggles, or had immediate thoughts of a parent, sibling, or a close friend who battles with an addiction.
