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 June 20, 2016
by Lynnette Aschinger, LISW
Many of us have “been there”. A traumatic event, a death or situation, injury, or illness causes persistent and ongoing physical, emotional and mental pain that does not subside. When this happens we feel helpless, hopeless, discouraged, and overwhelmed. We feel defeated. Whatever the situation or circumstance, people can be weakened by the darkness of […]
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.
