How do you manage stress when your usual avenues are off limits. After weeks stuck at home, here are some ideas on how to manage stress while complying with shelter in place orders. It All Connects Counseling understands the need to discharge built up energy
Read moreWhat is it that you need- in this moment- to survive quarantine?
Now is the time to take a time out from all the experts and to check in with you - the expert of yourself to determine what it is you want and need right now. This is how we get our needs met. Too much information is circulating right now and it causes overload and stress. Time to give yourself a mental break
Read moreIn Search of... The Present Moment
One way to reduce suffering involved in today’s health crisis is to hone the skill of mindfulness. By practicing mindfulness you can pay attention to your current experience without adding drama and negativity on top of it. You can experience life as it is. Learn a way to reduce your own suffering now.
Read moreResources to Reduce Stress and Anxiety
Uncertainty and fear are quite prevalent right now. If you need something to do to help you manage your stress and anxiety, I have listed some of my favorite apps. You can help both your self and those you love from the safety of your own home. Try some of these out.
Read moreFear - the Other Pandemic
We are all connected
We have all heard about Covid-19 as a worldwide pandemic. Equal to the virus is the pandemic of fear. It behooves us to get a handle on our stress and fear and find ways to channel that energy into something more productive. Perhaps this virus is the reset most of us didn’t know we needed.
Read moreIntroducing TeleMentalHealth- (particularly helpful in cold, flu and novel virus season)
Introducing TeleMentalHealth -a way to reduce the barriers that weather, illness or travel can introduce to regular counseling visits. Read on and learn when and how telehealth might work for you.
Read moreFor Parents of LGBTQ Kids - Acceptance is Key
How do you handle parenting when your child/teen/young adult confides in you that they are gay or gender non-conforming? First reaction may be to panic or reject, but that isn’t your best option for a thriving child or supportive family. Read on to find out what might be better.
Read moreEMDR- Resolving hurts and traumas for good
EMDR is a mind/body therapy that has the ability to remove the emotional charge from a memory. Without that emotional charge we can move through life in a more adaptive and energy conserving way. If you find that certain thoughts or memories keep showing up on repeat, perhaps EMDR is a therapy worth considering.
Read moreTapping Good Things In: An EMDR Resource Skill
Creating multiple resources is a vital tool to effective EMDR therapy. One resource involves recognizing all the good things that happen in our lives and quite literally “tapping them into” our neurology so they can be accessed later in our day to day lives. Tapping is a simple activity that can enhance your enjoyment in life.
Read moreA Veterans Day Reflection on the need for Transitions
It’s about time we get serious about Veterans Mental Health and the 22 suicides a day. The solutions begins by admitting there is a problem with how we “deal” with it - by actually admitting that we may be missing something important. And then by stepping up and doing our part to make ourselves available to listen, truly listen to our Veterans. We have something to learn from them and we owe it to them for putting themselves on the line for us.
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