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Social Media Anxiety

guest blog by Rebecca Muir My Experience with Social Media In 2010, I returned home from my undergraduate studies to a world where my peers were fully immersed in social media. As long time hold out, I finally gave in to the trend and made myself a Facebook account. I never wanted nor had thousands […]

Action Steps for Utilizing Coping Skills

Guest blog by Samantha McGovern, LCPC, CRSS Do you find it difficult to implement the skills you have learned to support and maintain wellness? Oftentimes, the struggle doesn’t necessarily lie with what to do, but how to do it, or how to keep doing it. For example, it is easy to tell yourself to use […]

My Visit to Open Sky Wilderness Therapy

In 2017 I was fortunate to be one of 10 clinicians from across the U.S. who was invited to tour Open Sky Wilderness, an outdoor wilderness therapy program based in Durango, Colorado.  What is wilderness therapy?  A quick definition from Wikipedia: Wilderness therapy (also known as outdoor behavioral healthcare) is an adventure-based therapy treatment modality for behavior modification and interpersonal self-improvement, combining experiential […]

Recovering from Mental and Emotional Exhaustion

A few years ago I shared an article regarding signs of mental and emotional exhaustion on our Life Care Wellness Facebook page. The article was originally posted by the Unexpected Project, a worthy endeavor giving a voice to survivors of pregnancy-related death and near-death in the US, started by a college friend of mine, Anne […]

How Somatic Experiencing Can Treat Anxiety

  Guest blog by Courtney Rolla MA, LCPC, SEP   Did you know that anxiety is a normal emotion? We all experience anxiety at different points in our lives and to varying degrees. While cognitive symptoms like worry and racing thoughts are a big part of anxiety, you can’t always think your way out of […]