Exercising for Your Mental Health
Guest blog by Aaron Johnson, LCPC When you think of exercise what is the first thing that comes to mind? Many feelings can make it challenging to get started. Sometimes you feel exhausted or overwhelmed, so you aren’t motivated to do anything physical. Other times you may feel hopeless or experience self-judgment because it can […]
Is It Stress or Burnout?
guest post by Sarah Van Meter, LCSW Language is constantly evolving and changing. Sometimes words change meaning or will even become interchangeable with others. In recent years, I have noticed that many of my clients are using the terms stress and burnout interchangeably. For some people these concepts are the same thing; however, they […]
Can Trauma Be Passed On Through Our Genetics?
Blog by Karen Kuhlman, LSW, CADC “Once again, the body keeps score, at the deepest levels of the organism.” (Bessel Van der Kolk in The Body Keeps the Score, p. 154) Sometimes clients have asked me, “Can trauma be passed down genetically?” Research has made it increasingly clear that trauma from your hardships not […]
How to Deal with Financial Anxiety
With inflation on the rise, you may be concerned about money. Perhaps you’re not going out to dinner as often. Maybe you’re considering taking on a second job in order to cover your bills. Or perhaps you’re delaying expensive repairs to your car and hoping it doesn’t break down. It can be nerve-wracking and worrisome. […]
The Therapeutic Power of Pets and Benefits for Mental Health
Guest post by Sheri Leasure, LCSW Years ago, long before I would have even considered the therapeutic power of pets, my older sister and her husband had a big goofy Golden Retriever named Daisy Jane. I was a living with them at the time, as I was a poor graduate student working part-time at a […]