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Election Anxiety: Coping Skills for the Next Couple of Days

November 4, 2016  |  Anxiety, Coping, Counseling, Elections, Mental illness, Partners

"It's almost over!" I heard those words from a friend across the street the other day as he got home from work. He'd been feeling anxiety over this year's election - as have a lot of other people, according

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45 Minutes of Caring: One Police Officer's CIT Training Prevents a Suicide

October 13, 2016  |  Cit, Crisis intervention training, Mental illness, Partners, Police, Suicide prevention, Training

What\'s it like for a police officer to get that call to help someone who may be ready to take his or her own life? For those like Loveland police officer Amy Campbell who took Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training

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A Pill's All It Takes- and Other Mental Health Treatment Myths

September 14, 2016  |  Addiction, Counseling, Emotional wellbeing, Mental illness, Partners, Recovery, Rx drugs

Back in the day, Hollywood’s view of mental health counseling looked pretty simple. Movies and TV shows that showed any portrayal of counseling showed the person lying on a couch and facing away from the

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September is Suicide Prevention Month

September 2, 2016  |  Addiction, Counseling, Emotional wellbeing, Recovery, Suicide awareness, Suicide prevention

September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time when organizations around the globe stop to consider the toll suicide takes and how we can all work together to prevent it. Whenever there is a suicide, survivors are left

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When Everything Makes You Mad

August 17, 2016  |  Drinking, Emotional wellbeing, Mental illness, Practical life coaching, Recovery

If you are someone who is mad all the time or gets annoyed very easily, or know someone who is, it can be hard to believe that those feelings can indicate depression. However, they often do. Sometimes it is called

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Is Your Child Moody or Depressed?

August 3, 2016  |  Back to school, Counseling, Emotional wellbeing, Enews, Mental illness, Recovery

It’s certainly easy for parents to assume that most adolescent outbursts are the results of hormonal changes, stress, and a changing brain. It might even be tied to anxiety around going back to school. How can you

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