Blog
Blog Entries - 'Counseling'
- 2024
- April
- March
- February
- January
- 2023
- December
- August
- July
- June
- April
- March
- February
- January
- 2022
- December
- October
- September
- August
- July
- June
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
- 2021
- December
- November
- October
- August
- July
- June
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
- 2020
- December
- November
- October
- August
- July
- June
- May
- April
- March
- January
- 2019
- December
- November
- October
- September
- August
- July
- June
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
- 2018
- December
- November
- October
- September
- July
- June
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
- 2017
- December
- November
- October
- September
- August
- July
- June
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
- 2016
- December
- November
- October
- September
- August
- July
- June
- May
- April
- January
- 2015
- December
- August
- March
- February
- January
- 2014
- December
- October
- August
- July
- June
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
- 2013
- December
- May
- 2012
- December
- June
- 4th of July (1)
- Addiction (43)
- Alcohol (15)
- Alcoholic (9)
- Anorexia (1)
- Anxiety (35)
- anxiety (3)
- assessment (1)
- Back to school (3)
- Beech acres (2)
- Bengals (1)
- Board members (1)
- Brain (2)
- budget (1)
- Bulimia (1)
- Bullying (2)
- Christmas stress (3)
- Cit (1)
- civil unrest (1)
- community (1)
- community talk (1)
- connectedness (1)
- connection (1)
- Coping (40)
- coping (5)
- coronavirus (6)
- Coronavirus (1)
- Counseling (43)
- COVID-19 (7)
- Crisis (1)
- Crisis intervention training (2)
- Dallas police (1)
- Data (3)
- dating violence (1)
- Depression (23)
- depression (1)
- disasters (1)
- downtime (1)
- Drinking (12)
- Drugs (6)
- Eating disorders (1)
- Eating right (2)
- Elections (1)
- Elementary (1)
- Emotional wellbeing (46)
- Enews (6)
- Events (2)
- Exercise (9)
- family (2)
- FDA (1)
- Find help find hope (1)
- first responders (1)
- football (1)
- friends (1)
- Gambling (1)
- goals (2)
- halfway through year (1)
- Heroin (12)
- holidays (8)
- Housing (3)
- Hurricane harvey (1)
- Kids (8)
- kids (2)
- Louisiana (1)
- men (2)
- Mental health (46)
- mental health (22)
- Mental health month (6)
- Mental illness (36)
- meth (1)
- Mindfulness (10)
- Minnesota (1)
- minority mental health month (1)
- Mybrave (1)
- NAMI (1)
- Narcan (1)
- National Night Out (1)
- nature (1)
- New Year resolutions (2)
- Newsletters (2)
- Nutrition (2)
- Oacbha (1)
- open house (1)
- Opiates (17)
- overdose (3)
- Parenting (5)
- parents (1)
- parents and kids (1)
- Partners (32)
- Peer support (4)
- Police (2)
- Practical life coaching (16)
- Prevention (1)
- Problem Gambling (1)
- Ptsd (2)
- racism (1)
- Recovery (48)
- relationships (6)
- resources (1)
- Rx drugs (13)
- Safety (1)
- school (3)
- screening (3)
- seasonal affective disorder (1)
- seasons (1)
- self-care (2)
- self-love (1)
- seniors (1)
- Sobriety (5)
- stigma (1)
- Stress (18)
- Substance abuse (2)
- substance abuse (2)
- Substance Use Disorder (3)
- Suicide awareness (13)
- Suicide prevention (16)
- Super Bowl (1)
- teens (4)
- The champion (1)
- therapist (1)
- Training (12)
- Trauma (18)
- Treatment (15)
- treatment (4)
- Valentine's Day (1)
- vaping (4)
- Veterans Day (1)
- virtual meetings (1)
- walking (1)
- well-being (2)
- work life balance (1)
I know what it's like: a walk with a peer supporter
NOTE: This is the first in a series of stories about peer supporters and their work with individuals in recovery from addiction and mental health issues. There's no mistaking Sarah Neff's enthusiasm for her
Opiate alternatives important in addiction battle
Addiction to opiates has been a big problem nationally and locally. It's cost businesses in productivity - as much as $5 billion, according to one study from The Ohio State University's C. William Swank Program in
Do you already have an opioid alternative at home?
The idea of a prescription opiate to treat chronic or acute pain may be good for some, but for those folks who aren't keen on them and want to look to something else for help, it might already be in their medicine
'13 Reasons Why': Parents and Kids Need to Talk About the Series
Season 2 of the widely discussed Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" is out, and - like the first season - is generating a lot of discussion. This time around, it seems to be starting out with a more positive tone. You
Alcohol Breath Tests: How Do They Work?
You've likely read a lot about sobriety checkpoints. News accounts usually showcase officers at a specified location stopping cars as they come through, administering a breathalyzer test to ensure people aren't driving
Helping a Loved One Who Has a Drinking Problem
It was a dark and stormy night ... really. I was out with friends, enjoying a celebratory drink marking one friend's new job accomplihsment. It didn't seem like a big deal. Everyone was fine, laughing and back-slapping