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My Roof is Leaking
“My roof is leaking. The roofer is estimating the repair may cost $5,000. Not to mention the money outlay to fix the stained ceiling. Tuition payments begin in a mere four months, and despite our creative finagling of loans, grants, savings and begging the college for...
Depression
By Lisa Aranas, MA, JD, LCPC Am I just sad, down, feeling blue or am I depressed? And what does it mean when I hear that someone is suffering from depression, anyway? If we haven’t already, at some time in our lives we will experience some event that will cause us to...
Boundaries and Bloodlines
Boundaries and Bloodlines Boundaries are necessary, helpful, even reassuring. But they can be challenging to put in place. Between family members especially, clients may report feeling guilty or selfish when they set limits to protect themselves or establish healthier...
Seasonal Depression
By Greta Nielsen, LCPC “As Winter approaches I get that feeling that I just want to go to bed and stay there until March. Do I have Seasonal Depression?” This time of year in this part of the country most of us would like to fast forward to the warm, sunny days of...
Learning from Experience
As parents, our instinct is to protect our children from harm, to buffer them from life’s challenges and hurts. Divorce can be a difficult experience that tests our abilities as parents to provide our kids with a canopy of safety that keeps at bay the struggles...
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Note: Recently Post-traumatic Stress Disorder has been re-classified as a trauma or stressrelated disorder instead of an anxiety disorder. This might help de-stigmatize PTSD since it is no longer an anxiety-related mental illness but a disorder caused by an external...
Acute Stress Disorder
Definition Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) occurs within one month in an individual after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event, such as a death, threat of death, serious injury or physical violation. ASD is characterized by the development of severe anxiety, fear,...
Learning Disorders
Specific Learning Disorder Definition: Specific Learning Disorder (SLD) is a disorder that disrupts the normal pattern of learning academic skills for at least 6 months. A key feature is that the individual’s performance in a particular area is well below the average...
Learn how to manage stress during challenging times
Managing Stress During Challenging Times By Scott Stolarick, LCPC It seems like every day there is some type of distressing news for the public to digest. In this age of technology and mass media, it is hard to escape these messages. It is important for us to identify...
Agoraphobia
Definition: Agoraphobia (AG) is a type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and often avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless or embarrassed. The anxiety is caused by the fear that there is no way to escape or get...