Services are FREE for anyone who has Title XIX Medicaid or SoonerCare in Oklahoma

918-960-7852

Category Archives: Counseling

Breaking the Cycle of Feeling Invisible: The Hidden Toll on Mental Health

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Counseling, Depression, Individual Counseling

Feeling invisible, unseen, or unheard can happen in the home, the workplace, a classroom, a doctor’s office, social settings, or when supervising a team of subordinates. Middle children, very young children, women, victims of bullying, religious and racial minorities, the obese, the soft-spoken, and men short in statue often experience invisibility, “the inability to be seen …

Continue reading "Breaking the Cycle of Feeling Invisible: The Hidden Toll on Mental Health"

The Truth Heals

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Counseling

“How do we tell the truth and make that truth bearable,” a quote from an interview with author Kate DiCamillo discussing “Charlotte’s Web” by E. B. White. She went on to say, “E.B. White loved the world. And in loving the world, he told the truth about it – its sorrow, its heartbreak, its devastating …

Continue reading "The Truth Heals"

Want to Live a Happier Life? Stop Doing These 5 Things

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Articles, Counseling, Individual Counseling, Mental Health

It’s great to have long-term goals for self-improvement. But sometimes those long-term goals can feel so, well, long-term. So, don’t just think about where you want to be five or 10 years from now; ask yourself what’s getting in the way of making your life better right at this moment? Sure, there are some things …

Continue reading "Want to Live a Happier Life? Stop Doing These 5 Things"

Tools To Address Oklahoma’s Opioid Crisis

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Counseling, Individual Counseling

The Nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic are at an all-time high and Oklahoma is no exception. The CDC, and Oklahoma State Department of Health, show drug overdose deaths increased 23 percent in Oklahoma from March 2020 to March 2021, with each remaining month showing a continued increase. “A prevention specialist with the Tulsa Health …

Continue reading "Tools To Address Oklahoma’s Opioid Crisis"