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Category Archives: Individual Counseling

Handling Intolerance of Uncertainty

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Children and Adolescent Counseling, Counseling, Family Counseling, Individual Counseling, Mental Health

Today more than ever, people display an intolerance of uncertainty to political, religious, societal, climatical, and secular views, beliefs, and behaviors. Many in the American Psychological Association believe mass shooters and people who commit suicide suffer from an inability to tolerate not knowing, or accepting the uncertainties tomorrow might bring. Even when viewpoints and philosophies …

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Senior Citizens Dealing With Mental Health Illness During the Pandemic

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

The family is vaccinated, the bags are packed, the car is loaded, and your headed off to your favorite vacation spot. You stop on the way to pick up the grandparents and to your surprise there’s no answer. It’s the first time in over a year you could all be together yet ringing the bell …

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How Gaslighting Can Affect Mental Health

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

The attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 has been described by many as a cataclysmic event planned in plain sight. Others describe it as a “moral dilemma”, while others believe it to be the summation of “self-destructive behaviors to escape anxiety”. Regardless of how the event is labeled, it is clear the …

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COVID-19 Added To List of Leading Causes of Psychological Trauma

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Children and Adolescent Counseling, Counseling, Individual Counseling, PTSD Counseling

Why do we keep talking about the coronavirus? Because unlike the flu, to-date, there is no vaccine, it is easily spread from person to person, it affects the mental well-being of the sick and the healthy, and it can be life-threatening to family, coworkers, neighbors, and friends. In 2020, the mental health community added COVID-19 …

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COVID-19 and Its Effects on Mental Health 

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Children and Adolescent Counseling, Counseling, Individual Counseling, Therapy

“To be or not to be, that is the question?” is a question far too many Americans are asking themselves as we face a worldwide pandemic. As state, county, city, and local governments formulate long and short range plans – applicable to the needs of their specific communities, many within those communities are experiencing mental …

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