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Category Archives: Mental Health

The Never Give Up Toolkit for Preventing Suicide

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

Tragically, the suicide rate has increased by 24 percent over the past 15 years, according to the National Institutes of Health. What we absolutely can never forget is that every suicide is preventable. This toolkit presented below by Improving Lives Counseling Services offers tips and resources to those who are suffering. Experiencing Suicidal Thoughts? Here’s …

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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 …

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Forgiveness and How It Can Help With Panic and Anxiety

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

It’s easy to talk about forgiveness but so difficult to practice it. However, forgiveness offers many advantages. One of which is relieving your stress, pain, anger, and anxiety. If you’re often anxious and struggling to forgive someone but you don’t know where to start, you can gain some useful insights in this article. How forgiveness …

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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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