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Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | PTSD Counseling
June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) month. Though many hear PTSD and think of the military, “whether you’re directly involved in an incident of gun violence, you’re a witness to a shooting, or simply hear about the events on the news, you can become traumatized or develop symptoms of PTSD.” Traumatic events linked to PTSD …
Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Mental Health, PTSD Counseling, Uncategorized
One of the most challenging divides is the polarizing social construct of race, an underpinning of class warfare, social bias, prejudice, discrimination, and racism. According to Mental Health America “People who have been marginalized by those in power experience life differently from those whose lives have not been devalued. Racism is a mental health issue …
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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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