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Spotting the Signs: How to Identify and Support Someone Who is Self-Harming

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Articles

The urge to alter, improve, or change something about yourself is normal, but purposely damaging or hurting yourself physically, emotionally, or psychologically to effect change is not.  Hurting yourself or thinking about hurting yourself is a sign of emotional distress, “experiencing an extreme level of unpleasant emotions” – self-harm. Defined as a way of controlling …

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Stay on top of your Goals & Resolutions in 2023

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Articles

For many, a new year means updating vision boards, setting new goals, and making resolutions—which, for most, will not be kept. Recent statistics show that 43 percent of all people expect to fail before February, and almost one out of four quit within the first week of setting their New Year’s resolutions. “Most people quit …

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Resources for Raising Successful Children

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

To raise well-adjusted children who grow up to be successful members of society, it’s important that we as parents provide our little ones with a stimulating environment that promotes early learning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. For some tips and resources from Improving Lives Counseling Services that will help your little ones to learn about …

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Identify your Personal Paradigms during the Holidays

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

Some of the year’s most loved holidays come with expectations, obligations, responsibilities, and challenges. As you gather to celebrate business, social, religious, or family events, remember we are all individuals with diverse constructs, often born from long-held paradigms. In short, how one sees the world is based on the life one lives. One’s response to …

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