Catching and Challenging Automatic Anxious Thoughts Can Stop a Downward Spiral Elysabeth Meehan, LCSW, Samaritan Counseling Center For a long time, now, people have spoken of the connection between depression and its potential lead-up to thoughts of suicide. Depression is an overwhelming sense of sadness and doom. A person with depression can’t see the sun […]
Samaritan Counseling Center therapist Hannah Keesler shares a therapy strategy she uses with clients regularly to help them cope with grief. “Grief takes time. Easier said than allowed,” says Samaritan Counseling Center therapist Hannah Keesler. “Grief is painful, exhausting, isolating, and enraging. Often, we want to feel better and get back to “normal” as quickly […]
Samaritan’s Connected Community Wellness Screen program provides emotional wellness screens to students throughout 10 community school systems. It is important for parents, schools and youth mentors to be aware that this year’s screenings are showing a prevalence of students engaging in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviors. What is NSSI? It is self-inflicted harm to one’s body […]
September is approaching, and with it comes the onset of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) for many in Wisconsin. During the past two weeks, I’ve blogged about SAD symptoms and strategies to self-treat mild SAD cases. If your case of the “winter blues” seems severe and you find yourself unable to handle it on your own, I […]
If, as summer turns to fall, you find yourself feeling depressed or experiencing other symptoms I described in last Wednesday’s blog post, you may have SAD or the “winter blues.” There are several steps you can take to relieve a mild case of SAD: Get as much natural sunlight as possible. Try to step […]
There is something about the summertime that gives me a whole new perspective on life. I feel reinvigorated during these months and have more motivation to get things done. The longer days and warmer air elevate my mood, and I get excited about venturing outside and admiring the flowers and sunshine. Unfortunately, summer can’t last […]
Gratitude is a powerful thing. Research shows it can reduce depression, enhance resilience and improve relationship satisfaction. Gratitude is also hard. Just like anything else worth doing — playing piano, ballroom dancing or sinking a long putt — it takes practice. That’s why we love these four strategies for cultivating gratitude from the Greater Good […]