Tips and Tools on How to Overcome the Thanksgiving Blues: Change your Attitude to Gratitude
Written by Amber Brown, LPC As the leaves turn and the holiday season approaches, thoughts, behaviors, and expectations begin to re-surface. Holidays can stir up a full range of emotions. When thinking of Thanksgiving what comes to mind? Is it delicious food, football, spending time with family, and friends? Often, many experience images of stress […]
Finding Balance: Navigating the Demands of Parenting and Self-Care
Written By: Larry “Odele” Prentice MS, LPC, NCC, CCTP, CYMHC, Mental Health Clinical Supervisor-Birmingham, Chelsea, & Huntsville The Importance of Self-Care When I was training to become a mental health therapist, my instructors and supervisor always emphasized the concept of self-care. The idea is that self-care enables therapists to maintain an optimal level of functioning […]
