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Counseling Today
"At first, I gravitated toward yoga for the physical practice, but what kept me coming back was the spiritual and heart connection that it continually fostered… Each time I stepped on my mat, I felt a little piece of myself coming back and healing where it had been broken apart. Gradually, my heart also began to open again. I was able to begin getting out of my head and into my heart, which had been a struggle for me much of my life."
A counselor shares how yoga, breathwork and meditation can help both clients and counselors move through and release trauma — and make the transition from surviving to thriving.
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ACA Publications
For many people, the holidays are one of the most stressful times of the year especially if someone in their family is actively abusing drugs or alcohol or is in recovery. When a partner, spouse or other family member struggles with addiction, everyone in the family is significantly affected. Addiction destabilizes the home environment, disrupts family life and shifts the balance of the family system as each member changes and adjusts accordingly. Often these changes occur incrementally and unconsciously while undermining the loving, trusting relationships that sustain a healthy family.
Addiction in the Family: What Every Counselor Needs to Know explores the complex challenges faced by family members of individuals with substance use disorders, discusses behaviors that help to promote recovery and create and maintain healthy relationships and offers family-focused intervention strategies.
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ACA Member Blog
As we approach the holiday season and the end of the year, we are prompted to recall our blessings. But gratitude need not be seasonal. It can become an intentional way of maintaining mental health.
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American Counseling Association Foundation
#GivingTuesday is a worldwide kickoff to the charitable season, powered by social media. This year, please consider supporting the work of professional counselors, who are helping clients and impacting their communities every day, by making a donation to the American Counseling Association Foundation.
Thank you for supporting counselors' critical and important work!
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ACA Government Affairs
Short term insurance plans were created to help consumers transition between one traditional plan and another, but in September their maximum legal duration grew from three months to as many as three years. These plans are not required to provide coverage for preexisting conditions, for mental health, for substance use disorder, or for other important areas. The likely result will be more people seeking counseling who do not have insurance coverage for mental health.
State governments have taken note of these problems and are beginning to step in with their own regulations. Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, citing consumer "horror stories," announced last month that Washington will limit short-term plans to three-months, prohibit renewals, and require a number of consumer protections. Read more about short term insurance plans on the ACA Government Affairs blog.
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Medium
Historians, educators and Native people have prepared a resource kit to help parents, teachers and families de-romanticize the oft-perpetuated images and traditions associated with Thanksgiving, discuss the first Thanksgiving in a socially responsible way and learn about Native people's culture and traditions.
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MSN
A Connecticut case has illuminated what victims and advocates call the underreported scourge of male sex trafficking. While both male and female trafficking victims suffer trauma and other psychological scars, data suggest that men and boys are less likely to come forward, and victims and advocates say that when they do, they are more likely to have difficulties finding counseling and other services.
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Canadian Mental Health Association
The holiday season is a busy time for most. There is so much to do, attend and plan, which can bring up feelings of being overwhelmed, anxious, stressed, and depressed. Conversely, this is also a time when people may feel acutely aware of the void left by the loss of a loved one, and their own personal loneliness. Manage your mental health this holiday season with these thoughtful tips.
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Psychology Today
Madison Holleran was a star freshman track athlete at the University of Pennsylvania. She seemingly had it all. On the night of January 17, 2014, Madison leapt over the ninth-floor railing of a parking garage in downtown Philadelphia, taking her own life, and leaving friends and family with more questions than answers.
In a similarly tragic event, Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski died by suicide in January 2018, succumbing to self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
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The Scientist
People who are obese are more likely to have depression than people who are not, but it's been unclear how one might cause the other. A study of the relationship between depression and genetic variants linked to higher body mass index published recently in the International Journal of Epidemiology suggests that obesity causes depression, and that it is the untoward psychological effects related to obesity that drive the mood disorder.
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National Public Radio
When public health officials get wind of an outbreak of Hepatitis A or influenza, they spring into action with public awareness campaigns, monitoring and outreach. But should they be acting with equal urgency when it comes to childhood trauma? A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the answer should be yes.
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Psych Central
I wrote an article recently on the various ways in which passive-aggressive behavior can undermine and destroy relationships. And it certainly can do just that.
But as I was outlining the behaviors and language typically associated with the passive-aggressive personality, I couldn't help but feel that several of the traits and habits seemed out of place. At the very least, they seemed to require a separate category of their own.
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Sky Sports
Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love says some types of masculinity portrayed in the NBA are "outdated" and "dangerous" and stop men from getting help for depression and anxiety.
The five-time All Star has personal experience after he suffered a panic attack during a game last November and realized he needed help and started seeing a therapist.
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Bustle
Even the best relationships require hard work and a little help occasionally. Though we know that relationships are full of compromise, communication, and making a concerted effort, people are still sometimes reticent to admit that their relationship might need a little help now and again. It's easy to think that a relationship should be effortless, fueled on a constant flow of spark and charisma, even though that's pretty unrealistic.
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HYPEBEAST
Danish toy maker LEGO has revealed a new set aimed at helping adults improve their mental well-being. Titled "Forma," the set uses LEGO pieces to create the skeleton of a fish, which is then finished with customizable skins. The idea behind the project comes from the view that combining organic forms and mechanical work could help reduce stress and anxiety.
As well as featuring so-called technic elements — which are used to give more complicated technical functions — the set also features a crankshaft and gear system that makes the fish move.
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Psychology Today
Some pregnant women find family events, work parties or holidays more difficult than usual because they are often laden with conversations and comments about what they're not doing right, what they should be doing, or horror stories of birthing or parenting.
How do you navigate the challenges of relationships that are often part of large group gatherings?
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Psych Central
New research finds that more hours of screen time are associated with lower well-being in those aged 2 to 17, with the association larger for adolescents than for younger children. Researchers discovered that after only one hour of screen time daily, children and teens may begin to have less curiosity, lower self-control, less emotional stability and a greater inability to finish tasks.
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Healio
A community engagement campaign that encourages youth to engage with mental health issues and to break down barriers to mental health care access reached more than one in five youth in Los Angeles County in a short period, according to a press release.
Early evidence found that the campaign, known as WhyWeRise, was linked to positive outcomes, including supportive attitudes toward people with mental illness, awareness of the challenges facing the mentally ill and mobilization toward activism surrounding mental health issues.
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Today
Everyone experiences anxiety differently, but if you've ever been around someone who is having a panic attack, suggesting "Try not to worry" is not the best idea." You can say things that make anxiety worse," said Dr. Ken Duckworth, medical director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. "People don't like to be dismissed."
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