President Ronald Reagan established October as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month in 1988. At the time he said, “When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child,
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For many people, pursuing a healthy work/life balance seems like an unreachable goal.
It's no surprise that more than one in four Americans describe themselves as “super stressed.” Many of us are torn between juggling heavy workloads, managing relationships and family responsibilities, and squeezing in outside interests. And that’s not healthy.
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Have you ever intentionally tried the visualization tool? To help you understand how to put it into practical use, I am sharing with you a personal experience I had. During a camp-out in a tall Ponderosa pine forest with my family, I decided this beautiful mountain range would be a idyllic place to…
Visualization As A Tool For Mindfulness
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What is Multi-Systemic Therapy?
One of the therapeutic approaches that we use here at Discovery and Wellness Counseling is Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST). MST focuses on systems within the teenagers or adolescence life in an effort to address substance abuse, self-esteem issues, defiance, isolation, and mood disorders (anxiety and depression). It is an intensive treatment designed to decrease family fighting, failing grades, low structure and family disconnection.
What is Emotionally Focused Therapy?
Is Counseling the Right Direction?
What is Counseling?
The term counseling can be both confusing and intimidating but, when you break it down it is not nearly as scary as it initially sounds. Counseling is simply another word for getting support and help in an area of your life that gets in the way of you living the life you desire.
Owner and primary clinician at Discovery and Wellness Counseling, Heidi Brouelette MA. LPC. believes offering yourself the opportunity to grow and heal is one of the biggest gifts you can give to yourself. To provide yourself with an opportunity to heal, develop strategies to manage areas of despair and frustration and increase your sense of wellbeing is something that you can always keep with you.