COVID-19 & Mental Health: We’re Here to Help!

UPDATE ON SERVICE DURING COVID-19 (“coronavirus”) PRECAUTIONS: During the current response to the COVID-19 virus in Michigan, Advanced Counseling Services has implemented telehealth and telephonic counseling services. We have also implemented e-prescribing where possible, ensuring that our patients medical needs are met in a timely manner during this crisis. Please call our intake line at 734-759-0000 if
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Understanding Anxiety and Why Counseling Helps

Fun fact: anxiety is normal experience.  We are hard wired to experience anxiety. It serves a purpose for us. It is responsible for keeping our senses, brain, and body alert and prepared for any possible threats. Our senses take in over three trillion bits of information in any given second. Subconsciously, a consistent and erratic
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When To See a Psychologist for Depression

When To See a Psychologist for Depression
A psychologist is someone who has studied psychology, the study of human behavior. A clinical psychologist refers to someone who has studied psychology at a masters and / or PhD level. They have specific training in handling depression, anxiety, and all manner of mental health issues.  When you’re experiencing depression, they are an absolutely wonderful
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Grief Counseling: Living with Loss

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Grief is a part of being human that is an inherently vulnerable experience, and loss is an inevitable part of being alive, no matter the season. The ability and willingness to open ourselves to grief, as ironic as it might seem, is essential to living a full, enriched, meaningful life. The deeper and fuller we
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Life After Addiction

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After entering into an addiction therapy program and moving away from a life of addiction, it can be difficult to know what’s next. For so long, your life has centered around drugs or alcohol, but when you have the opportunity to redo everything from scratch, it can be difficult to know how or where to
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Why See A Therapist

Why see a therapist? The Huffington Post recently published an article titled “8 Signs You Should See a Therapist.” Some of the examples they outline include: Everything you feel is intense You’ve suffered a trauma and you can’t stop thinking about it You have unexplained and recurrent headaches, stomach-aches or a run down immune system You’re using a substance
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Ask a Child Psychologist: Should My Child Get Counseling?

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The decision to seek out a child psychologist for your little one is a scary, stressful proposition. But it shouldn’t be! In actuality, you’re one of a growing number of parents who are involved enough with their children’s lives to see a problem or an area needing improvement, and turn to a psychologist who can
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Treatment for Eating Disorders: Dispelling Misconceptions

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Eating disorder therapists often hear from patients (and potential patients), that they didn’t think they were ‘sick enough’ to need help.  Fact of the matter is, part of the struggle with eating disorders centers around the fact that it’s insidious, a secretive illness that by it’s very nature is deceptive to the person afflicted. Why
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Parenting & Changes to the Parent – Child Relationship

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One of the toughest things to do as a parent is to adjust to each new stage that your kid enters into. Not only are these new developmental milestones and life transitions challenging to manage as a parent, but it’s also important to grieve the loss of your little one, if that’s what you’re feeling.
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How do I know if I need therapy?

how do i know if i need therapy
How do I know if I need therapy? This is an excellent question that often gets overlooked by mental health providers. We tend to take for granted that people will “just know” if they need therapy or not, but there is a whole process of decision making for people that rarely involves the clinician. Therapy
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