Handling Stress in Positive Ways
Friday, 04 June 2021
Stress can be a normal part of life, but what happens when you have too much stress? Too much stress can have massive health ramifications. Coping with the impact of chronic stress can be challenging. Because the source of long-term stress is more constant than acute stress, the body never receives a clear signal to
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May 2021 Mental Health Awareness Month
Monday, 03 May 2021
“You Are Not Alone.” That’s the tagline for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) campaign this year. NAMI is focusing on the healing value of connecting in safe ways, prioritizing mental health and acknowledging that it’s okay to not be okay, which seems especially apropos during the pandemic. If you spend much time on
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Helpful Tips to Reduce Your Stress Levels During Stress Awareness Month
Saturday, 03 April 2021
April is Stress Awareness Month, providing a great opportunity for everyone to revisit and reprioritize healthy and productive stress relief strategies. Stress is incredibly common throughout the U.S. and around the world. According to the American Psychological Association’s Stress in America 2020 report, two in three adults (67%) say that they’ve experienced significant stress over the previous year,
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COVID-19 & Mental Health: We’re Here to Help!
Thursday, 19 March 2020
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 517-882-3732 if
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Understanding Anxiety and Why Counseling Helps
Thursday, 27 February 2020
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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Grief Counseling: Living with Loss
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
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
Sunday, 17 March 2019
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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Anger Management: 5 Tips From Our Counselors
Saturday, 17 February 2018
Speak when you are angry – and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret” Laurence Peter “To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves” Alexander Pope What is the main cause of anger? First of all, it’s important to begin by noting that anger is not necessarily a negative emotion.
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Benefits of Animal Assisted Therapy
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
“It is the intuitive power of animals that can help us heal hurts, lessen stress, feel needed, and express our caring side.” Marty Becker, DVM, Resident veterinarian on Good Morning America Why do people have pets that they feed, walk, play with, and take care of in the same way that might care for a
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Depression in Teens & Why Counseling Helps
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Teenage years are hard, and parents and teens alike can have difficulty in telling the difference between the normal ups and downs of emotion during this time versus more chronic mental health issues. Teenage depression is chronic, and challenging. Parents and teens must be on a level where they can have open dialogue in order
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