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Putting a HALT to our Self-Destructive Behaviors

By: Jean Holthaus, LISW, MSW

Putting a HALT to our Self-Destructive Behaviors

How many times have most of us vowed “I’m done [insert your favorite unhealthy behavior], and I’m never doing it again,” only to find yourself doing it again? How frustrating. Yet this is the experience most of us have when attempting…

Art Therapy – Not Just for Kids

By: Carolyn Waterstradt, MA, LMSW CAADC, CTS

Art Therapy – Not Just for Kids
Usually when I ask someone to create art during a therapy session, the response is, "I'm not an artist." Yet walk into any preschool classroom where students are finger painting and, most likely, none of the children are concerned about...

Finding Support on Your Grief Journey

By: LuAnn Arnson, LMSW

Finding Support on Your Grief Journey
Everyone grieves differently. Your grief depends on many factors, including your personality and coping style, your life experience, your previous experience with grief and loss, your faith practices, the nature of the loss and how you view it. The grief...

How to Communicate Following a Suicide: 4 Lessons From the Media

How to Communicate Following a Suicide: 4 Lessons From the Media
By Bob VandePol, MSW More than 50 research studies worldwide have found that certain types of news coverage can increase the likelihood of suicide in vulnerable individuals. The magnitude of the increase is related to the amount, duration and prominence...

Crisis Response Guidelines After a Suicide

Crisis Response Guidelines After a Suicide
By Bob VandePol, MSW Don't Let Tragedy Lead to Another Tragedy Death powerfully jars our concept of the way life is supposed to be. When the death is by suicide, those feeling are magnified. How leaders respond after death by...

Extra! Extra! Read All About It … The World is NOT Ending!

By: Mark Steenwyk, PsyD

Extra! Extra! Read All About It … The World is NOT Ending!
If you’re like me, you probably have a tough time turning on the news these days. Everywhere you look, we are being bombarded with negative messages about all that is wrong with the world. Local news shows seem to be...

Preventing Suicide: Why Talking About “It” Is Essential

By: Jean Holthaus, LISW, MSW

Preventing Suicide: Why Talking About “It” Is Essential
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, over 40,000 Americans die by suicide each year and for every individual who dies by suicide, 25 others...