Breast Cancer Awareness & Coping. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and there are definitely reasons to seek counseling when cancer hits close to home. If you’ve never had a cancer scare or diagnosis, or if you have never lost anyone to cancer – consider yourself extremely lucky. The devastation that a diagnosis or...
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October 3-7 is Mental Illness Awareness Week 2022. All around us, people raise awareness for and celebrate their physical health. Our physical health is important to us, and it is a good and wonderful thing to celebrate it. But, what about our mental health? For many, mental health can still be a taboo phrase,...
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This week, we’re talking about severe weather & anxiety. With Ian on its way, we are all scrambling to figure out not only the logistics but also the anxiety that goes along with that. Anticipating the arrival of a hurricane, or any severe storm strikes fear and anxiety in the people in its path...
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Kids & extracurricular activities. Since summer has ended and school has started back, that likely means that your kids will be or have started extracurricular activities. It is a parent’s instinct to ease their fears. We want to be sure that the coaches or group leaders understand and know our children’s strengths and weaknesses....
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This week we are talking frankly about Suicide. Suicide is an extremely hard topic to tackle. But it is a reality in our world. And, unfortunately, the statistics show that numbers are up. There is always a way out, but sometimes that’s hard for us to see. Talking Frankly About Suicide Perhaps, like me,...
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CURE & Waters Edge Counseling. Our practice is so proud of our partnership with CURE Childhood Cancer. With September being Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, there’s no time like the present to talk about counseling for cancer patients and their families. CURE & Waters Edge Counseling Quality mental health care is essential for the treatment...
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Talking to children and teens about grief can be very tricky. This is an extremely difficult topic to broach with kids, and it’s a concept that young people can have a hard time understanding. Even for adults, dealing with death involves a wide range of emotions – confusion, anger, sadness, sometimes guilt. As a...
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Waters Edge Counseling is proud to serve as a resource for School Counselors. With the school year now in full swing, we’d like to take some time to look at what our School Counselors actually do – and why they are so vital to our children. A Resource for School Counselors First of all,...
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Did you know that Waters Edge offers Clinical Group Supervision. Clinical supervision gives support to trainee mental health professionals by offering guidance and support from a more experienced counselor. To be licensed to practice, mental health providers must complete a minimum number of therapy hours under clinical supervision. The requirements may vary depending on...
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Is there a difference between Anxiety and Stress? Short answer – yes. The simplest explanation is that stress is the body’s reaction to pressure or feeling threatened – external factors. Anxiety is a sustained mental health disorder that goes beyond everyday worries. This can be constant and affect your daily life. Waters Edge Counseling...
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