International Stress Awareness Day. The first Wednesday of November, is recognized as International Stress Awareness Day. What better time than now to take a look at stress and ways to help alleviate it in your daily life. Recognizing International Stress Awareness Day As an initiative launched by the International Stress Management Association (ISMA), this...
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How to take the “scary” out of Halloween. We revisit this topic each year in the hopes of easing some of the fear that can come for children around Halloween. For many kids, Halloween is one of the best nights of the year. It means staying up late, wearing fun (or scary) costumes, and...
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Therapy for men. Is there a stigma surrounding men’s mental health issues? Several recent studies show that there definitely is. While we know that mental health issues like depression and anxiety affect both men and women, studies have shown men are less likely to seek help or receive treatment. Waters Edge Counseling would like...
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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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