Handling the holidays with grace. This time of year can bring out the best and the worst in all of us, and after dealing with an ever-changing world – we might be a bit off of our game. With Thanksgiving next week, there is a lot to think about. The list of concerns is...
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Veterans Day & Military Counseling. This Friday, November 11, is Veterans Day. This day is a time for us to pay our respects to those who have served. We have this day, in particular, to stand united in respect for you, our veterans. Waters Edge Counseling is honored to provide Military Counseling for service...
Continue readingInternational Stress Awareness Day: Thoughts From an Anxiety Therapist in Savannah, GA
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...
Continue readingHow to take the “scary” out of Halloween
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...
Continue readingMental Illness Awareness Week 2022
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,...
Continue readingSevere Weather & Anxiety
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...
Continue readingTalking Frankly About Suicide
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,...
Continue readingTalking to Children & Teens about Grief
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...
Continue readingA Resource for School Counselors
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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