Counseling For Your Mental Well Being
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Check back regularly for news, updates and advice.April 12, 2021
We know the current situation with COVID-19 has made challenging situations even more difficult. Our top priority is to continue to meet your mental wellness needs. We are practicing social distancing recommendations and enacting best practices that will allow us to serve you while keeping everyone’s health and safety a priority. Telehealth: If you have an appointment via telehealth, the following links provide access to your clinician at your scheduled session time: Damon Dye https://doxy.me/drdamondye Lisa McKenna https://doxy.me/LAMcKenna Amanda May https://doxy.me/amandamay Lauren Renne https://doxy.me/LaurenRenneLCSW Scheduling: The office remains available by phone for scheduling and administration needs 813.413.7575 Troubleshooting – Appointment scheduling Adjustments to procedures […]
May 21, 2020
You’re not alone if you feel like this pandemic has pushed your stress levels to a new high and turned every day tasks into high stakes decision making. Parenting already had enough challenges without having to sort through all the various information sources – making sure you are current on new discoveries, up to date on the ever-changing guidelines, and figuring out what is fact and what is hype. It’s not only time consuming, but emotionally overwhelming. As if the daily parental gauntlet wasn’t enough – preparing for the day, meals, chores, keeping up with school work, quality time, caring […]
December 23, 2018
As suicide rates reach highs that Americans have never known before, researchers are looking to answer the question ‘Why?’. As they look to demographics, trends, the economy, the effects of social media – those of us who suffer and those of us trying to support loved ones are struggling with the more intimate, every day, struggles. Suicide will always be a part of our lives as humans. We will have to deal with pain. Even though we know suicide affects everyone from the family to the community, we still struggle to find the answers. When does the courage to face […]
October 16, 2016
Originally written for The EFT Community News, 31st Issue Fall 2016 One day a woman walked into my office and said “I think my husband has a gambling problem.” She seemed timid and exhausted. However, when she spoke she revealed an inner strength, a desire to protect her family and her sanity. She embodied familiar traits of a partner reaching out for help when the other partner seems lost to the compelling grip of a gambling addiction: • Lost and alone, looking for answers and a plan. • Burdened with thoughts of helping her family through the darkness of impending […]
June 9, 2014
Originally written for AddictionProfessional.com, June 9, 2014 Although gambling addiction affects 2 million Americans a year, it often remains unrecognized and overshadowed by other addictions, disorders and social issues. About 3 to 7% of our population can be classified as problem gamblers, and 1 to 3% meet criteria for gambling addiction. The lack of awareness of the disorder makes it difficult enough to identify problem gamblers and connect them to treatment, much less address the impact problem gambling has on loved ones. Spouses in particular experience depression, trauma, anxiety and the extreme stress associated with maintaining family stability. The effects of […]
October 16, 2016
Originally written for The EFT Community News, 31st Issue Fall 2016 One day a woman walked into my office and said “I think my husband has a gambling problem.” She seemed timid and exhausted. However, when she spoke she revealed an inner strength, a desire to protect her family and her sanity. She embodied familiar traits of a partner reaching out for help when the other partner seems lost to the compelling grip of a gambling addiction: • Lost and alone, looking for answers and a plan. • Burdened with thoughts of helping her family through the darkness of impending […]
December 23, 2018
As suicide rates reach highs that Americans have never known before, researchers are looking to answer the question ‘Why?’. As they look to demographics, trends, the economy, the effects of social media – those of us who suffer and those of us trying to support loved ones are struggling with the more intimate, every day, struggles. Suicide will always be a part of our lives as humans. We will have to deal with pain. Even though we know suicide affects everyone from the family to the community, we still struggle to find the answers. When does the courage to face […]
May 21, 2020
You’re not alone if you feel like this pandemic has pushed your stress levels to a new high and turned every day tasks into high stakes decision making. Parenting already had enough challenges without having to sort through all the various information sources – making sure you are current on new discoveries, up to date on the ever-changing guidelines, and figuring out what is fact and what is hype. It’s not only time consuming, but emotionally overwhelming. As if the daily parental gauntlet wasn’t enough – preparing for the day, meals, chores, keeping up with school work, quality time, caring […]