Author: Sharon Gayle
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Managing Distress Due to Chronic Illness
People with chronic illness may value the care they get from their healthcare team, but many also want to take an active role in managing their illness. Distress can be hard for some people to manage on their own. Don’t hesitate to talk to your healthcare team when you’re feeling distress that’s hard to handle. Remember…
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Managing Distress Due to Chronic Illness
People with chronic illness may value the care they get from their healthcare team, but many also want to take an active role in managing their illness. Distress can be hard for some people to manage on their own. Don’t hesitate to talk to your healthcare team when you’re feeling distress that’s hard to handle.…
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Caregiver Counseling – Part 2
Caregivers Receiving Counseling Part 2 When it comes to being a caregiver, in many of these cases the emotional and relational needs of the caregiver can often go overlooked. Having to care for someone else on a full time basis can be so emotionally draining, leaving the individual in question feeling a bit broken. Caregivers…
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Caregiver Counseling – Part 1
Family Caregiver Counseling In 2015, 4 out of every 10 adults in the US served or became a caregiver for another family member. Before taking on this rather important mantle of responsibility, these individuals had been sons, husbands, fathers, brothers, sisters, daughters, wives, and mothers. Many of these individuals didn’t choose to form a symbiont…
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Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and depression are two mental health conditions that are rocking the US in some major ways. In the United States alone, anxiety is the most common mental disorder affecting roughly 40 million adults, ages 18 and up, on a yearly basis. It is highly treatable, but many adults suffering from anxiety– estimated goes untreated.…
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Suffering from Trauma
Are you Suffering from Trauma? Suffering from trauma or a traumatic incident can hinder a person from being able to perform normal day to day activities. And sadly, most people have a hard time discussing the trauma they experienced. They tend to cover up their feelings about the traumatic event – even though talking and…
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Caregiver burnout.
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Stress and Worry Feeds Anxiety
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Strengthening Resilience to Depression