What is Mental Health Counseling?

Mental Health is the well-being of our minds;

including our emotional, psychological, and social life.

It affects how we think, feel, and behave.

It also helps determine how we handle stress, and make decisions.

Mental health is important at every stage of life;

from birth, childhood, adolescence through adulthood until death.

Over the course of human life, a person may experience instability of mental health,

due to life situations. This may affect cognition, mood, and behavior.

Many factors contribute to this such as:

• Biological factors, such as epigenetics or brain chemistry.

• Social factors, such as violence, trauma, abuse.

• Life experiences, such as loss, grief or bereavement.

Mental Health and Wellness

Improve mental health:

• Realize full potential

• Cope with life stressors

• Work productively

• Engage in meaningful talk

  
  

Maintain mental health:

• Seek help from a professional

• Create an appointment

• Connect with peers

• Help the less fortunate

Early Warning Signs

• Oversleeping or insomnia

• Overeating or not eating enough

• Withdrawing behavior

• Low mood or energy

• Feeling numb or hopeless

• Aches and pain

• Feeling helpless and alone

• Frequent smoking, drinking, or using drugs

• Feeling irritated, confused, forgetful, on edge, angry, upset, worried, or scared

• Arguing or yelling with family and friends

• Severe, unstable patterns of mood

• Rumination of thoughts

• Delusional thoughts

• Self-harm or harming others

• Inability to complete daily tasks

  
  

Counseling is the provision of guidance in personal, social, or psychological difficulties, especially by a licensed mental health professional.

Professional counselors are trained to treat clients with dignity in respect to mental or behavioral health difficulties, such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder or substance use disorder. But you don’t need a formal diagnosis to benefit from mental health care. Mental health counselors work with clients who are seeking to generally improve their wellbeing. 

There’s no right or wrong time or answer.

Seek professional counseling when you feel distressed, overwhelmed or stuck.

Even I do, because we are all human and we all experience emotions, which are universal.

The human desire for compassion and understanding is the reason many individuals today feel lonelier than ever before. In the day and age of innovative technology transforming our fingertips to jolt at the sound of every notification, our dopamine has become dependent on the device.

When everyday life becomes a challenge and exacerbated stress becomes overwhelming,

a counselor's guidance and talk therapy can help set, or reset, people on their desired path.  

It is okay to find professional care once a week with a mental health provider,

similarly as you would seek medical care once a year with a primary care physician.

Provider support is available for YOU.

Your well-being MATTERS!

I AM here for you...

References:

https://www.mentalhealth.org/basics/what-is-mental-health

https://www.counseling.org/mental-health-counseling/what-is-counseling