Anxiety is a normal and often healthy emotion. However, when a person regularly feels disproportionate levels of anxiety, it might become a medical disorder. Anxiety disorders form a category of mental health diagnoses that lead to excessive nervousness, fear, apprehension, and worry. A big event or a buildup of smaller stressful life situations may trigger excessive anxiety — for example, a…
Do I really need Counselling? Counselling might be beneficial for you if: Something has been troubling you over a period of time and you’re having difficulty finding a solution on your own. Things are getting on top of you, and affecting your well-being, for example, causing depression, anxiety or stress. Is a therapist and a counselor…
American Academy of Family Physicians – It’s important to take care of both your mind and body. It will pay off in many ways, including: Allowing you to take charge of your life and feel good about the choices you make. Gaining energy and feeling more fit. Improving your physical health. Gaining a positive outlook…
How can nature benefit my mental health?Spending time in green space or bringing nature into your everyday life can benefit both your mental and physical wellbeing. For example, doing things like growing food or flowers, exercising outdoors or being around animals can have lots of positive effects. It can: improve your mood reduce feelings…
Kristeen Cherney – Everyone has anxiety from time to time, but chronic anxiety can interfere with your quality of life. While perhaps most recognized for behavioral changes, anxiety can also have serious consequences on your physical health. Anxiety is a normal part of life. For example, you may have felt anxiety before addressing a group…
Benefits of Telemental Health – 2020 Walden University Telecommunications technology has transformed modern life, and now it’s transforming how social workers, counselors, therapists, and clinical psychologists are providing mental health services. Telemental health—delivering mental health care remotely, and sometimes over great distances—is making it possible to bring life-changing services to populations who previously may have…
CDC – The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be stressful for people. Fear and anxiety about a disease can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children. Coping with stress will make you, the people you care about, and your community stronger. Stress during an infectious disease outbreak can include Fear and…
Christopher D. Connors – All of us are juggling lots of responsibilities while trying to perform, provide, nurture and comfort the people around us. Add in everyday anxiety, behavioral changes and the fears that come from living in in an unprecedented public health crisis, it’s been very confusing to say the least. Should we stay…
ABMHS is proud to offer counseling using our telemental health platform to provide mental health services for all those in need. Call us at 208-683-8320.
