By Rachel Morici, LPC It is no mystery that the holidays can bring up depression, loss and overwhelming feelings. The effects are understandable; holidays bring about increased demands, pressure, financial stress and perhaps grief and longing, especially when we have lost a loved one. Let’s focus on what we can do to minimize the holiday […]
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Healthy Coping & Holiday Stress
Thursday, December 10th, 2015Finding Joy
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007The holidays often include times of stress, fatigue, and challenges of all kinds. At the same time, we have great expectations of happiness during the holidays and the television images, magazine images and store advertising all reinforce this. Unfortunately these expectations are frequently not satisfied. We see stories of hope, love, fulfillment; but may feel loneliness, grief, and pressure. Adjusting our expectations and changing our view of happiness can lead to a truer sense of joy.
Read more...Change: Inevitable & Survivable
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007At Pennock Center for Counseling we often see clients in an emotional crisis that is provoked by some kind of change in their lives: unexpected, painful or unwanted. We all can have difficulty in coping, even with positive changes. When you experience profound grief after the loss of a loved one, the loss of a job, or the loss of a spouse to divorce, you may feel devastated. After a crisis or loss, you are left to cope with the aftermath. You are better able to cope, even the most painful changes, if you have and use both internal and external resources. Resilience is another word for your ability to cope; the ability to bounce back, recover and move beyond an event, change or crisis. Positive changes also create stress and difficulty, because any change requires adjustment and your life feels unpredictable.
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