by April Bordeau | Apr 21, 2022 | About Us, ACES, anxiety, businesses, Care to Change, Client Centered, community, Counseling, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, mental health, Newsletters, resilience, resources, wellness
Much as I wish it hadn’t taken a pandemic to bring mental health to the forefront, I firmly believe we’ll be better off for it. Besides showing us the importance that connection is in all aspects of our lives. The pandemic reminded us that everyone feels stress from...
by Britt Smith | Apr 13, 2022 | About Us, ACES, anxiety, Counseling, counseling approaches, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, mental health, our professionals, parenting, play, TBRI, trauma informed
You want the best for the smaller humans who have become part of your family. You also want to develop relationships with them that will help them make the most of what life has to offer. But strong relationships don’t happen automatically. We have to work at them,...
by Britt Smith | Mar 16, 2021 | ACES, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, Newsletters, parenting, TBRI, teens
Being a parent is one of life’s most challenging responsibilities at the best of times. When you’re in the middle of multiple crises like those triggered by the pandemic, it becomes unimaginably challenging. At a time when we’re all doing our best to keep things...
by April Bordeau | Mar 16, 2021 | ACES, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, Marriage, Newsletters, parenting, play
I can’t tell you how many times a friend or a client has said, “I’m glad I grew up when I did. I wouldn’t want to be a kid today.” Ignoring the fact most of us tend to look at the past with nostalgia, there is some truth to that sentiment. Today’s children are...
by April Bordeau | Sep 28, 2020 | abuse, ACES, Divorce, forgiveness, grief, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, suicide, trauma
What has been done to you and what you have experienced, does not need to be a life sentence of despair. Abandonment. Alcoholism. Adultery. Abuse. Addiction. Divorce. Poverty. Suicide. We don’t get to choose what runs in our family or how we’ve been touched by these...
by April Bordeau | Aug 16, 2020 | About Us, ACES, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, trauma, trauma informed
Medical science has learned much about the ways our brains work, and some of the most important discoveries focus on the interaction between our physical and mental health. As researchers discover more about the effects emotions have upon the brain’s functioning,...
