By Nanette Nelson, LCMHC Continuing on the Mental Health resources, this week Children and Youth will be highlighted. Mental health is of great importantance in these age groups as they still growing. It is valuable to know that the human brain doesn’t stop forming until the age of 27(approx). Disfunctional behaviors that may develop until […]
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By Nanette Nelson, LCMHC The following is information on populations at risk. If you know anyone in these populations and would like to help The Episcopal Church has provided resources for populations at significant risk. These populations include Indigenous persons, Hispanic/Latinex, LGBTQ+, trauma victims(specifically sexual assault) and end of life issues. Here are some resources:
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By Nanette Nelson, LCMHC May is Mental Health Month and this year I became aware of the many resources offered by the Epicopal Church. This week I will present information on suicide prevention. Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States. From 1999 through 2018, the suicide rate increased 35%, from
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By Nanette Nelson, LCMHC This is my last week to discuss mental health issues and I’d like to focus on my specialty, trauma. For those of you who have heard my other talks, trauma also has levels of function. Some trauma symptoms are caused by a single event and chronic trauma can be caused by
By Nanette Nelson, LCMHC This week I’d like to address anxiety. As with depression, there are levels to the clinical presentation of anxiety. Most of us worry about things from time to time, but once again, when we are not able to function because of our worries professional help may be necessary. Anxiety can cause
By Nanette Nelson, LCMHC Last week I spoke with you about normalizing mental health and illness with those around you. Today I want to talk about one such issue that I’m willing to bet we’ve all experienced – depression. I would like to share that I experienced a significant depression when my first husband left
By Nanette Nelson, LCMHC For those of you who don’t know, I am a mental health therapist and how I came to this career was a journey. Years ago, I was a Dental Hygienist who gave birth to a child on the Autism Spectrum. As I came to learn of his disability and how to
