by Owens Counseling | Jan 13, 2021 | Balance, Counseling, Life, Mental Health, Uncategorized
By: Ema Gavrilovic, LPCCoping skills is a term that is you hear often in a counseling session. We hear teachers using them in the classroom to manage students who throw tantrums (“Use your emotion flash cards, Johnny”). We hear parents using them to respond fairly to...
by Owens Counseling | Dec 28, 2020 | Balance, Counseling, Life, Mental Health, Uncategorized
By: Carol Briggs, Clinical Intern 2020 started out pretty good for me. I was excited about looking for an internship, I had plans to travel in April, and my self-care was mostly consistent. Then mid-March hit. I lost my job, my partner was laid off, and classes went...
by Owens Counseling | Sep 22, 2020 | Counseling, Mental Health
By: Carol Briggs, Clinical Intern In 2018, the number of adults over age 65, in the United States, reached 52 million, and estimates predict that by 2060, that number will reach 95 million. A major issue impacting older adults is suicide, however when you hear...
by Owens Counseling | Sep 2, 2020 | Child Therapy, Communication, Counseling, Life, Mental Health, Skills, Therapy
By: Carol Briggs, Clinical InternIn the world of mental wellness and recovery, September is marked as the month to educate people about substance use and the mental health services that improve the lives of individuals and families. It is also an opportunity to...
by Owens Counseling | Aug 19, 2020 | Child Therapy, Children, Communication, Counseling, Mental Health, Therapy
By: Carol Briggs, Clinical InternBack in March, we were all looking ahead with hope that by the end of summer, the pandemic would be over, and life would feel normal again. But here we are in August and our back-to-school planning looks a lot different than it did a...
by Owens Counseling | Aug 3, 2020 | Counseling
My name is Lindsay and I am an upcoming senior at the University of Illinois studying Interdisciplinary Health Sciences with a minor in Psychology. This summer I am interning at Owens and Associates with the hopes of gaining more experience in counseling and...
