Dr. Stephen Oreski & Associates Mental Health Blog: Expert Insights
Stress
Coping with Stress
Did you know that the inability to cope with stress can have serious consequences on your health? It’s true—it can make it difficult to sleep, weaken your immune system, and…
Mental Health
Mindfulness in Daily Life
Have you heard about the concept of mindfulness? It involves being aware of the thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations that you’re experiencing at any given time (this is commonly referred…
Work-Life Balance
Managing Work-Life Balance
Do you have trouble balancing work and your personal life? If so, you’re not alone. According to Mental Health America (MHA), almost 40% of U.S. adults who are employed full…
Parenting
How to Feel Less Back to School Stress
Starting a new school year can be super exciting. It can also be stressful, both for the child and the parents. The following are some ways you can ease back…
Students
Benefits of Counseling for College Students
College students deal with a lot of stress. Sadly, not many reach out for support or help. Eventually, their stress turns into anxiety and depression. To have a positive college…
Parenting
Tips to Help Bond with Your Teen
When our children are young, they come to us, it seems, innumerable times throughout the day wanting to share something with us. An idea they had, a discovery, questions about…
Depression
Am I Sad or Depressed?
Into each life, a little rain must fall is a way of saying every one of us will experience sadness or depression in our lifetime. It is completely normal and…
Journaling
Mental Health Benefits of Gratitude Journals
Many people will face a mental health crisis at some point in their life. Perhaps it is the stress from a divorce, anxiety from a move, or grieving the loss…
Relationships
The Powerful Benefits of Forgiveness
A very old saying says, “Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.” This is a warning to people not to act out in anger or resentment because they…
LGBTQ
How to Discuss Gender Identity With Your Child
There was a time parents wondered at what age they should have “the talk,” with their child. You know, the one about the birds and the bees. As society has…
Students
Issues LGBTQ Students Experience
Growing up is hard for just about every kid. But it can be particularly hard if you are LGBTQ+. School can be especially tricky to navigate, as these youths face…
LGBTQ
4 Ways to Support Your Bullied LGBTQ Child
It’s easy for adults to forget what adolescence was like. The frustrations of figuring out the sometimes-foreign world around us combined with the cocktail of raging hormones that set our…
