Article Summaries
Invest in Yourself
25 January 2018
by Sheila Stinnett, Executive Director
I have recently become focused on the idea of investment. Maybe it’s because I am in my fifties and my thinking has shifted toward retirement or maybe it’s the intense focus our society places on monetary security as we age. Financial investing is pro-active, it’s future focused an...
Dodging Your Therapist? That’s Okay!
05 January 2018
Audrey Woods
Staff Therapist
It’s a beautiful day! You’re at a local event, maybe Heard on Hurd or the Farmer’s Market. You’re enjoying the sunshine and breeze; Oklahoma’s best! But hark, who goes there? It’s your therapist over yonder. You freeze with a whoosh of jumbled thoughts going through your head: my therapist has...
Happy Holidays
04 January 2018
by John Goetz, LPC
Hello all. I was listening to NPR one morning and heard a story about the development of Facebook.The discussion was about the algorithms that went into the creation of Facebook and how it was designed to ensure its users would continue to engage with the program by eliciting a small dopamine response in our...
Is Counseling Forever?
30 November 2017
By: Audrey Woods, Staff Therapist
Perhaps you are considering starting counseling. You’d really like to work on some life issues, but you have questions. For example, how long will this
take? Days, weeks, months, years? The answer to your questions is, of course, it depends…
We in the mental health field ...
Teens are more depressed because they’re more isolated
28 September 2017
Chad McCoy, M.A., LPC
Edmond Family Counseling
There are some things that you cannot live without. Food, water, air, relationships, safety, belongingness, just to name a few. Without these things, we literally cannot survive. Of course, outside of the biologically imperative needs, we also have psychological and soci...
The Panic Button
03 August 2017
By: John Goetz, LPC and Quinton Ellis, LPC
Each year, millions of Americans suffer from panic attacks. By the numbers, the problem looks like this:
- About 1.7% of the adult U.S. population ages 18 to 54 - approximately 2.4 million Americans - has panic disorder in a given yea...
Fidget Spinners: To Spin or Not to Spin
13 July 2017
By: Sheila Stinnett, Executive Director
If you aren’t already aware there is a new “must have” object capturing the attention of our nation’s youth the “fidget spinner”. These popular spinning toys have three arms extending from a center of ball bearings which allows the object to spin. Gaining in popular...
13 Reasons Why NOT
24 May 2017
A Response from the Staff
Edmond Family Counseling
13 Reasons Why, a book by Jay Asher, has recently been adapted by Netflix into a series, narrated by the now deceased character, Hannah Baker. Hannah has committed suicide. She places blame, in large part, on the horrific events inv...
Thoughts While Walking
24 May 2017
By: John Goetz, LPC
In March I was introduced to a short independent film, The Butterfly Circus, Created by Joshua and Rebekah Weigel in 2009. The setting is the 1930s, America is in the middle of the Great Depression. Many people are jobless and homeless, and the circus is a distraction fro...
Access to Prevention leads to Healthy Adults
24 May 2017
By: Chad McCoy, LPC, Assistant Executive Director
Consider for a moment a couple of truths: Early identification is the best indicator for a positive outcome and people are living much longer than ever before. If you agree with these truths and the evidence that supports them, please continue reading. I...
Bucket List Yet?
24 May 2017
By: Amanda Percival, LPC
Spring has sprung! This is probably my favorite time of year. The grass and trees are green, the sun is shining, and the birds are singing. For some, this time of year brings new hope, new beginnings, inspiration, and growth.
Many times, our lives resem...
Non-Verbal Communication
21 March 2017
By: Sheila Stinnett
“The body says what words cannot”. This simple quote from the famous American dancer Martha Graham speaks volumes about significant impact of non-verbal communication in our relationships with those in our lives. Whether we intend to or not, we are constantly broadcasting non-verbal cues to those aro...
THE ART OF SELF-SABOTAGE
21 March 2017
By: Belinda Crosier, LPC, LADC
A fascinating, but frustrating, phenomenon that therapists witness much more than we would like is that of the self-sabotage syndrome. You’ve probably observed it in someone you love – or maybe even yourself – even though you may not have realized it at the time. It’s very common in p...
Depression Can Be Hard to Spot in Children
09 January 2017
By: Amanda Percival, Staff Therapist
There are some words that individuals use in regard to mental health that are used to communicate a wide range of symptoms. “Depression” is just one of those words. I frequently have clients that say they are depressed. Or on the flip side, I may have a client that veh...
What Grandma Said or Eat your Beets
09 January 2017
By: John Goetz, LPC
First and foremost, I must wish a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. It has been an interesting end to 2016. Between the elections, fall semester finials, the holiday season, bedlam football, and looking forward to a New Year, this can be a very hectic time of year. During Thanksgiving, ...
Try to be an “8” Percenter in 2017
09 January 2017
By: Chad McCoy, M.A., LPC
Christmas has come and gone. The relatives dispersed, the kids satiated with gifts, and the credit card bills have not yet arrived. What’s next? New Year’s Resolutions of course! Before you put pen to paper to craft yours, I have a few thoughts to consider. ...
Nothing is as it seems; or at least how it seems to you or me
13 October 2016
By Chad McCoy, M.A., LPC
Now more than ever, I am increasingly impressed by the power of perception. Time after time, event after event, I find myself leaving a situation with what I believe to be the “truth” of the situation only to find out later that it was not at all as it seemed. We’ve all been there, and it makes ...
Parents Helping Parents
13 October 2016
Quinton Ellis, LPC, Edmond Family Counseling
Here’s a ‘thought experiment’ question I can’t quit asking people. A college has only one spot left for two applicants. The first has a 3.5 GPA and no criminal record. The other has a 2.9 GPA but has overcome drug/alcohol addiction. Who will the school admit? By what rationale?
...Have You Make Your Summer Memories Yet?
21 July 2016
By Amanda Percival, Staff Therapist, Edmond Family Counseling
As I’m writing this article, I am counting the days until school begins again. Didn’t school just let out? I remember being so ready for summer time when my children were little. Of course, I also remember being equally ready for school to begin again; to occupy them and...
Parenting Shouldn't Be Forever
13 May 2016
By Belinda Crosier, LADC, LPC
So we get to the blessed, anticipated stage of having raised & launched our children, looking forward to doing some things we’ve always looked forward to – or maybe just doing nothing except whatever the mood inspires – and then what to our wondering eyes behold, but an adult child on the doorstep ...
