pandemic Archives - Kathleen Coughlin

National Counseling Awareness Month

April 5, 2021 by Kathleen Coughlin

April is National Counseling Awareness Month, and so I thought it would be a good idea to take this time to talk a little about mental health and the benefits of seeking treatment for whatever issues you may be facing. When we talk about mental health, we are talking about our emotional, psychological and social well-being. Our mental health not only affects how we feel but also how we think and behave as well as handle stress and make decisions. Mental Health Statistics Just how common are ...read more

Filed Under: Family Therapy, General, Marital Counseling, Self Care, Stress, Uncategorized, Work Life Balance Tagged With: anxiety, counseling, depression, family therapy, life balance, mental health, National Counseling Awareness Month, Ocean VIsta Counseling, pandemic, stress, therapy

Tips for Staying Healthy While Working from Home

March 19, 2021 by Kathleen Coughlin

For some people, working from home is a normal routine. This is, after all, the gig economy, and many people have been freelancing, making a living from their home office for many years now. But for others, working from home is a completely new phenomenon brought about by the global pandemic. For this second group of people, working from home has completely changed their day-to-day lives, and many have found their overall health has taken a toll. With lockdowns and social distancing still ...read more

Filed Under: General, Goals, Nutrition, Self Care, Stress, Work Life Balance, Workaholic Tagged With: anxiety, counseling, depression, family, general, goal setting, life balance, mental health, pandemic, stress, tips, working from home

How Family Therapy Can Help Families Be Resilient During COVID-19

October 6, 2020 by Kathleen Coughlin

All of us have struggled in our own way to deal with the effects of the coronavirus. But if you are a parent, you most likely have even more concerns about the impact the virus and subsequent lockdown have had on the emotional health of your children. Could your family benefit from family therapy? You’ve most likely taken certain precautions over the past few months to ensure your family’s health and well-being. You’ve made sure to social distance yourself from others, taking care not to ...read more

Filed Under: Family Therapy Tagged With: child mental health, children, counseling, covid, family, family therapy, mental health, pandemic, therapy

How To Help Your Teen Cope With Back to School Stress

August 13, 2020 by Ocean Vista Counseling

It’s almost fall, which means store shelves are stocked with low-priced notebooks and markers and glue, et al. Soon the familiar brake hiss of school buses will be heard in neighborhoods across the country as kids head back to school, or you child will be logging into virtual school each day. Either way, there is added stress of returning to school amidst the pandemic of COVID-19. While some kids begrudge alarm clocks and mountains of homework, they still look forward to school; to enjoying ...read more

Filed Under: Adolescents/Teens, Children, Parenting, School & Academics, Stress Tagged With: anxiety, back to school, child, covid, pandemic, school, stress