Numerous studies over the decades show a clear indication that women tend to exhibit higher rates of some mental health issues than men. An analysis of data from the World Health Organization by Daniel Freeman, a Professor of Clinical Psychology and MRC Senior Clinical Fellow [...]
Erin O’Neill, LCSW-R April 19-25 is National Infertility Awareness Week and we at Capital Counseling felt it was important to share information about some of the stressors that persons with Infertility might experience. With 1 in 8 couples (or 12% of married women) having trouble [...]
Many of life’s unexpected tragedies cause deep emotional and psychological pain. While many often raise seemingly unanswerable questions, virtually none create the wounds, doubts, and self-blame that suicide does. People die. We know that and in a way, we accept it. The death of a [...]
Not all mental illness is serious mental illness (SMI). While over 10 million American adults suffer from serious, debilitating mental illnesses, roughly 4% of the population, a far greater number of individuals, nearly 1 in 4, suffer daily from thoughts, emotions and resulting behaviors, which [...]
Sleep is essential for a person’s health and well-being, according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Yet millions of people do not get enough sleep and many suffer from lack of sleep. For example, surveys conducted by the NSF (1999-2004) reveal that at least 40 [...]
A woman gets tangled in christmas lights The holiday season can be a time of relaxation and joy but also one of extreme stress. With presents to buy, food to prepare and family to see, the holidays bring out the best and worst [...]
Sur•vi•vor Noun 1. a person or thing that survives 2. one who outlives others 3. a person who endures, who continues to function or prosper in spite of opposition, hardship, or setbacks This definition suggests fortitude, grit, and determination even in the face of overwhelming [...]
Few people go through life without a bout of “the blues.” Feeling sad or down is a normal and often healthy human emotion. Feeling depressed, as it’s often described, is typically a normal reaction to distressing events in our lives such as loss – be [...]
Like many of life’s passages, how we approach and deal with the loss of a loved one is as individual as each person. Even if we are not experiencing an immediate loss, most of us have lost family and friends over the years. The older [...]
As Mark Twain is supposed to have said, “…everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it.” But some people not only complain about the weather, they’re negatively affected by it as well. No, we’re not talking about Grandma’s thunderstorm-predicting bunions here; [...]
