by Shawn Anderson | Jan 17, 2019 | LCA News and Information
By Diane Cerven, LPCC In previous posts, we talked about calming our emotions using different coping skills such as: deep breathing, distraction skills, and grounding skills. In the last post, we talked about how taking care of ourselves and how addressing our basic...
by Shawn Anderson | Dec 5, 2018 | LCA News and Information
By Diane Cerven, LPCC There are many ways that we can take basic care of ourselves, each method can have a big impact on our mental health. In the last post, I wrote about taking care of our physical health, now let’s talk about sleep. Sleep According to...
by Shawn Anderson | Nov 20, 2018 | LCA News and Information
A big thank you to the members of the Lakes Area Vinyard Church in Park Rapids for their donation of 22 boxes filled with Thanksgiving meals for families in need. The Vinyard Church has been partnering with Lake Country Associates to distribute the boxes of...
by Shawn Anderson | Nov 12, 2018 | LCA News and Information
I find that many people do not take care of themselves. They worry about others, making sure that they: children, husband, community, church, friends, work, etc., have their needs met. Not leaving time during the day to get their own needs met and not taking time for...
by Shawn Anderson | Oct 22, 2018 | LCA News and Information
We have been talking about the use of coping skills to better regulate our emotions. When we are not overwhelmed emotionally, we are better able to handle problem solving in the moment or move forward from the difficult situations we find ourselves in. Grounding...
by Shawn Anderson | Oct 9, 2018 | LCA News and Information
There are times when our thoughts run away with us, taking us to the past or to a possible imagined future. Typically there is a trigger, sometimes something we don’t even recognize. Maybe something that reminds us of what happened back in 2nd grade and then our minds...
