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Time for a Cottage Update!  Members of the Lake Country Cottage are holding their second annual Garage Sale on August 9th and 10th and need your donation of household goods.  All proceeds of the sale go to funding activities for members of the Cottage.  Last year, the...

by Diane Cerven, MA, LPCC In the last couple posts, we have been talking about distraction skills to help us with our emotions when they become too big or overwhelm us. In the first post, I talked about using deep breathing (which is also a relaxation skill. View...

By Diane Cerven, MA, LPCC Last week, I talked about our emotions escalating and needing a simple skill to use to reduce our emotions, deep breathing.  Look for the deep breathing guide here. Let’s continue on the topic of distractions and learn new skills. Week 1...

Lake Country Associates welcomes two new staff to the ARMHS Program in Park Rapids:  Christina Olson Christina joined our Park Rapids ARMHS team and is working with clients in Cass and Hubbard counties.  She received her Social Work degree from Bemidji State...

By Diane Cerven There are times when we become overwhelmed, flooded with emotions.  At those times our anger, anxiety, depression, disappointment, guilt, shame, fear… the list goes on, they take over our brain and we respond, well, emotionally.  Some people are more...

  Lake Country Associates will again be offering Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) therapy group on Wednesday afternoons beginning July 18, 2018. What Is STEPPS? STEPPS is a cognitive behavioral, skills training approach...

Have you ever been distracted in a public place and lost track of your young child for even 15 seconds?  Do you recall how it felt?  How about when you were a child; do you remember getting briefly separated from a parent while in a store?  Imagine having that feeling...

by Diane Cerven, LPCC With the recent celebrity deaths by suicide it’s on our minds to reach out to people in need. We look at celebrities who kill themselves and we ask, why?  They’re rich, they’re famous.  If someone like Anthony Bourdain can commit suicide, when he...

by Loretta Bach, LADC What's the difference between a Rule 25, a Chemical Use Assessment and a Comprehensive Assessment? What is Peer Support and Treatment Coordination? Do I need Outpatient Treatment, Substance Use Disorder Treatment or Residential Treatment? What's...