Drug abuse and addiction is preventable. Teachers, parents, and health care providers have major roles in educating young people and prevention. Let’s take a few minutes to review Substance Abuse and Prevention together.
Nationally, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death claiming approximately 41,149 lives per year across all ages. These numbers are devastating not only because of their enormity, but because of the fact that suicide is preventable. We can all do something to stop these numbers from rising, and it starts with education -- learning what to watch for, listen for, and knowing how/where to get help. We have to “know” before we can act.
Insight Counseling Centers is providing play therapy to Tusculum Elementary refugee students in grades one through four. Through creative art activities, Insight’s counselors will teach life skills like how to self-sooth to avoid disruptive outbursts and how to interpret social cues.
Since joining Insight Counseling Centers in January, I've become more attuned to the ways in which therapy and therapists are portrayed in the media. Media representation is important because if all someone knows about therapy is what they see on TV shows and in film, they might develop unrealistic expectations around what therapy is like and how therapists behave.