Using Psychotherapy to Battle Depression
Depression is a mental health disorder characterized by deep sadness and feelings of hopelessness. It has numerous causes, and sometimes medications are a necessary step in treatment. However, psychotherapy and […]
Benefits of Getting Trauma-Informed Care
Trauma therapy is critical for men and women battling a painful past. When the brain doesn’t deal with trauma but tucks it away, that trauma comes back throughout their lifetime. […]
Major Depressive Disorder
If you are struggling with feelings of sadness, apathy, or hopelessness, you aren’t alone. Major depressive disorders affect more than three million people in the United States each year. However, […]
How Stress Affects Your Health
Stress can be positive or negative. Positive stress pushes you to do your best. It gives an extra boost that can improve your performance. However, our bodies weren’t meant to […]
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
One of the most common reasons for drug and alcohol abuse is an inability to manage stress and negative feelings in a healthy way. Some people simply have a more […]
7 Ways to Manage Anxiety
Anxiety is a way that our bodies attempt to deal with stress. In a healthy person, anxiety occurs when there is a real risk, and an individual needs to take […]
5 Common Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety is a component of everyday life. Most people feel anxious before a big speech or when they have to talk to their boss. For other people, anxiety becomes a […]
Observing World Mental Health Day
How much value do you put on mental illness and its impact on your overall wellbeing? World Mental Health Day is a good time to take a step back and […]
Signs of Major Depression
Most people feel sad from time to time. Most of the time, it is brought on by something we experience. It fades away as time goes by. For others, it […]
Understanding PTSD and Addiction
Admitting that you need help for an addiction is not always easy. It can be even more difficult when there are underlying mental health issues that may have caused or […]
Coping with Loneliness and Addiction Recovery
There is no doubt that even as big as the world is, sometimes it can feel very empty and lonely. If you are not coping with loneliness well, and you […]
Stress and Relapse Can Go Hand-in-Hand
You are stressed. Every day, you are facing incredible stress. If you are in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction, it is critical to manage your stress in the most […]
Signs of Stress and How to Deal with Them
Stress is a common component of life. It is a natural way for the body to react to surroundings that could be dangerous in some way. Yet, for some people, […]
The Influence of Alcohol on Anxiety
People who drink alcohol may be drinking for a lot of different reasons, and one of those reasons can be an effort to reduce the level of anxiety they feel […]
Benefits of Stress Management
There are a lot of ways to feel better about life, and one of those is through the use of stress management. At Serenity Light Recovery, we know that too much […]
What Is Trauma Informed Care?
When you’re facing an addiction issue, there’s often a reason behind it. Some people end up with addiction problems due to prescribed medications, for example. But in other cases, the […]
Signs of an Anxiety Attack
Anxiety is a healthy reaction people experience when they feel they are facing a threat. However, sometimes the reaction is out of proportion to the situation at hand. If you […]
Getting Help for Depression
It’s common for people to experience bouts of sadness at some point in life. However, depression is more than just feeling sad. It is an illness that should be treated […]
Dealing with Childhood Trauma
The things we witness or experience as a child often affect us as adults. Some people end up becoming more driven as a way of coping with their issues. Others […]
Animal Assisted Therapy And Service Dogs for Recovery
Here at Serenity Light, we make use of service dogs as part of our comprehensive approach to treating addiction. Service dogs can offer a wide variety of benefits to clients […]
Answers to Your Questions Regarding Depression and Anxiety
Depression and anxiety are mental health disorders that may occur separately or together. It is possible to have both at the same time. Depression is characterized by sad thoughts, feelings […]
Check Out These Eye-Opening Mental Illness Statistics
Millions of people living in the United States receive some form of mental diagnosis each year. It is essential to emphasize how widespread mental illness is among the population. The […]
