Welcome to our blog. Avedian Counseling Center strives to provide valuable insights and practical advice to help you navigate the complex world of emotional well-being. Whether you’re seeking guidance on managing stress, overcoming depression, or building resilience, our articles are designed to offer expert tips and therapeutic strategies. We aim to support your journey toward a healthier mind and happier life.
Anxiety is considered to be the most common mental health issue, with around 31% of adults in the US experiencing symptoms. Despite this, many still have difficulty regulating their anxiety when they feel it activating. Here are some tips that can help to calm anxiety, or even lessen the chances of activating symptoms.
Unlocking Confidence: Three Powerful Strategies for Overcoming Social Anxiety Would you like to overcome your social anxiety? As the holiday season approaches, do you find yourself dreading the prospect of family gatherings and the questions that come with them? Perhaps you’ve been avoiding phone calls and social events, but the idea of being alone looms large. Like many forms of anxiety, avoiding situations to evade anxiety only serves to intensify the apprehension. If you’re in Sherman Oaks and struggling with
Transformative Individual Counseling for Mental Health Individual psychotherapy, a cornerstone of mental health treatment, serves as a vessel for understanding and change. It is a deeply personal journey where clients work one-on-one with a therapist to explore their feelings, beliefs, cognitions, and behaviors. Commonly, individual counseling is sought after during times of crisis or when individuals face chronic mental health issues, including depression, and anxiety. However, its uses extend far beyond these conditions, assisting people in dealing with stress, relationship
From 10 Seconds to 10 Minutes: Quick Stress-Reduction Techniques for Any Schedule In today’s fast-paced world, stress and anxiety are common challenges that many people face. While traditional mindfulness techniques have been around for centuries, modern technology has provided us with new ways to practice mindfulness. In this article, we will explore two popular mindfulness apps—Headspace and Calm—as well as a breathing technique known as the Physiological Sigh, popularized by Dr. Andrew Huberman. The best part? These solutions can be
Pain: Acute and Chronic By: Silva Depanian, LMFT The experience of physical pain is a simple truth of the human condition. Whether you have suffered the sting of a papercut, the break of a bone, or a more long-lasting injury or medical condition, pain is familiar to you. But what is pain? There are two main types of pain: neuropathic and nociceptive. Neuropathic pain comes from damage to tissue, nerves, or parts of the nervous system. In addition to causing
How to Locate Happiness By: Destiny Johnson May is Mental Health Awareness Month. During this month reflecting on our mental health and working on our personal growth and happiness is important. Finding one’s happiness can feel like a difficult journey that requires a lot of hard work. I would like to reframe that thinking, and reflection is less about the level of difficulty and more about the intentionality, conscious effort and reaping the reward of having self-reflection. The willingness to
The Gift of Authenticity – Destiny Many people have heard, ” Stay true to yourself ” or ” Just be yourself “. Both are meaningful statements, truly. However, these simple sayings are not easy to act upon. Inherently, we know we can only be ourselves, right, but the world we live in, the media we listen and watch, and even people we know ask us to shape shift and morph into whatever is the most convenient and easier for them
by Emma Ekum, LMFT Poor sleep is connected to several health risks, as mentioned in our previous blog post, Get Better Sleep. Here are some habits you can practice to help yourself get proper sleep and optimize your physical and mental health. Changing even a few of these habits can enhance your quality of sleep, and improve your physical and mental health. For further assistance, the Avedian Counseling Center would be happy to help. Authored by Emma Ekum, LMFT Emma
The Importance of Proper Sleep by Emma Ekum, LMFT Have you ever allowed yourself “just one more episode” of a show you are watching, only to find yourself going to bed at that later time the next several nights? It’s easy to slip into bad sleeping habits. Here is some motivation to think twice before getting yourself off track. Proper sleep helps keep our bodies healthy and optimal. Poor quality of sleep, or not enough sleep, can impact us on
Make the Season Bright There are several sayings used to define this part of the year. Some include, “it’s the most wonderful time of the year”, or “tis the season to be jolly”, etc. However, for many this joyous time can be a difficult time. This season can be extremely triggering for some individuals, bringing up emotions, memories, or anxieties causing the holiday to not feel so cheerful and bright. Feeling of loneliness, abandonment, and even depression can creep in,
By Emma Ekum “Self-Care Gift Guide 2022” *Almost* as Good as Therapy Gift Guide 2022: Treat Yourself or Someone You Love Avedian Counseling Center can’t stress enough how important practicing self-care can be for your mental health. Self-care is more than just making time for yourself– it is allowing yourself to be present, indulge in some feel-good things, whatever it takes to recharge your internal battery. Though “feel-good things” is subjective, we have compiled a list of of ideas that
Mentally Preparing for Socializing During the Holidays This is the year after COVID where holiday gatherings are back in full swing! If that statement caused some anxious feelings or dread, this blog post is for you. When we had a few quieter years, we may have grown to appreciate the more intimate holiday seasons where there is more grace given for not attending engagements, and you are allowed to slow down and be present. Your internal energy battery and your
