October Monthly Tip from Your Wellness Connection

Did you know people may avoid counseling for the same reasons they avoid medical treatment? Their symptoms aren’t “that bad” or their problem “isn’t that big” compared to others.

However, counseling is widely overlooked. In fact, it can be the one thing that helps you work through the big and small things.

Here are two reasons counseling helps you gain perspective, learn faster, have less pain, sleep better, and experience less stress:

Talking to a counselor encourages the integration of feelings/thoughts in your brain, which creates better communication between your neural systems.

This process can generate new neurons in different areas of your brain. This means the brain adapts to your “change of thinking” during a session and slightly rewires itself to get better at processing information and events in your life. Scientists call this neuroplasticity - which is the gradual shaping of your brain to function more positively, clearly, and overall respond to situations more mentally well

    Check out these additional reasons people choose counseling:

• You feel misunderstood by most people.
• You are having trouble sustaining friendships and relationships.
• You always feel tired, no matter how much sleep you get.
• You find yourself impulsively buying things you don’t need.
• You feel life is harder for you than others.
• You struggle to say no to others.
• You find yourself more afraid of the world than others.
• You are unhappy at your job.
• You feel constantly stressed being a parent.
• You have experienced a major life change - a new job, moving houses, or other big changes that have shifted your lifestyle.
• You withdraw from things that used to bring you joy.

Meet our Counselors at YWC.