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Anger Management is a natural human emotion and is nature's way of empowering us to "ward off" our perception of an attack or threat to our well being. The problem is not anger, the problem is the mismanagement of anger. Mismanaged anger and rage is the major cause of conflict in our personal and professional relationships.
  • Controlling anger before it controls you





    Depression is an illness that affects both men and women. But people working in mental health services see far fewer men with depression than women with depression. It seems likely that men suffer from depression just as often as women, but that they are less likely to ask for help. Depression is easily treatable and best treated as early as possible. Men need to know what it is and how to get effective help. Depression sometimes manifests itself differently in men and women.


    Bipolar Disorder, also known as manic depression, is a mood disorder characterized by extreme shifts in mood, from depressive lows to manic highs. Bipolar requires only the presence of a single manic episode, though just about all people with bipolar I experience major depressive episodes, as well. The DSM describes an episode of mania as "a distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood, lasting at least one week.

    Grief is a normal and natural, though often deeply painful, response to loss. The death of a loved one is the most common way we think of loss, but many other significant changes in one's life can involve loss and therefore grief. Everyone experiences loss and grief at some time. The more significant the loss, the more intense the grief is likely to be. Each individual experiences and expresses grief differently. For example, one person may withdraw and feel helpless, while another might be angry and want to take some action. No matter what the reaction, the grieving person needs the support of others. A helper needs to anticipate the possibility of a wide range of emotions and behaviors, accept the grieving person's reactions, and respond accordingly. Therefore, it is often useful for the person in grief and for the helper to have information about the grieving process.


    Stress is simply a fact of nature -- forces from the outside world affecting the individual. The individual responds to stress in ways that affect the individual as well as their environment. Hence, all living creatures are in a constant interchange with their surroundings (the ecosystem), both physically and behaviorally. This interplay of forces, or energy, is of course present in the relationships between all matter in the universe, whether it is living (animate) or not living (inanimate). There are many ways to reduce stress:

    Self-Esteem includes a person's subjective appraisal of himself or herself as intrinsically positive or negative to some degree.It involves both self-relevant beliefs and associated self-relevant emotions. It also finds expression in behavior. In addition, one can construe self-esteem as an enduring personality characteristic or as a temporary psychological condition. Self-esteem can apply specifically to a particular dimension or have global extent.

    Self-injury is any intentional injury to one's own body. This disorder also is called self-harm or self-mutilation. Usually, self-injury leaves marks or causes tissue damage. Self-injury can involve any of the following behaviors:Cutting, Burning, Picking at skin or re-opening wounds, Hair-pulling, Head-banging, Hitting, and Bone-breaking. Most who engage in self-injury act alone rather than in groups. They also attempt to hide their behavior.

    Internet Addiction is an impulse control disorder which does not involve use of an intoxicating drug and is very similar to pathological gambling. Some signs of Internet addiction are as follows: Preoccupation with the Internet, use of the Internet in increasing amounts of time in order to achieve satisfaction, repeated, unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back, or stop Internet use, feelings of restlessness, moodiness, depression or irritability when attempting to cut down use of the Internet, on-line longer than originally intended, jeopardized or risked loss of significant relationships, job, educational or career opportunities because of Internet use, lies to family members, therapist, or others to conceal the extent of involvement with the Internet, and the use of the Internet as a way to escape from problems or to relieve a dysphoric mood.

    Compulsive gambling, commonly referred to as compulsive gambling, is a progressive behavior disorder in which a person has a psychological uncontrollable preoccupation and urge to gamble. This results in excessive gambling, the outcome of which is the loss of time and money. The gambling reaches the point where it compromises, disrupts and destroys the gambler's personal life, family relationships or vocational pursuits. These problems lead to the intensification of the gambling behavior. Very often compulsive gambling is referred to as the "hidden illness" because there are no physical or visual symptoms. There is no "telltale" smell on the breath, no stumbling when walking or slurring of speech. Yet, the effects of compulsive gambling can be as devastating as alcohol and drug addiction and can result in both financial and personal destruction.

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    Local Resources: Longwood's Counseling Center
    Crossroads Mental Health Center


    The Counseling Center is moving to the new Health and Fitness Center in the fall of 2007.