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Deaf Counseling: Stress & Self-Care

Deaf Counseling Center — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:02:01 +0000

Deaf Counseling: Stress & Self-Care

Transcript/Video Description: Title Slide (black with white text): Stress & Self-Care, Deaf Counseling Center, www.deafcounseling.com Sharon (Caucasian woman with black/grey hair, wearing glasses, standing in a kitchen in front of a cookie sheet with a measuring cup full of blue water and a glass one quarter filled with blue water): All of us have different types of stress in our lives. Work stress, family stress, financial stress, sickness stress and so on.

We all deal with variable amounts of stress. Imagine this is your life in the glass (picks up glass one quarter filled with blue water with left hand). The blue represents a relatively low level of stress that is pretty manageable (puts glass down). Now over here is a container full of different stressors that can show up in your life (points to full measuring cup). Let’s add them to your life (pours water into glass, filling it to the rim). Now your stress level is almost maxed out. Then one day something happens – it could be something minor or it could be a major incident (adds more water to the glass until it overflows) – It’s overwhelming and so stressful that you can’t handle it anymore. So how are we supposed to manage stress? Self-care!

This can be done through exercising, eating right, sleeping right, socializing… and even talking privately with a counselor. All of these help to reduce stress. Using self-care to manage stress looks like this (pours water from glass back into measuring cup until glass is less than half full, then puts glass down): Now with a reduced level of stress, you are able to breathe easier and manage any stress that shows up in your life.

Therapy, the Deaf Way – National Campaign

Deaf Counseling Center — Tue, 01 May 2018 16:57:52 +0000

May 1st marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Month – and the kick-off for Deaf Counseling Center’s month-long national campaign to bring attention to the mental health needs of our Deaf community. It is essential for Deaf people to have access to therapy. Join us – and you’ll have a chance to win a brand new 9.7 inch iPad in silver, space gray or gold!

Participating in the Campaign

Who: Anyone who is Deaf or an ally of the Deaf community, who lives in the US

Why: Because Deaf people deserve quality mental health care and access to therapy

When: Now until the drawing on May 31st

What to do:

1. Go to www.facebook.com/deafcounseling to download and print Deaf Counseling Center’s “I Support” sign.

*If you don’t have a printer, you can write your own sign. Copy everything: “Deaf Counseling Center. I SUPPORT #TherapyTheDeafWay, #AccessToDeafCounselors and #DeafCounseling“.

2. Take a close-up picture of yourself holding the sign.

3. Post your photo on Facebook or Instagram and add the following 3 hashtags: #TherapyTheDeafWay, #AccessToDeafCounselors and #DeafCounseling. Tag Deaf Counseling Center

4. Follow us on Instagram (www.instagram.com/deafcounseling) and like us (Deaf Counseling Center)on Facebook. Make sure your settings are public so we can find you for the drawing. Boost your chances of winning by posting on BOTH Facebook and Instagram!

We will share your pictures in our Deaf Counseling Center album: Therapy, The Deaf Way – National Campaign.

The sign can be found in the comment box below, in a separate post, and in Deaf Counseling Center’s Therapy, The Deaf Way – National Campaign photo album.

Transcript for the video:

Sharon Duchesneau: It’s May Mental Health Awareness Month. Here at Deaf Counseling Center, we want to make the most of it. It’s not news that hearing people don’t understand Deaf people’s needs when it comes to counseling. Insurance companies, doctors and government programs are not aware of the barriers Deaf people face when trying to find counseling. For instance, insurance companies will often refer a Deaf person to a hearing counselor whom they think can sign. Upon meeting the counselor, however, it’s clear that ASL fluency is not there. Other times, Deaf people are referred to counselors who provide interpreters. It’s not very comfortable going through a third-party to talk to a counselor though. This is our opportunity to educate hearing people about the unfair barriers we face. We want all of you to get involved with this awareness campaign. You will even have the opportunity to win a brand-new iPad that comes with an Apple pencil and a really good camera that you can use for counseling sessions or anything else. If you win, but don’t need an iPad, you can give it someone who would benefit from it. So, what do you need to do? Download and print the picture that says “Deaf Counseling Center, I SUPPORT, etc.” If you don’t have a printer, you can write out the sign using the exact same words. Take a close-up picture of yourself holding the sign. Post it on Facebook or Instagram with these three hashtags: #TherapyTheDeafWay, #AccessToDeafCounselors, #DeafCounseling. Tag @DeafCounseling, follow us on Instagram @DeafCounseling, and like us on Facebook. Make sure your setting are public, otherwise, we won’t be able to find you if they are private. This campaign will last for a month. Get your friends and family to join so we can make noise on social media and educate everyone. At the end of the month, we will pick a winner. Looking forward to it!

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Anxiety tool: Breathing to Animation

Deaf Counseling Center — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:53:21 +0000

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