Jessica Vlossak, LPC

December 21, 2022

Anxiety, College, Health, Lifestyle, Stress, Self Esteem

Coping With The End of Semester Woes

Jessica Vlossak, LPC

December 21, 2022

Anxiety, College, Health, Lifestyle, Stress, Self Esteem

If you are searching for this, you may be feeling the pressure and stress from rapidly approaching deadlines and final exams. Perhaps the rest of the semester went without issue. Maybe you were living carefree, completing assignments whenever you could and sometimes skipping a class just to have a ‘me’ day. Perhaps you attended meticulously, taking very precise notes and studying very hard. Regardless of your college experience, final exams can be a very vulnerable and tense time for many students. If you are feeling the effects of that with late night study sessions, skipping meals and sacrificing sleep to catch up on assignments and material you might have skimped over before, here are some things that can help you with that.

Daniel Mongak, LMFT

November 27, 2022

Anxiety, Children, College, Events, Lifestyle, Stress

Building Insight: Open Ended Questions

Daniel Mongak, LMFT

November 27, 2022

Anxiety, Children, College, Events, Lifestyle, Stress

While building insight about any particular idea or choice, our minds tend to have little conversations or monologues weighing all the different aspects and facts around the situation. Sometimes we look to our trusted supports in our life to help in this process and offer an outsider’s perspective. As a therapist, insight-building is often a part of the therapeutic process. Sometimes it is a clear objective and other times it is a byproduct of the therapeutic process itself. Regardless, insight refers to our ability to use our wisdom to build a complete understanding of an idea or situation. This is very important when related to making a choice or building motivation for change.

Daniel Mongak, LMFT

November 27, 2022

Anxiety, Children, College, Events, Lifestyle, Stress

How To Increase Your GPA Without Studying: The impact of mental health on academic success.

Daniel Mongak, LMFT

November 27, 2022

Anxiety, Children, College, Events, Lifestyle, Stress

How To Increase Your GPA Without Studying: The impact of mental health on academic success.

For some reason, it has been a long road for both public and private academic institutions to take this link between mental health and academic functioning seriously. We are seeing more and more robust and dedicated mental health services and systems in our educational programs, however time spent with many families has shown me that the direct link between mental health struggles and academic struggles is hardly common knowledge.

Jessica Vlossak, LPC

November 27, 2022

College, Children, Events, Lifestyle, Teens

I’m a college student struggling with stress and anxiety. What can I do?

Jessica Vlossak, LPC

November 27, 2022

College, Children, Events, Lifestyle, Teens

I’m a college student struggling with stress and anxiety. What can I do?

This may be your first year, this may be your third, regardless, it is very common for people in college to experience stress and anxiety. Is this the first time you are living away from home, or far away from home? Do you feel isolated, overwhelmed from all of your deadlines, and pulling late nights? Many factors can impact how you function and feel each day and college is an environment that presents a lot of different factors to make you feel that way. Transitioning from high school to college is difficult as is. The culture is different, the schedules are different, and it can be easier to let things pile up and prioritize other things, like friends, parties, or work.