Halligan Creative Arts partners with ConcernCenter to provide patients with intuitive access to outside support services.
September 5, 2023. Rochester, New York Halligan Creative Arts, a growing art therapy practice in upstate New York, has finalized a multi-year agreement with ConcernCenter to provide the practice's patients with streamlined access to the support resources they need. With therapy practices seeing an increase in clients and families needing support and resources outside of regular therapy sessions, many are seeking new tools to help patients access additional help. Halligan selected ConcernCenter to provide patients with intuitive, user-friendly access to local and national support resources. According to [...]
How to Fix the Problem Before the Problem – Helping Your Organization Help Others
This is what life looks like before someone seeks help. A teenage boy feels devastated by his parent’s divorce, but is trying to stay strong for his mom. A man in his early thirties lacks social connection so he throws himself into his work. A young mom gives birth to her first child, but doesn’t feel love and happiness, instead she feels resentment and depression. A college student is afraid to tell her parents that she’s gay so she lives two separate lives and [...]
How Organizations are using ConcernCenter to Connect Users to Mental Health Services
The topic of declining mental health, especially in teens and young adults, has earned national attention as of late. Between the loss, fear, isolation, and hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighted racial disparities, the fear of mass violence, and a national hotline established for mental health emergencies, families across the United States have undoubtedly felt an increase in anxiety, stress, and depression. Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that drug overdose deaths reached record levels in 2021 and [...]
National Grief Awareness Day – Virtual Hug
Thank you for being here. I’m so sorry you’re hurting. I’m so sorry that you’ve ever had to experience the loss of something or someone who was once really important to you. I know sometimes it may feel like it, but I promise you are not alone. You are not alone if you cry at night. Even many years later. You are not alone if a memory fills your body with emotions you didn’t know were still there. You are not alone if you’re worried [...]
7 Practical Strategies for Reducing your Stress
You’re stressed. I get it. Me too. And that means you want to scroll down to the 7 Practical Strategies for Reducing your Stress instead of reading all of the “blah, blah, blah” that comes before the part you really care about. But thankfully, I’m not a fan of the “blah, blah” either, so I’ll save you some scroll time. Here's the gist: Stress sucks. These strategies work for me. I hope they work for you too. Block your schedule. Like, right now. Go into [...]
A Note to You During National Suicide Prevention Week
I was 24 years old, in a Master’s of Mental Health Counseling program, and facilitating one of my first group sessions. It was an interpersonal relationship process group- you know- one of the groups used to train newbie therapists how to be in the here-and-now and learn about their quirks through interactions with others in the group? Pretty low key. At least most of the time. I loved group facilitation and especially relished in the moments when I would say something (I thought was) profound; earning myself the respect and admiration of those who were participants. I felt admired by my colleagues, supported by my professors, and would do anything I could to continue the persona of master therapist; wise beyond my years.