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Asking for help from a trained professional, whether it be a dentist, car mechanic, florist, doctor or other service oriented individual should be as natural as asking someone where the restrooms are in a public building.  Do you need help?  Counselors are available and trained to serve you!

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ScottCounseling.com was created to serve you and provide solutions for your everyday problems.  ScottCounseling has trained, licensed, professional counselors available to assist you with options that will successfully bring about a solution for your counseling need.  ScottCounseling has help hundreds of individuals with questions about:

Children and Teens  Anxiety  Marriage  Depression  ADD/ADHD  Academic and Schools

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Child athletes often require better eating habits. Just as your athletic child needs to practice his or her sport on a regular basis, he or she also needs to practice good eating habits. Because your athletic child’s body is being physically challenged at a rate above that of a normal child, parents are wise to become as knowledgeable to help meet the nutritional needs required to keep the athlete healthy.

The old adage that claims, “The family that eat together, stays together,” is even more important now. Family meals are not only a time to make sure your young athlete is eating the “right foods,” but it’s an important time for communication, bounding, sharing and feeling a part of… Continue Reading

Parents searching for fun learning activities for their children to participate in while school is out for the summer (or the weekends) will find this article to be helpful. Get the whole family involved! Have your child invite his or her friends over to participate in some real “fun learning” activities. Call a neighbor friend and invite the friend and children over and team together to make the activity even more fun!

Fun Learning

Visit the museum.

Most locations have a museum or other low-admission attraction that would make a nice day-trip. Not only is it something you don’t do every day, but it’s fun and educational, too.
Community Service

The local retirement home and hospital often like when children… Continue Reading

Over the past few years, the ripple of widely publicized school shootings has demonstrated that the nation’s epidemic of youth violence has broadened in terms of age, geography and sex, to encompass all populations. The attention drawn by the media to these recent tragedies has thankfully also drawn attention to issues regarding the early identification of risk factors for violence and strategies for violence prevention.

We have now come to recognize that acts of bullying and revenge are associated with many of these violent incidents. Previously, issues related to bullying have not been a prominent part of the violence prevention agenda.

Bullying Causes Emotional Damage

The experience of being bullied can end up causing lasting damage to victims. This is both… Continue Reading

Depression during pregnancy or after the birth of a child affects less than 1% of the population. If this population includes you, this affliction may seem hopeless and life changing. Like other forms of depression, there is a cure. Women suffering from depression before (perinatal) after a pregnancy (postpartum), should seek help from their medical doctor with optimism that this disease can be cured.

Some women may be hesitant to tell someone about their symptoms because they may feel embarrassed, ashamed or even guilty about feeling depressed during a time when most parents are joyous. You may worry that you will be viewed as an unfit, or unloving parent… Continue Reading

Don’t Be Afraid To Ask For Help

A Counselor Can Help

There are many myths about what Counseling. Most of them come from some outdated ideas about psychology and psychotherapy. Unfortunately, images of old men in beards, clients on couches and patients in asylums still define what counseling is for many individuals who might benefit from what counseling offers today. So, What is counseling?
Counseling is a unique relationship in which the Counselor helps someone identify a problem and work together to discover strategies or utilize techniques to problem-solve. One counselor stated that his job is to hold up a mirror for the client to see himself or herself in. “We all have experiences in which we can’t see things about ourselves… Continue Reading