If stress is not bad enough, it is also connected to weight gain because of the chemicals the body produces in the Flight or Fight Response. Cortisol primarily is a leading culprit in weight gain. If someone is constantly stressed, this hormone helps the body increase sugar and slows your metabolism. In addition stress is indicative to unhealthy habits. Stressed individuals rarely work out or walk in the open sun but instead eat unhealthy and lay in bed worrying. These things prevent the regular day to day activities that help burn fat.
If Stress was not bad enough, it also leads a myriad of health issues, including high blood pressure, heart issues and weight gain. Please also review AIHCP’s Stress Management Consultant Program
Please also review AIHCP’s Stress Management Consulting Program. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification as a Stress Management Consultant
Sometimes individuals may not be aware they are suffering from depression. The fog and fatigue do not compute internally that they are depressed. This is because most associate depression with cause and effect. If nothing bad has happened, how can I be depressed? The reality is depression is sometimes chemical and one can become stricken with it without a cause. Individuals can help others better face hidden depression by being aware of the behaviors displayed.
Depression some times can be hidden from those who care most. Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification
Individuals for multiple reasons also look to hide their depression. Introverts especially do not like to share emotions and will try to hide symptoms.
To learn more or to become certified in Grief Counseling, then please review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification Program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification as a Grief Counselor
Anyone can reflect on the death of a loved one and if focused can feel the panic and dread. Immediately wishing to remove it from one’s mind, one turns attention way to more pleasant thoughts, but the reality is, many families have loved ones diagnosed with cancer or dementia and other life altering illnesses. These individuals live with the knowledge their family member will die probably, unless a miracle, die soon.
Families can have a difficult time with dying process of a loved one. Please also review AIHCP’s Pastoral Thanatology Program
This type of mental torture leads to grieving the death prior in many cases. It can be anticipatory in nature. When death does come, it may affect the initial reaction to the death. One may feel relieved, or one may feel guilty, or one continue to grieve. Pastoral Care givers need to help the grieving family almost as much as the person dying.
The article, “Understanding Grief for Still-Living Family Members” from Technology Networks based off Singers research found in J. Health Pyschol looks deeper at this concept of pre grief of family. The article reveals research from Singer that discussed the reaction of families dealing with long term illness of family members. The article states,
“The symptoms of grief people feel for a loved one facing a life-limiting illness fluctuate over time, a new study found – suggesting that individuals can adjust to their emotional pain, but also revealing factors that can make pre-loss grief more severe. Researchers examined changes in the severity of pre-loss grief symptoms in people whose family members had either advanced cancer or dementia.”
Please also review AIHCP’s Pastoral Thanatology Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Pastoral Thanatology
Awareness or consciousness is a feature singular to humanity on Earth. Only humanity can reflect on being itself. Comprehension of why one does something and understanding it as well as understanding of not being conscious. In Meditation, consciousness and awareness are key in deep and good inner silence. Being conscious of basic breathing functions and regulating them are all essential.
Consciousness is a human trait that allows self reflection. This is key in meditation. Please also review AIHCP’s Meditation Instructor Program
The article, “How The Meditation Technique, ‘Wheel Of Awareness,’ Can Improve Your Well-Being” by Nancy Clark looks in more detail how consciousness in meditation plays into one’s overall health. She states,
“How are the mind, brain and consciousness connected? The brain is an organ in the head, but there is more to it than that. According to Siegel, mind is your “subjective experience of life.” This is unique to each person. It’s how you receive and process information. Consciousness is the awareness of being aware. It is becoming the observer to your thoughts and experience, as well as the experiencer.”
Please also review AIHCP’s Meditation Instructor Certification Program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification as a Meditation Instructor Program
Addiction afflicts millions of Americans. Addiction can be substance or habit but it ultimately leads to a behavior that no longer leaves the person in control but in need of in order to properly function. Addiction affects any age and any gender without bias. Women however are affected by addiction in different ways. It is important to understand gender differences in addiction in Substance Abuse Counseling.
Women are affected by addiction and experience and react to it differently then men. Please also review AIHCP’s Substance Abuse Counseling Certification
The article, “Why Women Experience Addiction Differently” by Devon Frye looks at how addiction affects women differently and why. She states,
“Research and anecdotal evidence have identified at least three paths to addiction that may be more prevalent among women than men. The first and most troubling involves past or ongoing trauma. In the treatment center where I work, we find that around 75 percent of our women patients have had at least one traumatic event in the past that may be contributing to their addiction. Among men, both at our center and nationally, the incidence of trauma is also high, but it looks to be more like 50 percent.”
Please also review AIHCP’s Substance Abuse Counseling Program and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Substance Abuse Counseling.
Family members who are slowly passing away is a common heart ache in families. The slow process of the dying can lead to multiple emotions. Anger, regret, hope, despair all mix with fearful anticipation of death but also a merciful end to the pain. These conflicting emotions can put caregivers and other family members in difficult emotional states. Counselors and pastoral caregivers can help these individuals, as well as the dying through this difficult process.
Caring for the dying is an emotionally difficult thing for living family. Please also review AIHCP’s Pastoral Thanatology program
It is important though to understand the nature of the death, the process of dying and the emotional toll it takes on all parties. Pastoral Thanatology is the type of counseling that many become certified in to help others learn to better accept and deal with the process of dying.
The article, “Understanding Grief for Still-Living Family Members” from Ohio State University looks at some aspects regarding death and the living. The article states,
“The symptoms of grief people feel for a loved one facing a life-limiting illness fluctuate over time, a new study found – suggesting that individuals can adjust to their emotional pain, but also revealing factors that can make pre-loss grief more severe. Researchers examined changes in the severity of pre-loss grief symptoms in people whose family members had either advanced cancer or dementia.”
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Please also review AIHCP’s Pastoral Thanatology program. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Pastoral Thanatology
EFT or the Emotional Freedom Technique helps individuals calm their nerves and remove negative energy due to trauma. It can help with numerous things as phobias as well. Coincidentally it can utilized as way to help calm the ADHD mind.
EFT can employed in helping individuals with ADHD. Please also review AIHCP’s EFT Certification program
The article, “What is EFT Tapping, and Can It Calm the ADHD Brain?” by KATE MORYOUSSEF looks how EFT can help one with ADHD. She states,
“EFT tapping is a technique that aims to decrease stress and negative emotions. Considered an alternative therapy, it is increasing in popularity and has been used to treat a variety of mental health issues. As a wellbeing coach with ADHD serving other women with ADHD, I use tapping extensively in my work and personal life to address the symptoms of ADHD. Here’s how.”
EFT is a innovative non evasive new therapy that is receiving high reviews. The science supports it and many are utilizing it for numerous issues, including ADHD.
Please also review AIHCP’s EFT Certification and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. Also, please review AIHCPs, ADHD Consulting Program. Both programs are online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification.
Discernment is an important process in every Christian’s life. This is the case not only in calls to vocation but also decisions that affect daily life. Understanding good and evil and properly diagnosing proper choices in life help the Christian navigate the troubled waters of temporal existence.
Discernment requires prayer, patience , moral fortitude and wisdom. It involves accepting the will of God and offering your decision to God for blessing. Please also review AIHCP’s Christian Counseling Certification
Vocation is more than just one’s eventual role in life but also one’s daily duty and position everyday in life. It is important to continually strive to fulfill one’s daily duty and help others find their role. Discernment and guidance are key in these choices. Proper discernment is based in prayer and imitation of Christ in fulfilling God’s will. However, even with prayer, we can sometimes doubt. Learning how to discern and dissect moral decisions can be more difficult than it appears. Sometimes it takes time to finally find God’s will and answer to you.
The article, “WHAT IS IGNATIAN DISCERNMENT?” by Rev. Doug Leonhardt, S.J. looks at how St Ignatius Loyola utilized prayer, meditation and logical thinking based in philosophy and morality to come to discernment conclusions. The article states,
“Pondering and noticing interior movements of attraction and heaviness are at the heart of Ignatian discernment. Discernment involves prayer and weighing facts and feelings about the several good choices which ultimately leads to a choice about what is the best fit for an individual. In the traditional language of Christianity, good Christians try to find the will of God for their lives. They look for signs but often when no clear signs are given, they make a decision and then ask God to bless it. ”
Discernment in choice, path, endeavor and even regarding spirits and people are important parts in Christian spirituality. It is important to learn how to form a strong Christian moral compass that helps guide one’s conscience. Through wisdom granted by the Holy Spirit and an offering of all one does to God, one can be more confident that the right choice or feeling will eventually emerge.
Please also review AIHCP’s Christian Counseling Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Christian Counseling.
John Bowlby was a revolutionary pioneer in the study of grief. His observations and experiments on infant dependency and bonds with the parent were important studies for his Attachment Theory. In essence, the greater the attachment and stronger the bond, the greater the loss and readjustment.
Bowbly studied the impact of bonds shared between babies and caregivers. Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification
In particular, his four step process of the grief process was important in understanding loss. Shock, yearning, despair and disorganization and finally re-organization and recovery were the four primary steps that he observed individuals progress through during a loss.
In the article, “What is Attachment Theory? Bowlby’s 4 Stages Explained” by Courtney Akerman, MA, Bowlby’s four step process is looked at in greater detail. The article states,
“The psychological theory of attachment was first described by John Bowlby, a psychoanalyst who researched the effects of separation between infants and their parents (Fraley, 2010). Bowlby hypothesized that the extreme behaviors infants engage in to avoid separation from a parent or when reconnecting with a physically separated parent—like crying, screaming, and clinging—were evolutionary mechanisms”
In understanding grief, it is important that grief counselors are very familiar with Bowlby’s work and how attachment plays a key role in the loss process. Please also review AIHCP’s Grief Counseling Certification and see if it matches your academic and professional goals. The program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals seeking a four year certification in Grief Counseling
EFT is an excellent way to alternatively treat a variety of mental maladies, phobias and negative energy. It simulates the ideals of energy flow found in chakras but approaches it scientifically in regards to the movement of energy throughout the body by stimulating acupuncture points but through tapping with one’s hand on particular spots. It is also a new tool that is very useful in stress reduction and helping individuals with anxiety. A tapping session which one can do oneself can help alleviate stress.
EFT can help reduce stress. To learn more about EFT, please review AIHCP’s EFT Certification Program
The article, “EFT Tapping Can Reduce Stress in Minutes — Here’s How to Do It:” by Jessica Estrada takes a closer look at this alternative self care therapy. She states,
“EFT tapping (or emotional freedom technique) is a healing modality that involves — you guessed it — tapping on different acupressure points on the body while saying statements out loud that relate to whatever issue you’re dealing with, such as stress, anxiety, or any other physical or emotional pain. Gala Darling, an author and speaker who teaches tapping inside her courses and memberships, describes the technique as acupuncture minus the needles mixed with positive psychology. The beauty of the technique, besides its simplicity, is that once you learn the pattern, you can practice it on your own anytime you need it.”
EFT while novel bases itself on age old ideals with new scientific understanding of how the body works in removing negative energy and trauma.
Those interested in learning how to utilize it or those who wish to help others utilize it can learn more about becoming certified in EFT. AIHCP offers a four year certification for qualified professionals in EFT. The EFT Certification Program is online and independent study and open to qualified professionals. Again, one can merely take the initial course just to learn how to use it for oneself, or if qualified, pursue the entire program to become certified and help others.
