Insight Treatment Hour - EMDR Therapy – September 13, 2021 hometownstation.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hometownstation.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ROSCOE â The holidays can be a stressful time for some, especially coupled with countless disruptions to daily life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. But therapist Jamie Wagner hopes the strife caused in 2020 could lead to destigmatizing those who seek out mental health counseling in the future.
Wagner is a child and family therapist, registered play therapist and co-owner of HOPEâChild and Family Counseling Inc. in Roscoe. Wagner said she has seen an increase in those seeking counseling that ranges from marital discord or other family problems to an increase in anxiety among children related to the pandemic.
âItâs definitely a family thing,â Wagner said. âEven when parents are doing their best to protect their children from the happenings of this pandemic, children and teens are listening to and watching how their parents are responding to it and often take on the same response as they do. Emotions are shared in family systems, period. It is not easy t