tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41437585266772872892012-02-16T19:15:51.567-08:00Goose Creek Coaching is a group practice that provides life coaching, career coaching, psychiatry and other services to clients across Northern Virginia.Goose Creek Coachinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00233555034436204443noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143758526677287289.post-72138043832629253952012-01-19T18:09:00.000-08:002012-01-19T18:09:52.692-08:00

By Jayson Blair Certified Life Coach   The Washington Post examines a report from the government called the National Survey on Drug Use and Health that says that we love in an America where mental illness is common and the demand for treatment is high.  Some of the most interesting data comes from mental health statistics and epidemiology that has been so eloquently written by S. Nasser Ghaemi

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By Valerie Tunks, Board Certified Coach Congratulations!  You made it through the holiday season.  Remember back in October when you had a strange mix of excitement and dread about all the work ahead of you preparing, shopping, wrapping, cooking, gifts and parties?  Well, now that there’s no elf on a shelf keeping the kids in line, the glitter and lights are boxed up and in the

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By Jayson Blair, Certified Life Coach It’s a jungle out there. And one of the hardest forests to untangle your way through is the differences between stress and anxiety, and the differences between the many anxiety disorders. It’s enough to make you anxious. But no worries, we’ve put together a little guide. Anxiety disorders have one of the longest differential diagnosis lists of

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By Jayson Blair, Certified Life Coach The importance of a good diagnosis has become even clearer as pharmaceutical companies have further refined their biological silver bullets for mental illness. Medicines like, for example, serotonin reuptake inhibitors can be targeted to treat depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and a variety of other illness. But they can have dramatically

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By Valerie Tunks, Board Certified Coach Happy New Year!  The beginning of 2012 brings the chance for a fresh start and visions of what we’d like to accomplish over the course of the year.  January is often when we declare this is the year we’ll lose weight, quit smoking, exercise more, save money, finally run that marathon…  Sound familiar?  How many times have you started

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By Jayson Blair With our practice being the Washington, D.C. area, we often get questions from people who hold or applying for sensitive government positions. They are often concerned about the impact of their treatment for mental health problems on their security clearances. Many fear seeking help will cause their clearance to be denied or revoked. Others worry that sensitive private

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By Valerie Tunks The Thanksgiving turkey hasn’t even been carved and Jingle Bells is already playing.  It seems each year the holidays creep up more quickly, making the holiday stress many of us feel start earlier as well. A 2008 holiday stress poll by the American Psychological Association showed that more than eight out of 10 Americans anticipate stress during the during the holiday season.

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By Valerie Tunks  If short days and cold weather have you feeling down, you’re not alone.  According to PsychCentral.com, the “winter blues” or clinically speaking, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), affects up to 5% of the population.  Feelings of fatigue, sadness, increased food cravings and irritability are common symptoms and may be a sign that you are suffering from winter depression.  If

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The deadline is fast approaching for our 8-week group for high school seniors and their families that focuses on the college application, admissions, financial aid and transition processes. Interested students, families and guidance counselors who want to referral students and families should contact us today at (703) 574-6271, Ext. 706 or valerie@gosecreekconsulting.com. The groups will be

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Goose Creek Consulting psychiatrist, Imran Akram, M.D., is offering in-service training for psychotherapists on bipolar and other affective disorders on Friday, September 23 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Goose Creek's office at 5675 Stone Road in Centreville, Virginia. Dr. Akram is a board-certified adult and general psychiatrist who has experience with bipolar and other affective disorders in adult

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 Valerie Tunks, NCC, a life coach at Goose Creek Coaching, will be leading a group of college seniors in a College Application Process and College Preparation group. The group will focus on preparing college applications, standardized testing, college admissions interviews, selecting a school and transition into college, including preparing to take responsibility for everything from nutrition to

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The Social Skills Group for young adult men, facilitated by Mindy Tash, is entering its tenth week. As several members of the group are head back to college, the group has been replenished by new members. The Social Skills Group has one remaining opening. The Social Skills Group helps young people develop social skills. The group is particularly helpful for people who are shy, who are living with

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