With Your Heart
In Mind:
Emotional Support, Guidance and Consultation
Stress-Coping Profile:
Reducing stress or managing it better is an important
factor in recovering from illness or preventing the onset of illness.
While people experience stress in their lives, what is experienced
as stressful and how they choose to cope varies from person to person.
Temperament, personal goals and strivings, and past experiences all
influence what will be experienced as stressful and how people will
deal with that stress. The Stress-Coping Profile provides a personalized
summary of people's coping styles and will include specific
recommendations for how to reduce stress, better cope, and improve
a sense of well being.
Psychological Wellness Consultation:
Emotional risk factors such as depression or anxiety
can create a significant challenge in a person's ability to
enjoy life and can negatively impact how one recovers from a variety
of physical illnesses including cardiovascular disease.
Individuals who have had to alter their lives due to cardiovascular disease are often challenged in reorganizing their lives and redefining who they are. The experience of having a life threatening disease can create fears and anxiety about one's well being as well uncertainty about how a person defines him- or herself. The life changes that are recommended to recover and maintain good health may seem overwhelming. The purpose of this consultation will be to assess the presence of depression, anxiety, or other emotional risk factors. Recommendations will be made to help reduce these risk factors. Also recommendations will be made suggesting ways to best make needed modifications in one's life.
My Challenges to Weight Loss—Summary:
Losing and maintaining weight is not an easy challenge
for many women. However, maintaining a healthy weight is often crucial
in maintaining a healthy heart. There are many effective weight loss
diet and exercise programs available. However, an individual's ability
to fully benefit from these programs is often challenged by time constraints,
limited social support, discomfort with putting one's own needs first,
and unrecognized emotional factors. The purpose of this assessment
is to provide an evaluation and recommendations for maintaining a
healthy weight based on a woman's individual needs.
Women's Support Group:
This ongoing support group meets weekly and allows
women the opportunity to connect with other women and gain support
in recovering from illness and maintaining health, as well as dealing
with the challenges of maintaining self-care while meeting the needs
of family, friends, and other obligations. This group is open, and
fairly non-structured allowing for flexibility in addressing the variety
of issues confronting women.
Lunch Lecture Series:
These lectures will be offered once per week during
lunch and will include a different topic every week. The sessions
will be 1 ½ hours and will include topics such as Time Management,
Assertive Communication Strategies, Stress Management, Dealing With
Anger in Ourselves and Others, and Marital Enrichment Strategies.
Workshops
Mini Marital Retreat:
This is a five-hour retreat offered to couples
on prearranged Friday evenings and/or Saturday mornings. Through lecture
and some focused activities, a variety of topics will be covered,
including: What Makes a Marriage Successful? What Do You Bring to
Your Marriage? How Do You Fix Problems and Maintain a Successful Marriage?
Stress Management:
This is a two-hour workshop that focuses on increasing
your understanding of your stress trigger points and learning more
effective means of coping with stress.
Standing Up to The Challenges of Parenting:
This is a seven session class that will help you:
Understand your children better, Find new ways of connecting with
your child; Learn to deal more effectively with misbehavior; Incorporate
new ways of establishing a climate of mutual respect; and Encourage
your child's sense of responsibility.
A Peaceful Heart:
This is a two-hour workshop that will address
the issue of anger, and its impact on your health and relationships.
Participants will learn about the potential purposes of anger, how
anger impacts health, and learn assertive methods of dealing with
anger.
For more information or to set up an appointment, please call 630.851.6440.
Psychological Wellness Services at Women's Heart Center
Dr. Laurie Sackett-Maniacci
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
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