September is National Suicide Prevention Month

All month, mental health advocates, prevention organizations, survivors, allies, and community members unite to promote suicide prevention awareness. World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10. It’s a time to remember those affected by suicide, to raise awareness, and to focus efforts on directing treatment to those who need it most. Ask: Research shows people who…

IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN EMOTIONAL CRISIS

Call the Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. Warning signs to watch for: Talking about wanting to die. Talking about feeling hopeless or having no reason to live. Talking about feeling trapped or in unbearable pain. Talking about being a burden to others. Increasing use of alcohol or drugs. Acting anxious, agitated or recklessly. Sleeping…

Welcome to Jefferson Street Counseling & Consulting

Jefferson Street Counseling & Consulting is an innovative team of experienced mental health professionals. An outpatient facility with a focus on health and wellness, we provide short and long-term therapy for individuals, couples, and families. While mainstream in our therapeutic interventions, we pride ourselves on our responsive, ethical, and clear professional relationships with our clients.…

5 Science-Backed Health Benefits of Hypnosis

It sounds like the work of sorcerers and scam artists, but hypnosis can play a very real role in protecting and promoting health. This isn’t the “You are getting very sleepy…” hypnosis you’re used to seeing in pop culture references, but a clinical procedure used in conjunction with other therapies and treatments, according to the…