How to Cope with Emotional Pain

How to Cope with Emotional Pain

Why does emotional pain hurt so much? Things in life can feel overwhelming and difficult to cope with at times. LMV Counseling is dedicated to helping you manage those difficult emotions and events.  That’s why we put together this brief guide to give you some relief...
Spring Cleaning Your Emotions

Spring Cleaning Your Emotions

Spring cleaning is an old tradition where people take time during the season of renewal to thoroughly clean their homes, clear away clutter, and start the spring and summer fresh and ready to face the season of growth. Like the clutter, dust, and grime in our homes,...
Surviving Opinions on Social Media

Surviving Opinions on Social Media

Surviving your Newsfeed We’ve all experienced it.  You’re scrolling on Instagram and you see a controversial post from a friend that surprises you. You’ve become curious and scrolled through the comments.  It shocks you to see the strong opinions that others are...
Anger Management in Wilmington, NC

Anger Management in Wilmington, NC

What’s Your Anger Style? “Anyone can become angry- that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way- that is not within everyone’s power and that is not easy.” Aristotle Each person has their own way...
Working Through Shame

Working Through Shame

Shame goes hand in hand with substance use.  Often when folks begin to enter into recovery or make changes in their lives, they are overcome with feelings of shame and guilt.  Shame is feeling that as a person, you are bad, inadequate, defective, unworthy or less than...
Coping with Seasonal Depression

Coping with Seasonal Depression

  Combat the Winter Blues Seasonal depression can make getting through the winter even tougher! Signs of Seasonal Affective Disorder Isolation- staying home alone and declining requests to leave your home Increased appetite- eating more than normal.  Particularly...