or will make it right.
>> May is mental health
awareness month. A time to
become more aware of the mental
health challenges facing
society as a whole and perhaps
how it is or can impact you.
We’ve seen the tragic instances
where someone having a mental
health break is shot and killed for being aggressive towards
for being aggressive towards
police. But that is not the
norm for mental health issues.
Joining me this morning is
arguments in the clinical
director at the Nick finnigan
counseling center. Good
morning. Argue. Let’s talk
about mental health issues we
talked about this yesterday.
We spoke a little bit of much
more than that crisis is not.
And we think about mental
health. It’s a broader
broader talking.
>> Absolutely. Yeah. There’s of
course, these tragic worst-case
scenarios where someone really
hit something a really dramatic
by on most mental health
struggles earns there’s a whole
range of what this can look
like. American be active mental
health challenges
anxiety, depression and the
Times addictions like those
types of things. There can also
be time for me. There’s not
anything actually going on.
We just Caleb entire like a lot
of You know, it’s
not anything us. Those who
survive another good times are
like we’re we really feel like
we’re flourishing. And thriving
in doing really And it’s not
the thriving as the ball all
the time. That’s not is the
knowledge. You know how those
acknowledging that there’s
going to be fluctuations round
hole life and what do we do
when those fluctuations
inevitably happen and how can
we support ourselves and
support the people we care
about. I
>> it’s challenges your mental
health awareness month is kind
of a good way to get people
focus on some of
those things. What do you
suggest people can do to kind
of maintain positive middle
h***. I you know, the
keep ourselves when we talk
about proactively trying to
stay healthy. What do we do to
keep ourselves. Mentally
healthy.
>> Yeah. I mean, just like with
physical health, right. It’s
not just under working class
twice a week ends. I’m eating
well and doing all these
different things like mental
health a similar rate. It’s
not just going to see scientist
are going to see a counselor it
definitely can include
counselor and have a profoundly
all day. But it also includes
things like feeling connected
with others and doing things
you finding creative outlets,
finding things that cause you
have a sense of meaning and
purpose in your life and then
getting them. You things like
reading listening to a podcast
finding mental health resources
through instagram and social
media. There’s a 1000 ways to
but it is so and it impacts
our lives every And I think
the pandemic anything is
definitely taught the role of
mental in our daily lives.
Right. Because that that
obviously brought a lot of
stress and people’s lives.
Man
stress can.
>> It doesn’t have to but
stress can lead to mental
health issues can and not sure
absolutly added stress and
of itself.
>> Is a mental health least
just stress in general that it
impacts our physical health
and thanks for mental and
emotional health. Frankly,
we’re
not just no help in a bucket
over here. Physical health in a
bucket over here and
we’re all we’re connected.
All of those things are
connected and impact each
other. caring for one is
supporting the other and vice
versa and same with
relationships, rent and caring
for myself and I’m better able
to show up in relationships
with others. With my community
and my Spurs day of my
community is moving towards a
healthy place of the people in
my life are working on
themselves. And positively
impact me as well. A new to you
at the Nick finnigan counseling
center. I was really intrigued
by it. Hadn’t been around a
long time.
>> But talk about why the
center was founded and what you
all do.
>> Yeah, absolutely. we’re
founded on We’re named in
memory of him. The thinning and family lost him in a tragic car
family lost him in a tragic car
certainly several years ago
they of course had to deal with
a lot of Greece processing and
they accessed counseling in
resources that really helps
them an affidavit is true that
they wanted to do something.
I thought meaningful has waited
one, remember him and also
provide that mental health
resource to the communities and
the partner with a local church
in the area and name could snow
the pieces that helps turn to
what is now the 9th inning in
counseling centers are not a
Christian counseling center.
We serve anybody from any
background with 13 counselors
there. And our goal is really
to remove as
many barriers accessing know it
is possible a big one. His So
we do a sliding scale for
nonprofits. We do a lot of
fund-raising. So we have
affordable reads reciting
skill. We also work with a lot of the major insurance
of the major insurance
companies of people have as
many options and to make that
no House keys affordable and
accessible for them. And since
it is mental health awareness
month. I want to make
people aware.
>> That you can go to them.
I want to make sure people not
to maybe call you and you can
help them figure
out OK, what kind of services
they need and where they may
need to go there. Not
necessarily with you, but you
just give him the best advice
you can in that regard.
Absolutely. And we keep a
pretty robust list of
resources. So if we’re not the
place that can provide the We
always made it a point to try
to get anybody reaches out to
us a couple ideas or names or
contact some places that they
can
reach out.
>> So no one is leaving and
doing it. And we also got a lot
on social media
to provides free mental health
resources that we run is
already doing a lot of that
during the health awareness
month, especially outstanding
arguments and thank you.
Now we’ll be hearing more from
in the weeks and months to
come. I become a huge fan.
So we’re going to invite you
back to talk about a number of
issues that I think need to be Look for that. Thank you.
Look for that. Thank you.
Again, 2 things came around to
shoot you.
>> So we’re going to put all of
the Finnegan counseling center