While depression is one of the most common concerns among our clients at Lansing Counseling, that doesn’t make it any less painful and difficult for those who are currently struggling with the effects of depression. Symptoms of depression range from ...

While you may have developed anxiety at a young age or have deep-seeded reasons for your anxious thinking, anxiety is a present-tense feeling that needs present-tense solutions. When anxiety arises, it’s important to be prepared to meet these strong emotions, ...

Going off to college has always been a potentially stress-inducing time for young people, but over the past few years, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused increasing levels of stress and anxiety for college students. As these challenges don’t ...

How Anticipation is Ruining Your Good Times For centuries, humans have talked about the fact that there is joy to be found in anticipation. Sometimes, the waiting for something to come is better than the thing itself. For so many ...

Are You Secretly Anxious About Returning to “Normalcy” with Continued COVID Concerns? Over the summer, many people started to return to some sense of “normalcy” in a post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) world. Even so, people found themselves struggling to feel safe ...

Preparing for the Grief of College Transition When students go away to college for the first time, they are often overwhelmed with emotions. Feeling excited to explore their newfound freedom and independence is what most young people think about before ...