Be Well: How Therapy Sessions Can Boost Your Mental Health
Stigmas around mental health and wellness often keep people from seeking professional help from licensed therapists when they need it most. Dr. Olivia Verhulst, licensed mental health counselor, joined Cheddar News to talk about benefits therapy sessions can offer and who exactly should be seeking them out. "Therapy really is for everybody. There is this idea out there that you need a humdinger of a reason to come to therapy or a trauma or diagnosis but at the end of the day, the human condition is condition enough to seek therapy," she said.
Heavy rainfall flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with two communities declaring a state of emergency as water poured into homes, creating moats around their foundations and leading to boat rescues of residents. Concern about a dam listed in poor condition led to more evacuations.
The leading decongestant used by millions of Americans looking for relief from a stuffy nose is no better than a dummy pill, according to government experts who reviewed the latest research on the long-questioned drug ingredient.
Hurricane Lee, still a Category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph, is expected to increase in size but be significantly weaker in the coming days, as it turns north to reach the U.S. East Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter.
An earthquake has sown destruction and devastation in Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise as rescue crews dig out people both alive and dead in villages that were reduced to rubble.
Hurricane Lee whipped up waves of more than 15 feet (5 meters) on Monday as the Category 3 storm cranked through open waters just north of the Caribbean region.
