Another weekend has gone by, yet another week is in front of you. Take time to think about what you need to get accomplished throughout the week. Write them down and plot out how you can do them as efficiently as possible. Perhaps you may need to pay someone to do some of your menial tasks to save you time? Whether you elect to pay a neighborhood kid to mow your lawn; hire a babysitter to free up some uninterrupted time; do your grocery shopping online and have them delivered to you; drop off your laundry at a service to wash and fold them for you. Consider what you could hire someone else to do to free up some time for you and your family. Just do it!
If you still don’t get any relief from experiencing unusual tiredness, please seek professional help. Call your doctor as well as a mental health professional. Please don’t go it alone!
Are issues in your life or business getting out of hand or overwhelming? STOP! Get a notebook and pen and write out the situation. What are your possible solutions? Let them sit as you meditate on your options. Research online, or talk to someone who’s been down a similar avenue for solutions. List the pros and cons of each option. Consider how they will affect our desired outcome and be confident in the solution you choose. Even if it turns out differently than you’ve hoped, be convinced you’d made the best choice. Take time to examine what you could do differently in the future. If you’re learning, you’re growing, and that’s being in charge of your life!
It all starts with your thinking! You can stand and stare at the mountain, find a way of climbing it, or getting around it. But, most effectively, speak to it because mountains are erected as barriers in our minds first before it becomes our reality. If you tell the situation you’re facing that this too shall pass and remind yourself how you’ve overcome other obstacles, you’ll be able to take a deep breath and see your way through it. You can always call up a friend or someone to talk your process through with. It’s always good to get sound and trusted advice. It’ll be up to you how you’ll use it. It’ll work out as you see yourself overcoming the situation because you’re a winner!
With all you’ve accomplished over the past several days, surely there is something you can celebrate that you have done well! No matter how big or small, you pushed through to complete a difficult task or even a menial one you just didn’t feel like doing, but you did it anyway! So, take a moment to reflect and feel good about what you’ve accomplished. It’ll help motivate you as you reach to achieve your next task! Your triumph could be as significant or straightforward as pulling the family together to get the chores done!
Plan a relaxing weekend for self-care or spending time with family and friends. Put your work aside, hire a babysitter and just be free. If you have a heavy schedule this weekend, plot out several hours to have fun or to just relax. Go ahead, close your laptop, refresh your computer. Be sure to make yourself a note where you stopped on your work so you can easily pick up where you left off. Although it may not always be easy, being free from any cares or worries is a choice!
We may find ourselves stressed for various reasons. With so much going on in our life and the world, it can be challenging to manage. But you don’t have to go at it alone! At LHC, we’re here to help you navigate to find the right balance for you and your family. Please, contact us to ask about our integrated care to help you work through ways to be your best self in health and wellness. Be encouraged. We’re here to give you the help you need. So go ahead and give us a call: 302-552-3574 or 302-407-5316.
On today, 12/17/2020 the phones are currently down at the Eisenberg center please call 302-217-6415
GENERAL COUNSELING & HIPAA POLICIES
Entering into a therapeutic relationship with a counseling professional requires an establishment of trust. When you begin therapy, you are committing your time, money and emotional energy and it is important to fully understand what that commitment will entail. Included below is a summary of the policies and processes that guide the work of this counseling practice and your work with your therapist.
When adolescents are involved in therapy, their parents may, in some circumstances, have the legal right to view records kept on their behalf. However, it is typically in the best interest of the adolescent that these records be kept private. The success of any therapy is generally dependent on a trusting and confidential relationship between therapist and client. For this reason, LHC staff will keep all records private and will not disclose the content of therapy sessions to parents except in cases where the adolescent is believed to be in significant danger. LHC staff will encourage both the adolescent and the parents to participate in family therapy sessions as needed/as appropriate to help facilitate healthy communication about the ongoing issues discussed in therapy, but this has to be at the discretion of the adolescent receiving therapy. It is critical to progress for your adolescent to feel that he or she can confide in their therapist. Please feel free to discuss this policy with your therapist at any time.
Please feel free to present any questions regarding any of the policies and processes outlined above. It is important that you clearly understand your rights and responsibilities when entering into a counseling relationship.
HIPAA NOTICE & PRIVACY POLICY
Preamble:
State law provides extremely strong privileged communication protections for conversations between your therapist and you in the context of your established professional relationship with your therapist. There is a difference between privileged conversations and documentation in your mental health records. Records are kept documenting your care as required by law, professional standards, and other review procedures. HIPAA very clearly defines what kind of information is to be included in your “designated medical record” as well as some material, known as “Psychotherapy Notes” which is not accessible to insurance companies and other third-party reviewers and in some cases, not to the patient himself/herself.
HIPAA provides privacy protections about your personal health information, which is called “protected health information” (further referred to as PHI) which could personally identify you. PHI consists of three components: treatment, payment and health care operations.
TREATMENT refers to activities in which your therapist provides, coordinates or manages your mental health care or other services related to your mental health care. Examples include a therapy session, talking to a client’s physician about medications or other medical conditions, or talking with your child’s teacher about observable behaviors in the classroom.
PAYMENT refers to the reimbursement received for providing clients with mental health care. If clients have insurance coverage, filing with the client’s insurance for payment of therapy sessions is an example of this type of sharing of PHI information.
HEALTH CARE OPERATIONS are activities related to the business and quality performance of the associated therapy practice. Insurance companies can request documentation reviews to assure the work with clients is “medically necessary.”
USE applies only to activities within the service office such as sharing, employing, applying, utilizing, examining and analyzing information that identifies you.
DISCLOSURE applies to activities outside of the service office such as releasing, transferring, or providing access to information about clients to other parties.
Delaware requires authorization and consent for treatment, payment and healthcare operations. When beginning therapy with LHC, you will sign this general consent to care and authorization to conduct payment and health care operations, authorizing LHC to provide treatment and to conduct administrative steps associated with your care. LHC may use or disclose PHI for purposes outside of treatment, payment and health care operations only when you sign an additional authorization for release of information. An “authorization” is written permission above and beyond the general consent that permits only specific disclosures that clients identify in writing. LHC will also need to obtain an authorization before releasing your psychotherapy notes. “Psychotherapy notes” are notes made about conversations during a private, group, joint, or family counseling session, which are kept separate from the rest of your medical record. These notes are given a greater degree of protection than PHI.
LHC may use or disclose PHI without client consent or authorization in the following circumstances:
III. Clients Rights and Therapist’s Duties
Client’s Rights:
Therapist’s Duties:
Forrest Watson III is the appointed “privacy officer” for this practice per HIPAA regulations. If you have any concerns of any sort that my office may have somehow compromised your privacy rights, please do not hesitate to speak with him immediately about this matter. You may reach him by phone at 302-513-9268. You will always find all vested parties at LHC willing to talk with you about preserving the privacy of your protected mental health information. You may also send a written complaint to the Secretary of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
This notice will go into effect 7/1/2014.
I reserve the right to change the terms of this notice and to make the new notice provisions effective for all PHI that I maintain. I will provide you with a revised notice when your present at this office.
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