by Maria Constantinou LMFT | Oct 8, 2023 | Lifespan Wellness MFT
Being a caretaker of a loved one recently diagnosed with cancer, I am learning a lot of things very quickly. Nursing school gave me a head start on becoming informed about care during cancer, and my amazing friends in the field have also helped me. After that, the...
by Maria Constantinou LMFT | May 3, 2023 | Lifespan Wellness MFT
First Question: What does “mental health” mean to you? Mental Health, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being” and “affects how we think, feel, and act, and helps determine how...
by Maria Constantinou LMFT | Nov 16, 2018 | Lifespan Wellness MFT
There are many reasons for people to be alone or feel alone during the holidays. If you are in the US, holidays are happening pretty much back-to-back at this time of year (November through January) during the most bad weather months too. This is a long stretch of...
by Maria Constantinou LMFT | Jun 19, 2018 | Lifespan Wellness MFT
Truthfully we never have any guarantees about whether we made the right choice, but we can definitely increase our chances and confidence that we did. Finding a partner has become easier thanks to technology, but finding compatible partners for long-term relationships...
by Maria Constantinou LMFT | Mar 3, 2018 | Lifespan Wellness MFT
Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics issued updated guidelines that call for universal screening for depression for everyone 12 years old and up, in an effort to increase identification, interventions for children and their families, and suicide prevention for...
by Maria Constantinou LMFT | Nov 10, 2017 | Lifespan Wellness MFT
I have to admit, it turns out that before I looked into this I didn’t know very much about migraines at all. What I did know was that a migraine typically lasts from 4 to 72 hours, and physical symptoms include: Pain on one side or both sides of your head Pain that...
