Brighter Futures Counseling | Counseling | Therapy | Group Services | Elizabethtown KY
Elizabethtown's Counseling and Therapy Specialists
In a world full of screens, media, and other related content it can be difficult to know the do’s and don’ts related to young children. Check out this parenting resource from Zero to Three which lists and debunks five common misconceptions related to young children and the impact of screen use.
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Check out what the National Association for Mental Illness (NAMI) has to say about Mental Health Month, and find additional resources.
Also, May 10th is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day: “Partnering for Health and Hope Following Trauma”. Follow the link to find out more about this event.
Brighter Futures Counseling, PLLC will be marching as a team in the Hardin County March of Dimes walk this Saturday April 28th, 2018!
If you’re able to help our team meet our donation goal…you can:
Visit our team fundraising page at http://www.marchforbabies.org/team/BRIGHTERFUTURESCOUNSELING
Check out our Facebook Page and Click on the Link to donate.
Also, please let us know if you’d like to walk with us on Saturday, April 28th in Elizabethtown, KY!
100% of donations go to March of Dimes!
Check out this article in The New Enterprise, written by Becca Owsley with contributions from C.J. Quick, LPCC-S, LMFT, RPT-S.
Family: Stress in families varies, but there are ways to cope
**We would love for you to take a pinwheel and plant it in our yard to show your support for children having great childhoods and to help raise awareness about Preventing Child Abuse**
How Can You Help?
Did someone help you have a great childhood when you were young – perhaps a parent, sibling, teacher or coach? Do you help children in your life today have a great childhood – your own kids, nephews or nieces, or maybe children you mentor or babysit?
Throughout April, celebrate the lives you touch and those who have touched yours by honoring them with a pinwheel – the national symbol for the great childhoods all children deserve because our children are our future.
Why Pinwheels for Prevention?
In 2008, Prevent Child Abuse America introduced the pinwheel as the new national symbol for child abuse prevention through Pinwheels for Prevention®. What our research showed, and what our experiences since then have borne out, is that people respond to the pinwheel. By its very nature, the pinwheel connotes whimsy and childlike notions. In essence, it has come to serve as the physical embodiment, or reminder, of the great childhoods we want for all children.
Why Do We Care?
Because children are our future…
Our most basic obligation is to support the healthy development of our nation’s children. The great childhoods we want for our children require a loving and supporting environment. Children who are raised in supportive and stable environments are more academically and financially successful, and great childhoods help children grow into productive, contributing adults who help their community, and our country, be prosperous and competitive in the global economy.
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We’re excited and proud to be an official drop-off location for the 2019 Don’t Miss the Bus School Supplies Drive!
Stop by Brighter Futures Counseling at 1002 North Mulberry Street in Elizabethtown now through July 18th to donate school supplies for local students in need. You can visit https://bluegrasscellular.com/dontmissthebus for a list of most requested items, or find the list available for download below. Every little bit helps and we appreciate your support! You can also make a donation–$10.00 buys a kit of supplies for one child! All proceeds benefit local school systems!
Thanks for your support!
Check out this article we found on Mindful.org which provides great information on the over use of media by youth as well as ways to be mindful with tech use as a family. There is also a great link to assist families with setting up a family media plan or make use of a media time calculator.
The team here at Brighter Futures Counseling, PLLC wants to wish you and yours a very Happy Holiday. We also wanted you to be aware of our office closings during this Holiday season. Our office will be closed starting November 21st, 2018 at 11:30 am and we will reopen with normal business hours on November 26, 2018. We will also be closed starting December 21st, 2018 and will be closed until after the New Year, with our first day back in the office being January 2nd 2019. Normal business hours will resume after this time. If you should have an emergency during this time please call 911 or contact your nearest emergency room, as all staff will be out of the office. Thank you, and again warm wishes during this Holiday.
