Align Wellness Solutions

Melanie Storrusten, LCSW joins the Tell Me What To Do podcast to chat about family estrangement and setting boundaries in difficult relationships.

Racism is a violent trauma. We are listening, witnessing. We commit to the work.

If meditating feels good to you right now, great. If it feels impossible to sit still with yourself right now, that’s ok too. If going for a hike feels good, fantastic. If it feels too scary to risk being outside in public spaces, hunker down and get cozy. If eating vegetables is helping you feel in control, enjoy your salad! If ice cream feels comforting to you, bring on the Ben and Jerry’s. Self care might look different for you in times of crisis than your normal routine. Whatever helps you get through is what self-care means right now. Be easy with yourself and with each other.

Nourishing Your Nervous System I recorded a short guided meditation and visualization exercise for some of my clients today. In addition to being grounding, it was also my intention to offer something that would feel soothing and nourishing to a frayed nervous system. This visualization reminds me of Ayurvedic practices of abhyanga and shirodhara, that involve covering the body or head/third eye with oil. They are both incredibly grounding and soothing - highly recommend! I offer this practice to you freely in the hope that it will be a nourishing balm to your sweet nervous system. https://youtu.be/ZPeAuvhQEZA

Sheltering in Place with All of Our Feelings - There are many articles online offering tips to help manage our anxiety in this time of crisis. The most important message I want to communicate is that in this unprecedented time of universal health and economic crisis, if you are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, grief, or some other emotion this is a normal human response to events such as these. Our society is, at least temporarily, changing in some very foundational ways. F...eeling overwhelmed and ungrounded is a normal and accurate response. It is wonderful that we do have some coping skills and methods to help us manage and make it through, but first I want to normalize the feelings caused by chaos and uncertainty. May we all have compassion for ourselves and our limited capacity to cope with this. Click through to read some helpful tips on how to get through times of crisis. https://mailchi.mp/fb/shelteringinplacewithallofourfeelings

To make the safest choice possible for our clients, clinicians, and their families, Align Wellness is moving to online sessions for all clients. Your appointments will occur as scheduled, via phone or online video sessions. You will hear directly from your therapist with instructions to utilize our online services. For clients working through trauma issues or experiencing unmanageable anxiety, we can make exceptions and provide limited in person sessions. If you feel you need... an in person session, please reach out to your therapist to make arrangements. Our therapists Brianne and Claudia have immediate openings for new clients - if you or someone you love is struggling with anxiety and uncertainty, now may be a good time to begin therapy. We have evening, weekend, and daytime availability, as well as Spanish-speaking services and in-network providers with Anthem/BCBS and Medicare. Our online services are available to anyone living in Georgia. See more

Mental healthcare is healthcare. We are still here at Align Wellness, and as long as it feels safe to do so and is within CDC and government guidelines, we will continue to provide in person therapy sessions to our clients so that we can provide some sense of normalcy amongst the uncertainty. Online or phone sessions are also available for any clients who feel more comfortable staying in. We continue to take the recommended precautions inside and out of the office to keep a...ll of our therapists and clients safe and healthy. We ask that you do the same if you will be coming in to the office, and to of course stay home if you are having any symptoms or otherwise believe you’ve been exposed to COVID-19. Please give your therapist as much notice as possible if requesting to switch to a phone or online session. If you need to cancel your session, please continue to abide by our 48-hour cancellation policy. We want everyone to continue to have access to mental health care during this chaotic and stressful time. Some of our therapists do have space for new clients, please reach out if you need support.

Fresh Face - https://mailchi.mp//spring-brings-summer-news-from-align-w

Coronavirus - managing your physical and mental health - https://mailchi.mp//spring-brings-summer-news-from-align-w

We are feeling the love over here with our shiny new logo thanks to @hopzcotch_house! Expect more upgrades to come as we uplevel our website and overall look - we would love to know what you think!

Welcome to Align Wellness’s, Claudia Calderon, LPC! Claudia offers evening and weekend sessions, works with adult individuals and couples, and expands our practice by offering bilingual services for Spanish-speaking clients! You can read more about her and request an appointment at our website. In Claudia’s own words: Whether you have been in therapy before, or this is your first time. I know how important it is to find someone with whom you can trust and feel comfortable. Pe...ople come to therapy, not for advice, but for a healing, corrective experience. I aspire to provide a safe, inviting, non-judgmental space for my clients, while providing treatment for your specific concerns. My goal is to help clients discover their strengths and find out how to live a happy, healthy, fulfilling life. Sometimes pain from our past or worries about our future, keep us from enjoying the present. See more

Meet Lindsay Fuson, NP! Lindsay is Align Wellness’s Nurse Practitioner, providing holistic psychiatric care! She is skilled at treating clients from an integrative, whole-person perspective, incorporating both conventional medication management and more natural, alternative methods. She sees adults and teens. Initial evaluations are a full hour for $200, and follow up sessions are $100. Contact your insurance company to see if your plan offers reimbursement for out of network providers. You can read more about Lindsay and schedule an appointment online at our website: alignwellnessatl.com

Align Wellness now offering Holistic Psychiatric Care, online therapy sessions, evening and weekend appointments, and sliding scale rates! https://mailchi.mp//spring-brings-summer-news-from-align-w