Mental Wellness Checkup

by tizita seifu MA, LPCS, LPC, RPT

WHAT IS A MENTAL WELLNESS CHECKUP?

A mental health checkup is a service I offer to assist you in assessing the healthiness of your mental health practices and their ability to support you in achieving your goals. Ensure you have the tools for your peace and success.

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Are you 1 out 2 people who will face mental illness? 46% of the U.S. will experience mental illness at least 1x in their lifetime*

NBC recently reported that the average person waits 11 years from the time they become concerned about their mental health before they seek help.  Most people I share this with have been shocked to hear that it generally takes that long. 11 years is a long time to carry the weight of stress or mental health struggles.

11 years is a long time to begin to experience the life you want to live. 

Does waiting really matter?: How waiting to tend to your mental health may affect you:

In my experience as a Therapist providing adult and child therapy for over 10 years, waiting to address our stress or mental health concerns can regularly have at least some of the affects:

• increased stress

• reduced motivation

• reduced ability to manage stress, or life’s challenges

• increased sadness

• increased anxiety

• increased tension with ourselves or others

• reduced enjoyment

• reduced ability to have peace

• decreased ability to enjoy the present

What is a Mental Wellness Checkup:

As a Therapist working in many diverse communities, I too have seen the common adverse affects of waiting to connect to professional and effective care for our mental health. I have seen how it makes it harder to enjoy peace instead of worry, and success instead of overwhelming obstacles.

Out of my concern for these adverse effects to your quality of life, I developed and offer Mental Wellness Checkups.  Your physician may have conducted a mental health exam that often focuses on quickly assessing and responding to mental illness.

A mental health checkup is a service I offer to assist you in assessing the healthiness of your mental health practices and their ability to support you in achieving your goals.

When Should I Consider a Mental Wellness Checkup:

• You want to learn habits that are commonly known to ensure you have healthy habits that achieve your goals, such as habits and tools that may:

  • reduce heaviness or stress, and increase motivation and equipping to achieve personal and professional goals

  • reduce stress, and increase fulfillment and work-life balance

  • reduce worry, tension, avoidance, overwhelm, a racing mind, and increase peace

  • further support peace, motivation and resilience when engaging mentally healthy and spiritually healthy practices

• You want to know signs of a healthy vs unhealthy, or toxic work or ministry environment

• You want to check in with a mental health professional from time to time to support you in staying on track with your personal or professional development goals

How Soon Should You Consider a Mental Wellness Checkup:

• If you are generally feeling well in mood and functioning as desired, a checkup at least once per year may be helpful.

• If you are generally feeling well in mood and functioning as desired, yet live or work in a highly demanding environment, a checkup at least every 3 months may be considered; considering counseling in such circumstances, may also be more helpful to proactively maintain your mental health.   
  
  

Schedule your Mental Wellness Checkup online to ensure you have the tools to support your peace and success:

Speaking and training is offered on Mental Wellness. Consider my Speaker services for your upcoming event:

*Source: Mental Health First Aid