New  Stress Intervention For Senior Adults
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Stress Intervention Services is now offering specialized faith based stress intervention classes for 55 and up.  We at SIS realize that our senior community struggles with a different set of stressors that causes chronic anxiety and depression.  Recent studies have pointed out that 62% of senior adults are having difficulty with stress and depression.  
Stress Intervention Services is  now offering  a faith based stress intervention class that helps reduce stress and anxiety that we face as we grow older.  
Here are some of the topics:
  • Sadness and feeling despair
  • Unexplained or aggregated aches and pain
  • Loss of interest in socializing or hobbies
  • Lack of motivation and energy
  • Loss of self worth (worries about being a burden)
  • Fixation on death or thoughts of suicide 
  • Memory problems
  • Neglecting personal care.
"I have been young, and now I am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken; nor his seed begging bread"(Psalms 37:25)
Presenter: Dr. Skip Pilgrim
Presentation: Power Point and Handouts
Duration of Class: One 2 Hour Class
Cost: Call for group or individual pricing (214-534-9206)

New  Stress Intervention for Caregivers

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  • How Many Caregivers in the U.S.?
Approximately 43.5 million caregivers have provided unpaid care to an adult or child in the last 12 months. [National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP. (2015). Caregiving in the U.S.]  The work that goes into being a primary caregiver for a sick or elderly family member is very difficult, and the number of American caregivers feeling distressed, upset or even depressed has nearly doubled in the last few years.
​Stress Intervention Services is now offering faith based stress intervention classes to help manage caregiver stress.  Here are some of the topics:
  • Fuel yourself for the task (nutritious food and a balanced diet)
  • What is caregiver burnout?
  • Caregiver burnout check list
  • Symptoms of caregiver depression
  • Enjoying being a caregiver
  • Compassion fatigue 
  • Caregivers need care 
  • Grief recovery for caregivers
  • Self-Awareness (managing your thoughts)
​Presenter: Dr. Skip Pilgrim
Presentation: Power Point and Handouts
Duration of Class: One 2 Hour Class
Cost: Call for group or individual pricing (214-534-9206)