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  • August, 2011-Focus-Children and Depression

    August 3, 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | 0 Comment(s)

    Children across the country are enjoying the last remaining days of the summer.  For many kids, summer break is a relaxing time filled with days by the pool, vacations, and time with family.  But sometimes the change in routine or [...]

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  • The Women’s Group Experience

    August 2, 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | 0 Comment(s)

    Are you wanting to discover what is wanted in your life: happiness, purpose, redirection, focus, positiveness? Have you thought that life could be more fulfilling? Where are you in your life, whether 20, 30, 40, 50, 60??? What do you [...]

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  • Screening For Mental Health-Anxiety, Stress, and Depression?

    July 11, 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | 0 Comment(s)

    The peak of Summer is here. Temperatures are soaring, barbeques are crackling, and fireworks have been popping. During July, we celebrate America’s birth and many the accomplishments we’ve made along the way. During this time of reflection, it is important [...]

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  • National PTSD Awareness Day 6/27/2011

    June 27, 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | 0 Comment(s)

    According to The National Center for PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that happens after you have been through a traumatic event that is life-threatening to yourself or to others. This event can cause feelings of fear, confusion, [...]

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  • June, 2011-Focus-Father’s Day, Stress, Depression, and Symptoms

    June 6, 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | 0 Comment(s)

    June is the month we honor the fathers in our lives. From teaching us as children, to raising us and mentoring us as adults, fathers play a pivotal role in our development. This month, take time to check in with [...]

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  • Are You Living Life Well?

    May 8, 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | 0 Comment(s)

    During Mental Health Month each May, as a therapist, I often wonder about how individuals, in these stressful times, live their life “well”.  As a former Patient Educator and Counselor working in a family practice setting, emphasis was placed on [...]

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  • May is Mental Health Month-Taking Care of Yourself!

    May 6, 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | 0 Comment(s)

    Do you live your life well?  Do you take time for yourself, make time to help others, and take care of your body?  These things are often easier said than done.  From family obligations, to careers, financial worries and beyond, [...]

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  • Women and Anxiety-October, 2010 Focus

    October 17, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | 0 Comment(s)

    Is Anxiety on the Rise for Women?   A recent article from Glamor magazine makes a rather convincing statements regarding women being diagnosed with anxiety disorders more frequently than men, as noted from the article “twice as likely to be [...]

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  • About Kathy L. Fortner, Ed. S., LPC, NCC

    June 26, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | 0 Comment(s)

    I am a Nationally Board Certified Licensed Professional Counselor with an active mental health counseling practice in Murrells Inlet, SC.  I am originally from West Virginia where I worked in various settings throughout my counseling career, from an educator both [...]

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  • Welcome to KLF Counseling & Consulting with Kathy L. Fortner, EdS, LPC, NCC

    June 26, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | 0 Comment(s)

    Welcome to this first “blog” for Mental Health and Wellness! I am Kathy L. Fortner, Ed. S., LPC, NCC, a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, who has had a long standing interest in Mental Health Wellness and the promotion of education [...]

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