Many of our thoughts and prayers have focused on you, our clients, during this difficult time in our lives. Here are a few tips that we hope may help you navigate through these days. If you need support, we invite to reach out to any of our therapists within New Leaf Counseling to set up an appointment.

You completed college. You found a job. It may not be the dream career job you are really after, however, it is a step forward in this thing called life. You are finally in full throttle adulthood. Does it ever feel like you have it all together, yet you are completely lost all at the same time? If so, you are not alone. Who am I and why do I care: I am Michelle Niehues, a Marriage and Family Therapist with New Leaf Counseling in Topeka, Kansas.

New Leaf Counseling article about emotional regulation in the midst of difficult circumstances.

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