{"id":198,"date":"2008-11-02T01:30:09","date_gmt":"2008-11-02T05:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/?p=198"},"modified":"2023-11-23T23:32:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T04:32:09","slug":"free-crisis-counseling-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/free-crisis-counseling-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Crisis Counseling Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free crisis counseling services are available to residents in 34 Texas counties in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.\u00a0 Disaster-related crisis counseling services are funded by FEMA and administered by the Texas Department of State Health Services.<\/p>\n<p>In a related news item, the Associated Press reports that crisis counseling helps people understand that their emotional reactions to trauma are normal and helps them to develop coping techniques.\u00a0 &#8220;<em>Stress is a normal reaction to an abnormal event<\/em> like the hurricane,&#8221; said Federal Coordinating Officer Sandy Coachman. &#8220;<em>Everyone recovers in their own way and at their own pace, but talking to someone may help<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>State and federal recovery officials recommend that people:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>take care of themselves physically,<\/li>\n<li>share their feelings with others,<\/li>\n<li>get enough sleep,<\/li>\n<li>eat properly,<\/li>\n<li>recognize their limits,<\/li>\n<li>prioritize their time and<\/li>\n<li>get involved with family and friends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Original Source: www.sanmarcosrecord.com\/local\/local_story_306154732.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free crisis counseling services are available to residents in 34 Texas counties in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.\u00a0 Disaster-related crisis counseling services are funded by FEMA and administered by the Texas Department of State Health Services. In a related news item, the Associated Press reports that crisis counseling helps people understand that their emotional reactions\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/free-crisis-counseling-services\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[75,72,13,76,18,74],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-advice","tag-coping","tag-counseling","tag-free-services","tag-stress","tag-texas"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1381,"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/1381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emotionalhealth.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}