Mental Health Awareness Month

Depression. Anxiety. Trauma. Stress. I know you’re tired. You’re fed up. You’re so close to breaking…

You are not alone. Each year millions of Black Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. May is Mental Health Awareness month and now more than ever we need to find appropriate support, understanding… strategies to help find the comfort and confidence… the wellness we all deserve.

Historical dehumanization, oppression, and violence against Black Americans has evolved into present day racism. Which in turn cultivates a mistrust and more impoverished experience amongst the black community leading to inadequate access to mental health care. When this is coupled with shame and weakness that is unfairly attached to mental illness we are left feeling uncertain, isolated. The stigma is real.

Hope for recovery is real too. We are living in a time of mass traumas – COVID-19 and isolation, grief from financial and human losses, police brutality, racial violence, political rhetoric, fear. You cannot be expected to face trauma alone. New Perspectives Therapeutic Services offers licensed clinical therapy specializing in:

  • Anxiety
  • Confidence
  • Coping with medical conditions such as cancer and infertility
  • Depression
  • Grief/Loss
  • Life stress and transitions
  • Mood Disorders
  • PTSD
  • Relationship and Intimacy
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress Management
  • Trauma
  • Veteran and post-deployment

Learn strategies to cope, change your thought pattern, build confidence and acceptance. Realize your potential.

And begin to heal. Your mental health is equally as important as your physical health.

Contact Nigeria McHellon at: NM.newperspectivestherapy@gmail.com or Call or Text: (904) 439-6524

“I have an extensive background working with individuals – children, adolescents, and adults – families, and couples. I use evidence based therapeutic approaches in my work and believe that everything in life is full of purpose. Each experience we go through can be used as a catalyst to grow. Let’s talk it out.”

Now Offering: Crisis Intervention

A crisis intervention or demand therapy is an immediate and short-term emergency response to mental, emotional, physical, and behavioral distress. If you are experiencing a life threatening emergency, please call 911 or go to the nearest ER.

**If you would like to speak to a licensed therapist immediately, please call or Text: (904) 439-6524**

Crisis can be defined as one’s perception or experience of an event or situation as an intolerable difficulty that exceeds the person’s current resources and coping mechanisms.

  • A crisis can refer to any situation in which the individual perceives a sudden loss of his or her ability to use effective problem-solving and coping skills.
  • A number of events or circumstances can be considered a crisis: life-threatening situations, such as natural disasters (such as an earthquake or tornado), sexual assault or other criminal victimization; medical illness; mental illness; thoughts of suicide or homicide; and loss or drastic changes in relationships (death of a loved one or divorce, for example).
  • Crisis intervention is the urgent and temporary care given to an individual in order to interrupt the downward spiral of maladaptive behavior and return the individual to their usual level of pre-crisis functioning.
  • Crisis intervention also refers to the methods used to offer immediate, short-term help to individuals who experience an event that produces emotional, mental, physical, and behavioral distress or problems.

Crisis intervention is focused on minimizing the stress of the event, providing emotional support and improving the individual’s coping strategies in the here and now. Like psychotherapy, crisis counseling involves assessment, planning, and treatment, but the scope is generally much more specific. Crisis intervention is a time-limited intervention with a specific psychotherapeutic approach to immediately stabilize those in crisis.

Crisis intervention has several purposes. It aims to:

  • Reduce the intensity of an individual’s emotional, mental, physical and behavioral reactions to a crisis.
  • Help individuals return to their level of functioning before the crisis.
  • Improve functioning above and beyond this by developing new coping skills and eliminating ineffective ways of coping, such as withdrawal, isolation, and substance abuse.
  • Assist individual in coping with future difficulties more effectively.

New Perspectives Therapeutic Services offers crisis intervention for those in need of help now. Call or Text: (904) 439-6524 for help now or email NM.NewPerspectivesTherapy@gmail.com to schedule an appointment.

Men’s Mental Health Matters

This virtual program offers reflection, encouragement, and confidence building in a supportive and nurturing environment.

This 6-session program for men will discuss topics including boundaries and balance, emotional intelligence, accountability, self-value and more!

Presented by Licensed Clinical Therapist, Nigeria McHellon, there are two group dates to choose from! Email, call or text 904-439-6524 to apply!

Youth and Teen Virtual Counseling Group

Group counseling is a powerful setting for growth and change. This virtual program offers reflection, encouragement, and confidence building in a supportive and nurturing environment.

This 6-session program for youth and teens will discuss topics including boundaries and balance, communication and assertiveness, roles and responsibilities and more!

Presented by Licensed Clinical Therapist, Nigeria McHellon, there are two group dates to choose from! Email, call or text 904-439-6524 to apply!

Women’s Empowerment Virtual Group

This virtual program for women offers reflection, encouragement, and confidence building in a supportive and nurturing environment.

This 6-session program for women will discuss topics including establishing boundaries and balance, emotional intelligence, mindfulness, self-care and more!

Presented by Licensed Clinical Therapist, Nigeria McHellon, there are two group dates to choose from! Email, call or text 904-439-6524 to apply!