Behavioral Health Clinic

  We offer: Comprehensive assessment and therapeutic intervention for all ages. We treat: Speech Sound Disorders: difficulty with producing sounds or saying words in an intelligible and age appropriate manner. Expressive Language Disorders: difficulty producing verbal language with organizing words, seeking vocabulary, recalling words, making grammatical errors in spoken speech, or having difficulty with producing sentences. Receptive Language Disorders: challenges in understanding or processing language such as trouble answering questions, differences in following directions or recalling information, and difficulty responding to others. Resonance/Voice Disorders: trouble with pitch, volume, or quality of the voice. Oral Motor Disorders: difficulties with feeding, swallowing, or speech. This could be due to birth defects, weak oral muscles, or acquired conditions. Cognitive Communication Disorders Attention Memory Problem solving Executive function skills Social Communication Disor...

  WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) — After a perfect behavior day at school, your kids return home and let their walls down. That’s when the meltdown comes. What some parents may not know is that this is completely normal and common. “Parents are not alone, a lot of kids go home and they are acting out more there,” said Luke Severt, licensed counselor at Behavioral Health Clinic of Wausau. Learn more at https://wibehavioralhealth.com

  Where in the world have the past few months gone? Summer came and went before we knew it and Fall is ahead of us. Fall is my favorite time of year, not to hot and not to cold. The leaves change colors and everything pumpkin comes out. Yes, I am that girl, Pumpkin Spice Latte’s and let’s just be honest, anything pumpkin goes. This time of year, a lot changes, some good, some challenging. School is back in session, parents are running their kids from here to there and back again, attending sporting events and trying to keep up with the household chores. All on top of working, maintaining relationships, and trying to find time to make dinner and get enough sleep. Does this sound like you? Stress can create several changes to our personalities including irritability, lack of interest in taking care of our needs or appearances, social withdrawal and isolation, and procrastination or reduced work productivity. Stress can also create changes to our cognitive functioning including diffic...

  A bi-annual tradition since 1966 when the Uniform Time Act was enacted is happening this month whether we enjoy its benefits or not, changing our clocks to daylight saving time. The ritual when going to daylight saving time causes us to lose an hour of sleep, as our day will only be 23 hours long. That one hour we will lose will shift from morning to evening when daylight saving time begins. In 2007, our federal government specified that daylight saving time would apply from 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March until 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November. Those dates this year will be March 13th and November 6th. So how do our bodies cope with the changes in daylight saving time? Daylight saving time can affect many people, especially those who battle depression and anxiety. Other health effects from daylight saving time could even include heart attacks and increased headaches. With light changes throughout seasonal changes people have to try and adapt their schedules accordingl...

  WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) — Instagram implemented a “Take a break” feature on Tuesday. When scrolling too long, a break reminder pops up. “Too much of anything can be a bad thing,” said Luke Severt, licensed professional counselor at Behavioral Health Clinic in Wausau   . Severt said something many people find themselves guilty of with social media is procrastination. “You’re there all day and then suddenly you’re feeling bad because you didn’t accomplish anything,” said Severt. That’s what the new “Take a break” feature on Instagram aims to diminish. Unlike Tik Tok, which automatically gives these reminders to viewers, Instagrams’ has to be set up. Here is how to set it up. Go to your profile. Click on the three horizontal lines on the top right of the screen. Then click “your activity” and finally “set reminder to take breaks.” It will give an option of 10, 20 or 30 minutes. When you hit the scrolling limit you’ve set, a reminder that will pop up that suggests taking some deep ...

  As 2021 winds down and 2022 looms, millions of people are motivated to make changes in their lives. Whether you are inspired to practice more good deeds or unleash yourself from undesired traits or practices, you are not alone. New Year’s resolutions are considered a sort of do-over from the prior year, and in many cases, the same resolution gets made year after year. How do you complete your year’s plan with the same motivation as you began? Are you ready, willing, and able? First, believe that change is possible. At the same time, realize it does not happen all at once. What is your desired outcome, and why? Is this outcome for your benefit or to make someone else happy? For example, do you want to lose weight so to be healthier and more energetic, or because you think someone will like you better if you are thinner? The motivation can set the tone for your success. Doing something for yourself, such as getting healthier, is a great way to not only achieve the goal, but build y...

  So often people struggle to  meet with a counselor ,  and on top of that, it can often take more than one try to find a counselor that you connect well with. Research shows that the relationship you have with your counselor is a strong predictor of whether or not counseling has a positive outcome (Ardito & Rabellino, 2011). This means that it is especially important to find a counselor that really understands you and meets your needs. Knowing that finding the right counselor is a common task shared many, these are some points to consider when you are seeking a counselor: 1. Does your personality work well with their personality? Counselors are human, and just like you have some people that you naturally connect with and some you don’t, sometimes connections just don’t happen. This doesn’t mean that your personality is flawed or anyone counselor’s personality is better or worse in performing counseling, it simply means that it might take more than one try to find a c...

As much as you wish they could sometimes, your partner cannot read your mind. And you cannot read theirs either. We are very smart, perceptive creatures and often feel like we can pick up on patterns in our loved ones’ lives. Sometimes people become so predictable, it feels like we can anticipate others’ needs. Even though we get lucky with predicting or anticipating behavior or needs sometimes, we cannot do this in every situation. While predicting patterns can be harmless and even helpful at times; it is a precedent that can be harmful for people in relationships. Sometimes we may want our partners to ask the right question or say the right thing to make us feel better. No matter how long you have been in a relationship, this is not realistic for us to expect out of others. We may often be disappointed if we do set our expectations to this unrealistic standard. In addition, unrealistic expectations often lead to inaccurate assumptions about ourselves, our partners, or our relationshi...