Get Up And Do Something: How to practice safe stress during the holidays

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How to practice safe stress during the holidays
Dec 5th 2012, 11:38

While many associate the holidays with Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and its theme of gaining and sharing the holiday spirit, E. Christine Moll, PhD, says the opening lines from "A Tale of Two Cities" may have even more relevance: It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. It was the season of light; it was the season of darkness… It was the spring of hope; it was the winter of despair.

Moll, chair and professor of counseling and human services at Canisius College and a mental health counselor, says that for many the holidays are a time of stress, loneliness, anxiety and dysfunction. "Suicide rates rise 10 percent during the season," says Moll.

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