Healing Hands & Hearts Behavioral Health Center

06/18/2025

Mobile Pantry Schedule for June

04/12/2025

Come see us on Monday between 10AM-12PM in the Dunbar Plaza!

3600 Jackson Street
Alexandria, LA 71303

Every mom who signs up will be entered to win a free giveaway!

We hope to see you there!

02/25/2025

02/23/2025

🌿 Prioritize Mental Health 🌿 Although it’s important to take care of all aspects of our health, mental health often gets overlooked. But here’s the truth: prioritizing mental health is beneficial not just for us individually, but for our community as a whole. 💚

Now is the perfect time to reverse some of the negative trends we’re seeing and start fostering healthier minds. Here are a few tips to support not only others but yourself as well:

💬 Open up and talk—It’s okay to not be okay. Sharing your struggles with trusted friends or family can be very helpful.

💪 Take small steps—Incorporate self-care into your daily routine, even if it's just 10 minutes a day of something you enjoy.

🫶 Build your support network—Surround yourself with positive people who lift you up and seek help when needed. Community is key. We don’t have to do life alone. Let’s lean on each other and be a resource for one another.

Supporting your mental health—and the mental health of others—creates stronger, more resilient individuals and, ultimately, healthier communities. Let’s thrive together! 🌟

🌿 Stronger You & Stronger Community 🌿

02/23/2025

02/22/2025

As conversations about mental health become less stigmatized, younger generations have started using the internet and social media as tools to diagnose mental health conditions and seek help and support.

This article highlights the pros and cons of self-diagnosis in young people!

☎️(318) 625-7050 to schedule screening & assessment. Knowing is essential!
Read the full article 👇

This generation is savvier than it gets credit for.

02/21/2025

Join us in in celebrating some of the Black pioneers in mental health

02/21/2025

Wisdom worth remembering ❤️

02/20/2025

🧰 BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION SUPPORT: Executive Function Challenges & Solutions. Some of us often face unique challenges related to executive functioning, including organization, time management, impulse control, and emotional regulation. Addressing these challenges with targeted strategies can make a world of difference in their academic success and well-being.

Here are some key executive function challenges and practical strategies:

✅ Task Initiation – Struggles to start tasks, procrastination 🔹 Use timers, break tasks into smaller steps, and provide checklists.

✅ Time Management – Loses track of time, underestimates/overestimates task duration 🔹 Use visual timers, schedule breaks, and set clear deadlines.

✅ Working Memory – Forgets instructions, struggles to retain information 🔹 Provide both written and verbal instructions, use visual aids.

✅ Planning & Organization – Difficulty managing materials and assignments 🔹 Use color-coded folders, daily planners, and labeled bins.

✅ Impulse Control – Blurts out answers, interrupts others 🔹 Teach self-regulation strategies and use a visual “pause” cue.

✅ Emotional Regulation – Becomes overwhelmed or frustrated quickly 🔹 Teach coping strategies such as deep breathing and sensory breaks.

✅ Flexible Thinking – Struggles with changes in routine or expectations 🔹 Provide transition warnings and structured choices.

✅ Self-Monitoring – Trouble recognizing mistakes or adjusting behavior 🔹 Use reflection sheets, self-checklists, and feedback loops.

✅ Task Completion – Starts tasks but doesn’t finish them 🔹 Use incentives and structured work sessions with breaks.

✅ Prioritization – Struggles to determine which tasks are most important 🔹 Use “must-do” vs. “can-do” lists and model prioritization.

✅Would you like to learn more?
Call Crista ☎️ (318) 625-7050
Healing Hands & Hearts (3H)

02/20/2025

🚨🚨 ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS 🚨🚨

✔️ Aetna
✔️ AmeriHealth
✔️ Healthy Blue
✔️ Humana
✔️ LA Healthcare Connections
✔️ Magellan
✔️ United Healthcare

We are a diverse team, and our talented counselors are now accepting new clients. Our professional and compassionate team provides individualized mental health services in a private, comfortable setting. Contact us today to schedule an appointment!

We are here to provide people with tools that can make life easier! Serving our ENTIRE community is one of our passions and we work with all providers to accomplish that.

We offer psychological services, which provide assessment and therapy to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families, to help foster personal healing and self-development. 3H is dedicated to providing the highest quality of service and care to assist clients and their families in fulfilling their goals; improving their quality of life; and encouraging their personal growth and development through respect, compassion, commitment, and knowledge. 3H treats a broad range of issues.

Family members are encouraged to become active participants, which provides an opportunity to explore feelings and thoughts that may have affected the family: Coping skill training, Identification of warning signs and actions that trigger core problems, Communication skills, Problem-solving skills, Expression of feelings in a safe and confidential environment, Relaxation techniques, Identification of negative thought progression, Assertiveness training, Addressing unresolved grief and trauma. Our counselors provide the best services possible to our clients and their families. ✔️ Start taking control of your life!

Call Crista ☎️ (318) 625-7050

02/19/2025

Growing up, Saturdays were always a time to tidy up. Not only is it important for kids to learn responsibilities, these are valuable LIFE SKILLS!