Arrows Counseling Center

09/30/2025

09/28/2025

SUNDAY SKILL - Finding your way back to calm ... Exploring My Balanced Sympathetic Energy (fight or flight)

Idea
Our sympathetic nervous system helps guide our heartbeat, breathing, and the energy we need to get through the day. When it’s balanced, it gives us steady fuel and movement. By using imagination, we can picture a “landscape” that represents this healthy flow of energy and spend time there to feel supported.

Reflection Steps
Notice the natural energy of your body when your system feels steady and active.

Picture what this balanced energy looks like as a landscape full of life and motion.

Pay attention to details—colors, movements, shapes, people, animals, or parts of nature that appear.

Give yourself time to see it clearly. Step into this scene when you’re ready and look around.

Notice how it feels to be inside this space.

Reminder
You can come back to this balanced place anytime. The images and details may shift as your body and energy shift, so allow yourself to stay curious and open. Notice what comes and goes.

09/21/2025

SUNDAY SKILL - Finding your way back to calm ... Exploring My Balanced Sympathetic Energy (fight or flight part of nervous system)

Idea
Our sympathetic nervous system helps guide our heartbeat, breathing, and energy levels so we can move through the day. When this system is balanced, it gives us the drive and motivation we need. By using imagination, we can picture this energy as a landscape—full of movement and life—that supports and refreshes us.

Reflection Prompts
Notice the energy of your sympathetic system when it feels steady and balanced.

Imagine what this energy looks like as a landscape.

Pay attention to the details—colors, shapes, movement, objects, nature, people, or animals that might show up.

Give yourself time to see this landscape more clearly. When you’re ready, step into it in your imagination and explore.

Reflect on what it feels like to be in this place.

Helpful Tip
Return to this “sympathetic landscape” often to strengthen your connection to it. Each time, it may look or feel different—and that’s okay. Stay curious and notice what changes or shifts in this inner space.

09/19/2025

Ohio’s Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) are now available statewide! If a youth age 20 or under is experiencing a behavioral health crisis or emotional distress, call 988 and ask for MRSS. A team of responders will arrive within 60 minutes to calm the crisis and make a safety plan.

Allwell is the MRSS provider for Coshocton, Guernsey, Fairfield, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, and Washington counties.

To learn more about MRSS and how it works, visit https://www.allwell.org/Services/Mobile-Family-Crisis-Services/

09/15/2025

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09/14/2025

SUNDAY SKILL ... finding your way back to calm - CALM UP

Idea
Instead of trying to calm down, picture yourself moving upward—from survival mode (sympathetic) to safety and connection (ventral). “Calming up” means taking all that stressful energy and shifting it from overwhelming chaos into steady, focused energy you can use in a positive way.

Try This
Think about a time when you felt pulled into fight-or-flight mode. Notice what happens in your body as you remember it. Picture an image that shows what this feels like. Pay attention to the colors, shapes, or details that come to mind.
Now, write down a short statement that describes the moment.
Next, imagine making a small adjustment to your image or words—something that helps you feel less trapped in the chaos and more able to use that energy with purpose. For example, you could:

Shift the colors in your image.

Change a word in your statement.

Add a new detail to the picture in your mind.

The goal isn’t to shut off the energy, but to redirect it—turning it into fuel that helps you move back toward balance and regulation.

Helpful Tip
Whenever you notice yourself getting stuck in survival mode, try making a small change and see what happens. Keep experimenting with little shifts that guide you back toward calm and steady energy.