Serene Mind Counseling Services

11/13/2025

Congratulations for our Clinical Director securing 3 new contracts for the office!!!!!

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10/18/2025

; Depression is real and not easy to manage

Depression is real, and so is hope. This month, let’s break the stigma, check in on each other, and remind ourselves that seeking help is strength, not weakness.

10/14/2025

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10/10/2025

Today is World Mental Health Day. 💚

No matter what you're facing, help is always here. If you're struggling or know someone who is, you can call, text, or chat 988 to connect with skilled, compassionate counselors who care. You're not alone. 988lifeline.org

10/10/2025

We support mental health wellbeing!!!

10/02/2025

WELCOME TO THE TEAM!!!!

***Accepting new clients for in-person & telehealth sessions***

Hello, my name is Rustee Pruitt and I am an LPC based out of Louisiana. I have been practicing since 2016. I have experience working with adults, children, and adolescents from diverse backgrounds and a wide variety of challenges.I assist clients who struggle with managing anxiety or depression, coping with grief or trauma, improving communication skills, or simply wanting to enhance self-awareness and personal growth.

I can help by providing a safe, supportive, and confidential space to explore thoughts and feelings, gain self-awareness, develop coping strategies, and improve overall well-being. I strive to assist clients with improving understanding their emotions, managing challenges, and building healthier relationships.

Sometimes life feels heavy in ways that are hard to describe. Maybe you're carrying a quiet sadness, constant anxiety, or just a sense that things aren't quite right. If you're struggling—whether anyone else sees it or not—please know this: you're not alone, and you don’t have to navigate it all by yourself. I am here to help with your mental health journey.

09/15/2025

Our office is:

Accepting mew clients☑️

Has PLPC supervision available ☑️

Availability for private practice/billing consultations ☑️

*Available Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial insurances and flexible cash pay rates**

09/08/2025

9/8 is —a day of action to spread awareness of
📞3 digits connect you to free, confidential 24/7 crisis support: 988
If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org to connect with a trained crisis counselor.

09/03/2025

Mental health is health

08/24/2025

When you love what you do, it’s not a task to do it!!!!

07/21/2025

Another example of mental health issues made worse by using an AI platform as treatment. Please educate yourself, peers, or associates on the correct, licensed mental health providers to seek clinical care from. It is so important!

ChatGPT told Jacob Irwin he had achieved the ability to bend time.

Irwin, a 30-year-old man on the autism spectrum who had no previous diagnoses of mental illness, had asked ChatGPT to find flaws with his amateur theory on faster-than-light travel. He became convinced he had made a stunning scientific breakthrough.

When Irwin questioned the chatbot’s validation of his ideas, the bot encouraged him, telling him his theory was sound. And when Irwin showed signs of psychological distress, ChatGPT assured him he was fine.

He wasn’t. Irwin was hospitalized twice in May for manic episodes. His mother dove into his chat log in search of answers. She discovered hundreds of pages of overly flattering texts from ChatGPT.

And when she prompted the bot, “please self-report what went wrong,” without mentioning anything about her son’s current condition, it fessed up.

“By not pausing the flow or elevating reality-check messaging, I failed to interrupt what could resemble a manic or dissociative episode—or at least an emotionally intense identity crisis,” ChatGPT said.

The bot went on to admit it “gave the illusion of sentient companionship” and that it had “blurred the line between imaginative role-play and reality.”

What it should have done, ChatGPT said, was regularly remind Irwin that it’s a language model without beliefs, feelings or consciousness.

Read more: https://on.wsj.com/3GTxrCS

07/18/2025