AR Nextstep Counseling Services, LLC

09/24/2025

🙌 Our therapist, Karlee Swenson, LPC, spent time earlier this month participating in DC: 0-5 training for Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood to maintain her infant mental health certificate!

09/20/2025

🍎To all our school staff friends, K-12, check out this opportunity!!!

UPDATE: Our cohort is now full and applications are closed for this year!

Applications now open for our Fall 2025 Trauma-Informed Certificate Program! This virtual cohort is open to all school staff K-12. For more information, visit our website or click the link to apply. https://redcap.link/TRIS_cert

09/19/2025

🎡🎟️ CHECK OUT THIS OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEKEND! ⤵️

🎡🎟️🍿 Step right up for a night made just for YOU! 🎡🎟️🍿

Ag for Autism is excited to announce Sensory Night at the NEA District Fair! 🌟

📅 Date: Sunday, Sept. 21
⏰ Time: 4–6 PM
📍 Where: NEA District Fairgrounds

✨ Families with sensory and disability needs are invited to enjoy:

🎠 Carnival rides
🌽 Delicious fair food
🎯 Games & prizes
🐐 Sweet farm animals
❌ With NO loud music – just a safe and fun environment!

🎟️ This is a special ticketed event ONLY and spots are limited! Registration goes LIVE this Wednesday right here on our page – don’t miss it!

08/29/2025

✅ Day 3, the final day, of the Annual Arkansas Behavioral Health Institute put on by the Arkansas Council for Behavioral Health COMPLETED!

✨Take away from today:

LIFE. IS. A. JOURNEY that requires us to go the distance - much like the theme of the institute this year.

We noted how roadtrips, like the one we took to Hot Springs this week, requires the same essentials that it takes to help us care for our mental health, such as:

📒 Planning - preparing for the road ahead & setting goals.
🧘 Patience- learning to pace yourself & knowing the journey takes time.
💪 Flexibility - being able to adjust when the journey throws you detours & inconveniences.
🌳 Enjoy the Scenery - celebrate small victories, practice gratitude, & being present.
⛽️Pit Stops - taking breaks, both planned & unexpected, to recharge.

To all of our clients - past, present, & future - our goal is to help you, and walk beside you, as you go the distance on your mental health journey.

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08/28/2025

✅ Day 2 of the Annual Arkansas Behavioral Health Institute put on by the Arkansas Council for Behavioral Health COMPLETED!

✨Take away from today:

Just like fishing building mental health takes patience, consistency, and the right tools!

Our team “dropped anchor” at the Fisherman's Wharf Steak & Seafood for dinner for some much needed connection and reflection after a full day of learning.

A few reminders for you:

🎣 Connection is the best catch of the day.

🌊 Calm waters don’t come without storms & progress takes time.

⚓️ Stay anchored in your supports when life feels overwhelming.

🐟No one fish can outswim the ocean, but together they thrive — the same is true for healing and resilience.

🐠 It’s not about one big fish, but about showing up consistently. Small steps, or rather “small catches,” add up to real progress - so celebrate them all.

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☀️ Please contact us, if you’re struggling to stay afloat in rough waters. Our team is here to help you cast a line to support, resilience, and brighter days.

08/27/2025

✅ Day 1 of the Annual Arkansas Behavioral Health Institute put on by the Arkansas Council for Behavioral Health COMPLETED!

✨Take away from today:

As always we are reminded that, like healing, learning is not always linear.

Sometimes it can look like journaling - quiet reflection, scribbled insights, and “aha” moments that arrive in messy handwriting.

Sometimes it looks like taking a selfie with a statue of a mob boss outside of The Ohio Club - because after a full day of absorbing new ideas, your brain needs a break, and your heart needs a laugh.

Growth doesn’t always follow a straight path. It can loop, pause, surprise, and occasionally detours through vintage gangster photo ops.

But every moment - serious or silly - is part of the process.

Keep learning. Keep laughing. Keep showing up. Embrace the process. Even if your next breakthrough happens next to an Al Capone statue while meeting up with a coworker for a post conference dinner.

📸: Sarah Wilson, LAC and Karlee Swenson, LPC

08/19/2025

📢 Registration still open for the 51st Annual Behavioral Health Institute!

Dates: August 26th - 28th, 2025.

Registration is OPEN!

Registrations are now open for the 51st Annual Behavioral Health Institute, August 26 - 28, 2025, at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Hit this link to register:

https://web.cvent.com/event/98fb64b7-4a88-42cd-b040-e05627ef1437/summary

06/21/2025

JET is offering youth summer passes for $10 (unlimited rides)!

🚌 For ages 6-17
🚌 Must be 13 years old to ride by yourself
🚌 Passes good through Labor Day

JET is offering youth summer passes for those ages 6 to 17, but you must be at least 13 to ride alone.

06/19/2025

🎣 Fishing = Fun + Mental Health Boost! 🧠💪

Forrest L Wood Crowley's Ridge Nature Center is hosting this fishing camp for kids ages 10–15, fishing is more than just catching fish — it helps with:
🐟 Lowering stress
🎯 Improving focus and patience
🌞 Getting off screens and into the sunshine
🧘 Feeling calm and confident
🤝 Bonding with family and friends

It’s a fun, peaceful way to recharge and feel good—hook, line, and sinker.

Take a kid fishing. You might be helping their mind as much as their casting! 💙🎣

CRNC Angler Fish Camp begins next week! Click the link for more information and to submit an application.

https://www.register-ed.com/events/view/227221

06/18/2025

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Announcing the 2025 Annual Behavioral Health Institute SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES for the big event from August 26 - 28, 2025: SIGN UP TO BE A SPONSOR AT THIS LINK: https://forms.gle/c9vFFK3n8k64yP6W7

06/18/2025

🚨📢 SAVE THE DATE!

06/17/2025

ASU - Newport is hosting an Aviator Exploration Camp for students entering 4th and 5th grade. The camp will all for hands-on opportunity to explore programs and careers in science, technology, arts, and health!

Camp will take place from July 8-10th, from 9AM-2PM!

The Aviator Exploration Camp offers local youth a hands-on opportunity to explore programs and careers in science, technology, arts, and health.