Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. Tahlequah
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12/01/2025
As the holidays start to ramp up, it's easy to get caught up in giving to everyone else. But what about you?
We want to remind you that your well-being is worth protecting. This season, intentionally choose to give yourself the gift of peace. That might look like setting boundaries, taking a quiet moment, or just knowing when to say "no" to an extra commitment.
Taking care of your inner self makes all the difference!
11/27/2025
Thanksgiving doesn’t look the same for everyone. Whether you’re navigating divorce, co-parenting, estrangement, or financial challenges, it’s okay if your plans or traditions are different this year.
Families change, and life’s transitions can be hard, but your feelings are valid. Take this day to show yourself grace and compassion. 💛
11/26/2025
Starting therapy can feel intimidating and that’s completely normal. You don’t have to be strong to begin healing. Sometimes, all it takes is a quiet whisper: “I need help.”
Reaching out is the first step toward feeling supported, understood, and less alone. Remember, you don’t have to face everything on your own.
11/24/2025
Therapy is more than just talking, it’s a supportive space where you can open up, be heard, and make progress at your own pace. 💙
Healing takes time, and that’s completely okay. Therapists are there to guide you gently, without judgment or pressure.
If you’re considering taking that step, remember: growth happens slowly, but every small step matters. 🌱
11/21/2025
Hope doesn’t always come back as a big, dramatic moment.
Sometimes it’s smaller like a moment of calm you didn’t expect, a breath that feels easier, a tiny spark of “maybe I can keep going.”
If you’ve been missing that feeling, you’re not alone.
Support is real, and healing is possible even if it starts small.
11/20/2025
Emotional abuse doesn’t always leave bruises — but it leaves marks.
And in Oklahoma, it’s more common than people realize.
Nearly 49% of adults here will experience emotional or physical abuse in their lifetime.
If any part of your relationship feels scary, controlled, or unsafe, you’re not alone — and you’re not imagining it.
You deserve support that helps you rebuild safety and self-worth.
🧠 Scientists from the U.S. BRAIN Initiative just created the first-ever map of how the human brain develops — from embryo to adulthood.
Their discovery? The brain doesn’t stop growing after birth. Neurons that shape emotion and learning keep forming well into adulthood.
That means healing isn’t just emotional — it’s biological.
The same brain that learned fear can learn peace.
Source: El País English – “First map of the developing brain provides insight into origin of mental disorders” (Nov 2025)
11/07/2025
November is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Abuse doesn’t always start with bruises—it often begins with control disguised as care. Jealousy. Monitoring your phone. Isolation from friends.
If any of this feels familiar, you’re not alone. Counseling helps you rebuild your safety, confidence, and sense of self.
Find your counselor at Improving Lives Counseling Services.
11/05/2025
Hope doesn’t always arrive in fireworks. Sometimes it’s just a day that feels a little lighter.
You deserve more days like that and therapy helps you find them faster.
Find your counselor.
10/30/2025
Therapy isn’t a last resort.
It’s where you go to understand yourself before things spiral.
Start today — we’ll meet you where you are.
Telehealth across Oklahoma • SoonerCare accepted.
If you’re in crisis, call 988.
10/25/2025
When you’ve been carrying too much for too long, your brain learns to turn the volume down.
That quiet isn’t peace, it’s protection.
Therapy helps you feel again, safely.
Improving Lives Counseling
Telehealth across Oklahoma | SoonerCare accepted
If you’re in crisis, call 988.
10/21/2025
Some days it’s not about fixing everything.
It’s about finding the dial.
Because anxiety isn’t something you “get over.”
It’s something you learn to turn down.
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We provide high quality counseling services in a professional, non-judgmental, supportive and friendly environment at an affordable cost to you.
At Improving Lives Counseling Services, our focus is on you. We are here for you – ready to listen, roll up our sleeves, and help you solve the problems in your life. Your comfort, health and goals are our priority; we do not believe in simply “going through the motions.” Every second you spend with a counselor of Improving Lives Counseling Services will be well spent on your future.
Our mission is to assist individuals in reaching their full potential. Through a holistic, strengths-based model of therapy and peripheral services, we can encourage and empower you to achieve improvement in all areas of life!
BENEFITS OF IMPROVING LIVES COUNSELING:
We meet you where you are by offering office, school, home, and community-based services. We also offer online video counseling sessions.
Services are free of charge to people who have Medicaid or SoonerCare.
We are available evenings and weekends.
We can see you sooner. You won’t have to wait weeks for a counseling session.
Our counseling therapy sessions are helpful, fun, and affordable!