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Kalli Kontos, LCSW-R, CASAC, BCD
Kontos Psychotherapy

Work demands. economic stress, family conflict, strained relationships all have one commonality.  They rob a person their ability to relax.  In todays society with all the demands that exist, stress has robbed us the ability to relax resulting in an increase in obesity, increased physical pain, a rise in heart disease and cancer diagnosis, depression and insomnia to name a few.

Taking charge of our stress level means gaining control of our lives in areas of our thoughts, our emotions, our dail...