Health & Wellness
Susan Gillpatrick, Centerstone Crisis Management Specialist, is a regular guest on WSMV Channel 4's More at Midday. Gillpatrick offers advice and education on a variety of current health-related topics and trends from Centerstone's Wellness Program. To watch a sampling of Susan's appearances on More at Midday, check out the videos in our Multimedia section.
To inquire about Centerstone's Wellness Program, you can call Susan Gillpatrick at 615.460.4445 or Mindy Tobin, Marketing and Public Relations Manager at 615.463.6649.
Read Susan's most recent column: The Happiest of Holidays: When less is more...
This column offers pointers on how to avoid the most common pitfalls of the holidays from family feuding to overeating.
About Susan Gillpatrick, MEd, LPC, CTS
Susan Gillpatrick, Centerstone Crisis Management Specialist, primarily works in the field with clients in critical incident response situations, and in Centerstone’s wellness trainings and presentations. She is also responsible for planning and implementing marketing and growth strategies for Centerstone’s Crisis Management Strategies.
In recent years, Ms. Gillpatrick worked for the Shelby County Government Victims Assistance Center in Memphis. There, she co-developed a model program for the state of Tennessee entitled, "Homicide Response". Her work in this area received the 2000 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties.
Ms. Gillpatrick is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Trauma Specialist, Certified Workplace Conflict Mediator, and Mental Health Service Provider in the state of Tennessee and a National Certified Counselor. She is also a member the American Counseling Association, the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists, the Tennessee Mental Health Counseling Association, and the Middle Tennessee Employee Assistance Professionals Association. She is a frequent presenter at local and national conferences, and has had numerous articles published. She received her Master of Education degree in Human Development Counseling from Peabody College at Vanderbilt University.
Susan's Past Articles
Life Choices: Five ways to make tough decisions
The Four Question Relationship Challenge
Take Time to Take Vacation: Five Facts about the Benefits of Taking a Break
Six Self Care Strategies for Women
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Five Principles of Productive People
Four Facts of Functional and Fun Relationships
Choose to Change Your Life for the New Year
Five Ways to Avoid Holiday Hazards
The ABCs of Improving Your Memory
Five Steps to Reunite a Lost Relationship
Seven Ways Couples Add Conflict to Conflict
Shrinking Your Financial Stress:Six Steps for Shrinking Your Stress in a Shrinking Economy
Six Secrets of Great Relationships
Jealousy: Six Essential Steps to Keep Jealousy from Ruining Your Relationship
Communicating Through Conflict: Four Steps to Handling Difficult Conversations Without Confrontation
Seven Steps to a Successful New Year's Resolution
Five Rules to Follow Before You Make Your Resolutions
Handling Family Friction at the Holidays: Four Ways to Minimize Crisis
Lies Women Believe and the Limitations They Create
How to Know When its Time to Seek Counseling: Seven Signs for Seeking Help
How to Tune Up Your Marriage: Eight Essential Tools of A Successful Relationship
Coping With Crisis: Six Steps for Caring for Yourself in Times of Crisis
How to Have Fun: Six Stress Relievers You Need To Know
How to Get Over Guilt: Seven Essential Steps
Patience: Nine Principles of Practicing Patience
How to Change Your Life: The Courage, The Risks, and The Rewards
Common Relationship Mistakes and How to Fix Them!
How Listening Can Improve Your Life: Do's and Don'ts You Need To Know!
Life Frustrations: Six Steps to Reduce the Stress
From Wishes to Reality: Five Key Questions to Ask of Your Resolutions
The Greatest Gift: Learning to Forgive Yourself
How to Put the Happy Back in the Holidays: Four Questions to Ask to Reduce Your Stress This Year
Depression: Three Things Everyone Should Know About Depression
Identifying Addictions: What Controls Your Life
Loving is Caring Not Controlling: Signs and Solutions in Domestic Violence
"No" Is a Complete Sentence: Establishing Personal Boundaries
Six Good Habits to Enrich Your Life
Living In Uncertain Times: Coping with the New "Normal"
From Fitness to Family: Six Sins that Can Sabotage Your Goals
Seven Teasers for Food Pleasers
Don't Let Romance Take a Summer Break
Living Beyond the Losses of Life: Hope & Healing in Recovery
Balancing Your Life: Six Tips to Bringing More Balance into Your Life
The Power of Personal Choice and Control
Spring Clean Your Life: 4 Tools from Gardening 101
Stop Procrastinating: It Is Never Too Late To Stop Procrastinating!
Bouncing Back After Adversity: The Recovering Power of Resiliency