{"id":9552,"date":"2026-10-06T08:55:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/?p=9552"},"modified":"2026-10-06T08:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:55:43","slug":"holiday-blues-how-to-manage-season-affective-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/2026\/10\/06\/holiday-blues-how-to-manage-season-affective-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Blues: How to Manage Season Affective Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Join Wheeler Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for a timely topic as we move into the holiday season. This training is a practical and compassionate guide to seasonal mood changes, coping skills, and knowing when to seek help. Together we will explore how to: distinguish common holiday stress or \u201cwinter blues\u201d from symptoms that may warrant professional evaluation; recognize common symptoms and seasonal patterns associated with SAD; identify practical strategies that support sleep; light exposure, activity, connection, and stress management; describe evidence-based treatment options and important safety considerations; create a simple personal plan for the upcoming holiday\/seasonal period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skill Set:<\/strong> Essential Skills<br \/>\n<strong>Facilitator:<\/strong> Kayla Lombardi, LCSW, Wheeler EAP<br \/>\n<strong>Platform:<\/strong> Zoom<br \/>\n<strong>Details:<\/strong> 11\/17\/26 from 10:00am \u2013 11:00am<br \/>\n<strong>Enroll:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/hrconnect.cga.ct.gov\/html\/psmain.asp?COURSE_ID=008257&amp;SESSION=0001\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Join Wheeler Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for a timely topic as we move into the holiday season. This training is a practical and compassionate guide to seasonal mood changes, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training-class"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9552"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9554,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9552\/revisions\/9554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/CGATrain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}