Sneak a peek at today’s average counseling client …
If you’re not a counselor, you might think going to see a counselor or clinical therapist should be a simple matter: You have a problem, you tell […]
02
Mar
2017
Blog Tag
Mental Health
01
Mar
2017
A great treatment for anxiety, chronic stress, and panic attacks …
We live in a time and culture that pushes us to live too fast and too busy lives. The result is increasing numbers of people suffering from […]
12
Oct
2016
Coping with grief …
To lose someone out of your life that you love dearly can be life-shattering, and the grief that follows can be some of the deepest pain you’ll […]
05
Sep
2016
SUICIDE PREVENTION – Know the warning signs …
Those of us who work in counseling are told it’s not a matter of if, but when we will lose a client to suicide. I’m happy to […]
31
Aug
2016
What reframing your thoughts means …
My general disdain for platitudes isn’t a secret. The reason for my dislike of platitudes (often found plastered all over social media) is because they’re more untrue […]
06
Apr
2016
Can you live a stress-free life in a stressed-out world?
Can you live a stress-free life in a stressed-out world? No. And yes. Let’s work out the answer to that. To answer the question proffered, the first […]
02
Aug
2015
Learn how to regulate your emotions instead of being driven by them …
Both conventional news outlets and social media were abuzz this past week when it was reported that Wilmer Flores, the 23-year-old short stop for the New York […]
24
Jun
2015
Here’s how YOUR church can have its own FREE counseling ministry providing FREE services …
There’s not a church anywhere that doesn’t have members or a community around it where there aren’t hurt, broken, and troubled people in need of Christian clinical […]
31
May
2015
It’s time to overcome junk theology about mental illness …
One of the places where significant ignorance about mental illness and mental health issues is still pervasive is within the church. Jay Kesler wrote in his book, […]
23
Apr
2015
When the inconceivable becomes reality: Dealing with PTSD …
Sucked in, washed up, and blown over. What a traumatic experience! In his book, “In the Eye of the Storm,” author and pastor Max Lucado shares the […]