Tag: depression

+ depression, emotional health, God, grief, grieve, grieving, loss, mental health, sadness, suffering, Uncategorized

Why You Need to Grieve Every Loss

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My father was lost in a world of darkness. The chains of mental illness wrapped their wicked fingers around his throat and squeezed until he pulled the trigger on his life. That was January 1977; he was 36. I couldn’t wrap my young brain around that loss for decades. I just felt the colossal void his suicide left in the form of emptiness, pain, … Read More Why You Need to Grieve Every Loss

+ Coaching, counseling, eating disorders, freedom, goals, God, grief, influence, love, mental health, new year, powerful, strong, the church, trauma, Uncategorized, Women in Leadership

Sitting With the Broken: Part II

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During an intake session, a new client reported multiple traumas along with an eating disorder. When I asked if she had received treatment for the eating disorder, she stated she had seen a church counselor about ten years earlier. “Basically I was given Scripture to quote whenever I felt the urge to restrict my food or purge it after eating.” “Do you still restrict … Read More Sitting With the Broken: Part II

+ Affairs, counseling, Forgiveness, Marriage, relationships, Uncategorized

10 Signs Your Spouse Might be Cheating

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Current infidelity statistics reveal that in over one-third of marriages, one or both partners admitted to an extramarital affair. This number might actually be low because affairs are under reported. Other research estimates indicate that nearly 60% of all individuals will engage in an affair at some point during the marriage. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I do a lot of affair recovery work. … Read More 10 Signs Your Spouse Might be Cheating

+ grief, Uncategorized

Two Responses to Valley Experiences

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Spring and early summer is typically when local communities gear up for Relay for Life; an organization whose tagline “celebrate, remember, and fight back” inspires its participants to raise money for cancer research for the American Cancer Society (relayforlife.org, 2014). It’s also the time of year that triggers a flood of memories from my own experience with cancer. I frequently refer to my encounter as “the … Read More Two Responses to Valley Experiences

+ counseling, Uncategorized

6 Reasons to Seek Therapy

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Everyone experiences periods of stress, sadness and loss. Successfully navigating through those seasons in life is challenging enough, but what if you are not successful in working through negative or even positive life events? You might find the quality of your mental health compromised. Psychotherapy can be a potent tool for resolving many of life’s problems, but you shouldn’t see your shrink for every little problem life throws … Read More 6 Reasons to Seek Therapy

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