Your partner has decided to go to therapy. Maybe you wonder why. Maybe you see the need for therapy and are in support of it. Maybe you even recommended it. But now what? What should you expect? Every person is unique, and therefore every therapy experience is unique, but in …
No one can really tell a client what will happen during a therapy session. No one can really tell what will happen after a therapy session, either. Will the client feel better, or will they feel worse? Will they feel energized, or will they feel tired? Will problems immediately resolve, …
By Sarah Earles, MS, LPC, NCC “Name three things you’re grateful for.” It’s an age-old tradition around the Thanksgiving table. Thanksgiving is not always a happy holiday, though. It is often a reminder of loss: loss of family, loss of home, loss of relationship, loss of what could have been, …
Parents, are you planning for the holidays? Preparing your menus, sending out invites, making your gift lists, and checking them twice? Great! Planning is a great way to make sure that everything gets done this busy time of year. Please remember that you need to plan for your self-care and …
Naming emotions can be hard, especially if a person has experienced abuse, neglect, and trauma. In traumatic situations there is no room for emotions, only room for fight-flight-freeze survival responses. Acknowledging emotions is vulnerable too, as emotions can be exploited. Feelings are a pathway for connection with other humans though. …
Your child claims that he or she does not remember screaming at you when they got angry. Your spouse claims that he or she does not remember saying those hurtful things in your heated discussion. You can’t recall how you got so angry that you acted completely out of character. …
Everyone has parents. Some people had good parents. Others had (or have) not so good parents. Some people had absent parents. Good or not so good, most children experienced times when their parents weren’t there when they needed them. As a result, many adults find that their inner child still …
Movement is important for everyone because all people have bodies in some shape or form. Movement is especially important for kids from hard places, however and specifically those in the foster care and adoptive systems. Incorporating movement in everyday activities is not that hard either. It simply takes some intentional …
One of the greatest antidotes to anxiety is the practice of being fully emersed in the present moment, which helps lead to the experience of peace and contentment. This practice is a skill into which we grow. In Philippians chapter 4 verses 6-9, the Apostle Paul tells us about both …
Why We’re Not Talking About That Behavior…Yet By Sarah Earles MS, LPC, NCC You brought your child to therapy because of a behavior (or behaviors!). Whether the behavior is angry outbursts, stealing, acting out, or something else, it is a problem, and you want it fixed. You want it fixed …