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Rebuilding After Childhood Abuse

Jan 25, 2018 | Christian Counseling, Recovery

When Doug first started counseling, he was an expert at beating himself up. He was unbelievably quick at finding fault with who he was and what he did. As quick as he was to find fault, he expected a similar velocity at finding a fix.

Recognizing When Counseling Becomes Sexualized

Dec 27, 2017 | Christian Counseling

Whether the counseling situation is a professional one or an informal one, it is vital to recognize its potential to become sexualized.

Having Faith During Times of Anxiety

Nov 20, 2017 | Christian Counseling

Saying no to anxieties can be a scary activity. Anxieties appear to provide an answer, a way to know what the future will hold.

Understand the Way Your Children View Technology

Oct 31, 2017 | Christian Counseling, Parenting

Your children may view that cell phone or game console or tablet or whatever-comes-next like a part of themselves, but you are still the parent. Even if you didn’t buy the device, that device is in your home and under your authority.

What Does Stress Do To Us?

Sep 25, 2017 | Anger Management, Christian Counseling, Depression

We were created with a stress response that was meant to help us recognize and escape danger. We were not created to stay stuck in that stress response.

Ask God to Increase Your Faith

Aug 28, 2017 | Christian Counseling

It is my prayer that you will ask God to increase your faith and help you see his bigger, better plan for you — a plan that has no room for burnout or emotional exhaustion, but instead one that promises a life of balance, courage, and love for yourself, for others, and for your heavenly Father.

Childhood Abuse and Feelings About God

Jul 26, 2017 | Abuse, Christian Counseling

“Why didn’t God protect me? Why did he let this happen?” These are the devastatingly personal equivalents of the age-old question, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” and its mirror image, “Why do good things happen to bad people?”

Technology and Our Need for Instant Gratification

Jun 20, 2017 | Christian Counseling, Parenting

With technology, we decide what we want to do, where we want to go, whom we access, and who accesses us. Some pieces of technology is, itself, a controller. It controls some part of our world and gives us access to that power.

Teens: Why Would God Want to Help Me?

May 19, 2017 | Christian Counseling, Parenting

As you get older and older, believing that God loves you gets harder and harder. God’s love for you is not based on you; God’s love for you is based on God. God decides to love you, to call you his child, and to consider you special and give you a unique purpose in the world.