Counseling: A Safe Place to Be Real National Counseling Awareness Month matters. Counseling offers a space where children and teens can speak freely, be heard deeply, and begin to heal. Therapy isn’t about “fixing” them. It’s about equipping them.It gives them tools to manage anxiety, name their feelings, build self-worth, and believe in tomorrow.
Change has been a constant in my life. I moved often, at times every two years, growing up as a missionary kid in France. Each transition brought a mix of emotions—the sadness of leaving behind friends, the nervousness of starting at a new school, the...
Growing up as a missionary kid, constantly moving from one country to another, life was full of incredible experiences—but also real challenges. Being a Third Culture Kid (TCK) shaped my worldview and strengthened my ability to connect with different people, but it also left me...
If you’re like most people, you brought in the new year with a list of resolutions. And if you’re like most people, all of those resolutions have one goal: to better your life in some way. Whether that is through eating right, working out, learning...
Through play, children discover the world around them and their feelings about it. Play is also how children communicate these often-complex feelings. This is what makes play therapy such a powerful treatment. Pretending offers children the opportunity to “finally” be in charge and express what...
In her article Self-Regulation Doesn’t Exist!! Robyn Gobbel, LCSW explains the importance of co-regulation and how we as parents or caregivers , even trusting loving partners can be so instrumental in helping others regulate their emotions. As Robyn states so well “What really works isn’t...