Clients suffering with anxiety and depression feel really stuck. They feel like they are in a bottomless pit and have no way to get out. I (Vincent) ask them what they can do to help themselves, and they have no reply. So I bring out my big white board...
Personal Growth
We talk about ways to help individuals thrive and mature in areas like time management, spiritual depth, social skills, health, etc.
Nicknames and Their Power
I (Vincent) love reading biographies. In good biographies, you really get to know the person. As a marriage counselor, I now read biographies with a little different slant – with more depth than I did before. I read about a person’s experiences and interpret how it affected their decisions...
What I’ve Learned About Myself from the Temptation of Jesus
Hunger When I (Laura) get hungry enough, I get “hangry.” If I allow myself to get to this point, I feel like I start slipping up. I get snappy with my loved ones, I’m not as focused on the tasks at hand, and let’s just say this little light...
Resolutions and Healthy Food
How are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions? At our house, we have not had resolutions per se, but we are continually trying to improve our lifestyle and be healthy. Resolutions seem to set you up for failure. They are so definitive. Just the word resolution sounds like it...
I’m Worried That I Have Anxiety
“I don’t have anxiety. I am just a ‘Type A’ personality.” This is what I would tell myself. I have everything taken care of and am doing okay. Everything is normal and healthy for me. I have a job. I pay bills. I am responsible. I have friends....
Bombarded With Words?
Do you ever wake up and feel like you’re being bombarded with words? This happens to me quite frequently. I wake up, and my wife starts talking. I hear some of them, and some of them I don’t. It takes a while for me to...
Why Therapy Doesn’t Work
The yellow jacket nest that I (Laura) mowed over was not forgiving. After trying to carefully manicure the grass around my little rock garden, I made the mistake of bumping one of the rocks with my pushmower, exposing the unseen entrance to the nest and mowing over the top....
New To the Mooresville Area? What You Need to Do to Feel Like Part of the Community
Feeling left out feels awful. When you feel like you don’t know anyone and that no one cares about you, it is incredibly isolating, lonely, and overwhelming. Being a part of “something” is a desire of the human condition. Madeleine L’Engle addresses this concept in the novel...
Seven Signs You May Be In A Toxic Friendship
Songs have been written about them, a tv show is named after them, and we all need them: friends. Friends are our cheerleaders, adopted family members and our social network. For some people, however, friendships can be exhausting, angering, and unhealthy. The very definition of friend is...
Eleven Ways Parents Sabotage Their Kids’ Future & How To Stop
It’s almost a daily occurrence; I hear “My child will not do his homework! I have to sit on him to get it done!” Another variation of this is, “She is great at school, but when she’s home…that’s a different story!” These days, parents are on high...