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What Is the Parent’s Role When Their Child is in Counseling?
By Billy Weaks, MA Licensed Professional Counselor Over the past few years I have worked with many children, on issues such as anger management, depression, anxiety amongst others, and whether the child is 8 or 18, being able to effectively and appropriately communicate what they are thinking and feeling is one of my primary goals. Who is a bigger part of this process than parents? As a therapist I [...]
Find Hope, Live Well. | Stenzel Clinical Podcast
The Find Hope, Live Well podcast is officially here! In each bite-size episode, Grant Stenzel covers small things you can do right now that can lead to big changes in your life. Find it in iTunes, Soundcloud or podcasts.com. "Find it on iTunes, Soundcloud or podcasts.com. Recent Posts
Books to Read and Things to Watch While You Hibernate This Winter
Cabin fever may not be here yet, but with the holidays wrapped, it probably will be soon. When you’re stuck inside and at your wit’s end, mix it up with these book, TV and movie recommendations straight from Stenzel therapists. Rita Rippentrop Read: Daring Greatly by Brené Brown If you’re not familiar with Brené Brown, this is a great first read! In Daring Greatly, she invites us all to [...]
How To Identify Core Values (And Live By Them)
By Deepak Santhiraj, MSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker As we welcome 2019, many Americans will attempt to pursue various ambitions and achieve different goals as part of their new year’s resolutions. If we desire to pursue meaningful goals and form healthy habits around what will matter most, our decision making must start with a vital exercise: identifying core values. Values “are the principles that give our lives meaning and [...]
How To Be Joyful (After Christmas)
By Grant Stenzel, MS Licensed Clinical Professional CounselorThe holidays can be filled with stress, but finding moments of joy before and during the holiday season is fairly easy. Songs and treats fill our bodies with that special Christmas warmth, giving and receiving gifts is a happiness-producing exchange, and spending quality time with family is like food for the soul.1.But after the holidays, finding joy can be a monumental struggle. January, [...]
Dethroning the Voice of Shame – Part I
Writing in his diary in 1892 at the height of the Russian Industrial Age, Leo Tolstoy observed, “Life cannot have any other purpose than joy and goodness. Only this purpose - joy- is ultimately worthy of life.” We can identify that goodness and beauty with unending joy can prevail in the face of monumental shame that releases a myriad of unsettling human emotions. Shame has a raw and overwhelming [...]