A friend called me recently to consult on some support she was providing to a recovery home for women in abusive relationships. The question at hand was how we could support this home, these women and the staff who care for them, in addition to any children involved from a psychological standpoint. This is a tough question because often humans recently rescued from traumatic situations are stuck mentally and emotionally in survival . While they may be immediately physically s

Anytime you commit to a relationship with someone, you're essentially agreeing to work the emotional ground between you. It's a joint...

Being a counselor, I practice some of the most intense forms of attunement and care, without getting anything in return but the...

I love helping people in my office. Usually the biggest thing I do for them is listen well. Yes, that's something their friends could do,...

One of the ugliest things I've learned in fifteen years in the counseling business is that I cannot trust insurance companies to do the...

Please beware any company telling you that they are glad to have you as a part of their "family." Lately I've heard from several clients...

I'm realizing as an entrepreneur I have an intense fear of being taken advantage of. That stress darkens everything I do and steals my...

Hitting "print" on a big project is often one of the hardest things for me to do. Everything else: brainstorming, asking for help,...

Sometimes my clients turn out to be people I really like. I think things like, "Man, it would be fun to go out for a beer with you..." or...

One of the best financial decisions I've ever made was to pay someone to do the terrible parts of being a small business owner. I say...

Four months ago, my church, The Grove, invited me to prepare a teaching for the fall on healthy sexuality. I was pumped. I've been...

Today I had people in my office on vastly different ends of the political spectrum. If they'd all been here at the same time, I may have...

I just got back from Destin, Florida. I don't even really like the beach. But when I asked my family what they wanted to do, they all...

What does it mean to be professional? Google says, professional (adj). - engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation...

A lot of the younger people I've met have a hard time wanting to be "professional." It's not that these people don't know how to look...