Which One Is Right For You? Couples Counseling, Couples Workshops or Couples Intensives?
You’ve likely heard about couples counseling and the benefits it can offer for your relationship – whether you are in crisis or not. But what about a couples workshop or intensive? Are those effective? Will it offer the same benefits that couples counseling would? Is it worth my time [...]
Five Essential Conversations
for New and Expectant Parents
Becoming a parent is one of the most significant life transitions we’ll go through. Like any big transition, the journey to parenthood can be a time of growth and connection, and it can also bring stress and uncertainty. For better or worse, most peri-partum couples experience big shifts in [...]
Anxiety – Is there hope?
What is anxiety? When you think of the word ‘anxiety’ what comes to mind? Perhaps you thought of that time when a family member had to leave a crowded room after suddenly feeling overwhelmed. Or that time when your friend started having difficulty breathing, and stated they were having [...]
How Is Spiritual Abuse Different From Religious Trauma?
Spiritual abuse is an event or series of experiences a person endures from a religious leader or organization. It can be acutely traumatizing at the time, but it is more often slow, subtle, and insidious. Religious trauma is the ongoing effect that spiritual abuse can have on a person. Entering a church building [...]
How Can Therapy Help With Spiritual Abuse or Religious Trauma?
Religious trauma includes both a spiritual nature, as well as the physiological and psychological experience of the abuse and trauma. Much like therapy helps victims of sexual, emotional or physical abuse, therapy can also help those who have been spiritually abused in many of the same ways. Your experience deserves [...]
What Is Spiritual Abuse?
Religious groups, churches and faith communities are an important and significant part of life for many people. Members often find comfort, community and hope through these organizations. While these are certainly welcoming and healthy aspects of faith-based organizations, sometimes these seemingly attractive aspects of religion mask very unhealthy and toxic components. [...]