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How to Cope in Hard Times
As a therapist, I see it every day in my office, and a surge lately of clients carrying grief, anxiety, anger, and even guilt for feeling too much—or for feeling numb. If that sounds like you, You’re not alone…
Talking to Your Kids About Sexual Abuse
April is sexual abuse awareness month so I wanted to take this opportunity to talk to parents about how to communicate this issue with your children and how to help take preventative precautions.
6 Ways Parents can Support a Teenager Struggling with Depression
As a parent, seeing your teenager struggle with symptoms of depression can be heartbreaking. However, there are steps you can take to support your child during this difficult time.
Healing From Codependency with Licensed Counselor Marna Klug
Marna Klug is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor based in North Dakota with over 25 years of experience. Marna specializes in working with those facing challenges related to codependency.
EMDR Therapy with Myra Hurtado
Myra is a Licensed Professional Counselor and is the Owner and Clinical Director of Healing Hearts Counseling in Gilbert, AZ. She is a Certified EMDR Therapist and Approved EMDR Consultant with EMDRIA.
A Guide to Figuring Out Your Values
Values are the things in life that you feel are most important to you. Values are unique to each person. For example, one person may value close relationships with their family members, while another person may place more value on their career.
Attachment Styles
I think we could all agree that the quality of our relationships makes a huge impact on our overall happiness. When our relationships are not going so well, it can feel disheartening. One way to address relationship struggles is understanding attachment styles.
Forgiveness: What It Is and Is Not
Forgiveness is an important key in you moving on from a past hurt. I once heard, “Resentment is like drinking poison, and expecting the other person to die from it.”
Beyond the Xs and Os: Mental Health with former NFL Pro Bowler
Professional athletes are more than just entertainers that we gather together in living rooms, restaurants, and stadiums to cheer on and root against. More than just “points” we’re hoping to win fantasy leagues with.
Three Tips for Therapy
Therapy helps you take a much deeper look into your life, your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, so everything comes to the surface which may have been ignored for awhile or numbed by other things. Healing is a journey, not a race.
The Connection Between Young Women’s Self-Worth and Social Media Feedback
Social media is a primary form of connection and communication among young women today. Developing a sense of belonging affects a woman’s self-worth, self-esteem and emotional well-being.
3 ways to Reduce Fear
The exercise below helps you to create 3 ways to lessen your fear. After developing the 3 ways, choose one that you feel is most suitable for you and try it for an entire week when encountering your fear.
Is God On Our Side?
A few years back I went through a pretty challenging season in my marriage and personal life. I remember questioning how I could possibly ever be whole and healed again. In times of pain, it can feel so lonely and isolating, and we can feel as if we are the only one struggling.
What is Social Anxiety?
Social Anxiety Disorder is one of the most common mental health conditions and is associated with a reoccurring and extreme fear of social situations, mainly where the individual may be negatively evaluated by others.
3 Ways to Reduce Anxiety
Feelings of anxiety (fear, uneasiness, dread) can be very unpleasant and affect how we show up in our lives. Here’s 3 ways you can feel calmer right now.
A Single Mother’s Journey
Research shows that most single parents provide the structure, values, and nurturance that their children need, while they simultaneously manage a household, a job, and a marginal social life. Their homes are not "broken", their lives are not miserable, and while they may have faced challenges, their children thrive.
Sobriety with Donny Starkins
As a former Division 1 baseball player, Donny’s journey into Personal Development and Mindfulness began in 2005, after seven operations on his left knee and an addiction to painkillers. Fast forward to today, Donny has many years of sobriety.
A Simplified Life: with Brooke Happe
They felt like they wanted more out of life, not physically more, but she stated, “more life, with less. Giving our children experiences over things.” They decided to sell their home and everything they owned to focus on simplifying life and spend more time together as a family. For the last 3 years they’ve traveled the country as a family in their RV.
Addiction to Social Media
I sat down with a good friend of mine and interviewed her about her decision to delete social media in 2017. With nearly 20,000 instagram followers, her days were consumed by creating content to post, staging her children for posts, comparison, and using it as a means to communicate with an adulterous relationship.
Navigating Body Image After Birth
Are you pregnant and struggling to accept the changes to your growing body? Or maybe now you have had your baby, and instead of feeling all the joy, you have negative emotions about your post-pregnancy body? Just know, you are not alone. Many women have difficulty navigating postpartum body image.
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Take the First Step Towards Healing
Taking the first step toward therapy can feel intimidating, but you don’t have to have everything figured out to begin. At Valley Premier Counselings, we offer compassionate, professional care in a safe, supportive environment - helping you feel understood, grounded, and guided as you move toward healing.
If you’re ready to take the next step, we’re here to walk alongside you.