7 ways a wife injures her husband (without even knowing it):
By Steve Marks, MA, NCC, LPC on Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
By Steve Marks, MA, NCC, LPC on Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Here are 7 ways a wife injures her husband, without even knowing it. By Ron Edmonson 1. Put him down in front of other people – Most men will not counter this type of humiliation in public…if ever. They will simply take it…and hurt. If they do eventually address it it will be out of […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 in Anger Management. No Comments
Anger Management Tool: A Look In The Mirror Now think about yourself. When you get angry, it is usually over something that is a real wrong? Is it about a true injustice in the world? Do you find yourself angry about oppression or starving children? Do you find yourself saying, “that’s not right!” about human […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Friday, March 25th, 2016 in Anger Management. No Comments
Anger Management Denver Anger can ruin marriages, families, and yourself. Our marriage counselors often encounter anger issues in working with couples and direct the individual to work on the anger in individual counseling sessions. Once you have identified your thoughts you need to determine if is is a real wrong or a perceived wrong. Sometimes […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Friday, March 18th, 2016 in Anger Management. No Comments
Anger Management Tools: Thoughts The first step in this process is to identify your thoughts, or what you are thinking about that is making you mad. What i your trigger though? Are you have wrong thoughts about your relationship? As we’ve said, the reason you are mad is not because of what happened, but because […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Sunday, February 14th, 2016 in Sexual Addiction. No Comments
What is Sexual Addiction It is important to understand that sex addiction is a “solution” to pain, past trauma, and anxiety – addiction literally becomes a coping mechanism. If somebody starts doing something to cope, and if they do it long enough, the body adjusts to the point that it needs that level of activity […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Saturday, January 9th, 2016 in Christian Counseling Blog Archives. No Comments
What is the Problem with Lust? So, what is lust? That is a huge question. Lust is the opposite of love. Lust tries to take the place of love. Lust takes the place of God. Lust is about taking, while love is about giving. Lust is never satisfied and it always wants more and more. […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Sunday, January 3rd, 2016 in Anger Management. No Comments
Take care of yourself emotionally. If you are in a good emotional state you will be less likely to get angry. If you are emotionally bankrupt, just about anything will set your anger off. Some ways to improve your emotional health: Cultivate emotional supports Spend time serving others Rest Laugh Create healthy personal boundaries for […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Saturday, December 26th, 2015 in Sexual Addiction. No Comments
Often in relationships where addiction is present, the couple will play a rotating roles of “Persecutor/Perpetrator”, “Victim”, and “Rescuer”. This is is called a “Drama Triangle.” These are roles that both the partners learned in childhood as normal and each don’t recognize the drama that occurs and the cycle of dysfunction that never seems to […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Sunday, December 20th, 2015 in Anxiety Counseling. No Comments
Do you find yourself laying in bed worrying about a million different issues? Some of your worries are about small issues (did I pay the phone bill?) and other issues are outside your control (job, 401k, health insurance premiums, etc.). It seems you can’t seem to stop the thoughts and you feel tired but can’t […]
By Michael Ballard, MA, LPC on Saturday, December 12th, 2015 in Anger Management. No Comments
To calm yourself down, you will need to learn some positive ways to teach your body to calm down when you are upset. The first rule of positive coping is: don’t hold it in. Avoidance is a negative coping strategy, and so dealing with your anger is important. It’s normal to fee sadness, anxiety, anger […]