Are your clients caught in a downward addiction spiral causing helplessness and frustration? While there are many reasons for addictive behavior, certain emotions such as anger can fuel the addictive cycle. This in turn increases the intensity of the emotion and amplifies destructive behavior resulting in an out-of-control moment. Here are some examples. It starts… (more…)
When your child comes home with a bad grade on a test, you sit them down immediately and try to help them set new goals for improving their grade. You explain about the importance of setting long-term goals and how their current behavior is not consistent with what they want out of life. You never… (more…)
Parenting is hard work. At times it can be overwhelming, lonely, exhausting, discouraging, exciting, joyful, rewarding, encouraging, and fun within just a few short minutes. The wide range of emotions you feel from excitement over watching your child finally ride a bike without training wheels to paralyzing fear as they ride that bike straight into… (more…)
If you are struggling with depression or know of someone who is, please read this tender yet honest sermon from Chris Erdman about the death of his friend and Pastor Jamie Evans. I knew Jamie as a child as his parents were and still are dear friends of my parents. His father, Louis Evans Jr., now deceased, was also my… (more…)
It is yet another counseling appointment for Sam who is 13 years old and is struggling in school, home, and everywhere he goes. He has been diagnosed with ADHD and depression in the past but all of the medications have failed to work and his is getting worse, not better. He is a bright boy… (more…)
You are having an affair. This wasn’t intention, you didn’t even see it coming but here you are anyway in the middle of an affair. It started off easily and innocently with a glance when you noticed the other person and got noticed back; it felt good to have someone look at you like that… (more…)
Your spouse is going to rant about something sooner or later. Unfortunately the ranting may even be about the same topic, the same people, or the same circumstances you have heard about a thousand times before. In your response, you are likely to fall into a pattern of defending, explaining, shutting down, minimizing or personalizing… (more…)
So you say that you want your marriage to be better. You read books, listen to others, pray, and talk about the importance of marriage but how committed are you really? It is much easier to talk about communicating and the importance of it for instance, then to actually communicate effectively. The same is true… (more…)
Yes, I know that this is strange advice and most likely contradicts the latest marriage book you read but it doesn’t work in the long run. Sure you can get great results in your marriage by always trying to please your spouse short-term but sooner or later you run out of steam especially when the… (more…)
It’s the little things that count. Too often the big things in a marriage get the most attention while the little things go unrecognized for lack of importance. However, if you can begin the practice of forgiving your spouse for the little things, then when the big things come up it will be a much… (more…)
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