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Counseling and Therapy Blog
Our North Richland Hills counseling blog covers mental health topics including: Marriage, Trauma, EMDR, DBT, CBT, and Christian Counseling
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Values: What are mine and do I follow them?
Values-based living means making choices and taking actions that line up with what truly matters to you—your core values, like honesty, love, faith, courage, or kindness. It’s about living with intention and meaning, rather than just reacting to life.
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Jul 82 min read
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ANT Therapy: How to stop the negative thinking
Anxiety Help: ANT therapy  stands for Automatic Negative Thoughts  therapy. It’s a mental health technique that helps you notice and...
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Jul 82 min read
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Behavioral Activation: Proven to help with depression
Depression Help: Behavioral activation  is a simple but powerful mental health strategy used to improve mood, especially for people...
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Jul 82 min read
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Conflict Resolution: How to fight fair
Conflict Resolution Help: Fair fighting rules  are simple guidelines that help people handle conflict in a healthy, respectful...
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Jul 82 min read
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Basics of Grounding: How you can start being present in your life
Grounding Anxiety/Depression Help: Grounding is a simple technique that helps you stay present and connected to your body and...
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Jul 82 min read
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Giving and Receiving: Building Healthy Friendships with Value and Boundaries
Recently, it seems that some of the people that come into the office have been having difficulty with friendships. What they mean, what...
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Jun 113 min read
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Self-Esteem vs. Pride: Knowing the Difference and Cultivating Healthy Esteem
"Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Proverbs 16:18 In a world that often encourages confidence and...
jeff-k123
May 273 min read
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The Power of Realistic Positive Thinking: Focusing on What Isn’t Going Wrong
It’s easy to get caught in a loop of negativity. The news, social media, work stress, and personal struggles often highlight everything...
jeff-k123
Feb 272 min read
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The Power of Therapy: Why You Shouldn't Face Depression Alone
When you're dealing with depression, it can feel like you're carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. It’s a lonely,...
jeff-k123
Feb 184 min read
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Understanding Shame: A Christian Perspective
Shame is a deeply ingrained human emotion that affects how we see ourselves, how we relate to others, and how we interact with God. While...
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Feb 43 min read
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The Difference between Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
I was recently asked what the difference between these two therapies are to help a person better understand how they work and what they...
jeff-k123
Nov 19, 20242 min read
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The Heavy Burden of Resentment: Why Letting Go is the Key to Freedom
Resentment is one of those quiet emotions that can simmer just beneath the surface, unnoticed, until it spills over into our daily lives....
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Oct 7, 20243 min read
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I Went into the Woods: The Healing Power of Experiential Therapy
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what...
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Apr 3, 20242 min read
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Deck the halls with...anxiety? 5 Ways to Have a Mentally Merrier Christmas
Deck the halls with...difficult family members, deadlines, cooking, cleaning, work pressure, crying kids, traditions, lonliness, and...
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Dec 13, 20233 min read
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The Connection Between Mental Health and Being in the Woods
It seems every time I post a blog recently, the common thread is the world in which we currently live. The fast-paced never-ending cycle...
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Nov 6, 20233 min read
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Anxiety and the Benefits of Working with Your Hands
Throughout our history anxiety has served a purpose. We have needed it. It has kept us alert and safe in the wilderness, helped us stay...
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Sep 21, 20233 min read
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Unveiling the Link: How Pain and Trauma Sow the Seeds of Addiction
Addiction. What a powerful word. Even hearing it can cause us to question ourselves or bring up memories of others who have struggled...
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Sep 5, 20233 min read
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Why am I thinking this way? Cognitive Distortions
Do you ever feel like your emotions are out of control or out of sync with others around you? Do you ever see yourself critically despite...
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Aug 8, 20233 min read
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Exploring the Nuances of Isolation and Solitude
We are at once so connected to others and yet at the same time so disconnected. We are always only a few screen touches away from hearing...
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Aug 7, 20233 min read
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Hopeless? How's Your Spiritual Practice?
Sometimes I wonder at the deeper things in life. We have so much surrounding us (information, technology, social media, news, updates,...
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May 4, 20232 min read
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