You Don’t Have a Communication Problem—You Have a Safety Problem
I have lost count of how many couples have sat in my office and said some version of the same thing: “We just need to communicate better.” Sometimes they do. But often, communication is not the deepest problem. The deeper problem is emotional safety. When people feel emotionally safe, they are more able to listen, […]
Decision Fatigue Therapy: What It Is and Who Needs It
Written by Jo Martin, MA, CMHC, LPC, NBCC By noon, she had already made hundreds of decisions. What to respond to first. Which meeting to move. How to handle the team conflict from last week. What to say to the client who was waiting. What to eat for lunch, which she finally skipped because deciding […]
13 Questions to Ask a Therapist Before Your First Appointment
Read below to learn the most important questions to ask a therapist before your first appointment. She’d done her research. Read the bios. Checked the insurance. Scheduled the consultation. And then she spent the entire call answering questions, explaining her situation, trying to give the right impression. She hung up thinking: I still don’t know […]
Counseling in Lakewood, Colorado: When Life Feels Manageable… But Heavy
Looking for counseling in Lakewood, CO? You’re not alone There’s a kind of “not okay” that doesn’t always show on the surface. You’re still showing up. The work gets done, the people in your life are cared for, and from the outside, everything looks like it’s holding together. In many ways, it is. And still, […]
Christian Counseling in Golden, Colorado: Support for Life, Leadership, and Faith
Christian counseling in Golden, CO is only a call away There are seasons in life where things don’t fall apart all at once… they just slowly get heavier. You’re still showing up. Still leading, still caring for people, still doing what needs to be done. But underneath it, something feels off, like you’ve drifted from […]
When Strength Drains You: Christian Counseling for Chronic Stress in Colorado
I remember a season in my life when I was home with three young children while also caring full-time for a family member who was dying. It was a season of unbearable weight, more than I could sustain. There was no clean boundary between grief and responsibility, between caregiving and mothering, between holding everyone together […]