New Understandings of Emotions Part I

“Everything you want lies on the other side of fear.” Perhaps you have seen this slogan on cards or tee shirts. I do not believe it. For some, fear could be the primary barrier, but for the most part “fear” has been identified as the culprit...

The Free Benefits of Counseling # 2

When you hire an experienced counselor of 25 years or more, you will learn new ways of thinking and processing information that last. I’m always fascinated when a client from the past comes in for a new issue. He or she will talk about the issue at what I...

Free Benefits of Counseling # 1

The Free Benefits of Counseling # 1 If you hire a person who has spent 25 years or more as a counselor, you will get some fine free benefits. I’ll tell you about one of them today and the other one tomorrow. Let’s say that you go to such a marriage...

New Understandings of Emotions Introduction

Four years ago if you had asked me what an emotion was, I would have said it was a feeling. Through marriage counseling I began discovering that emotions can control how one thinks, feels, believes and behaves. In the coming days I will share more of my thoughts about...

Why Counseling? Its Evolution

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickins. This will perhaps be said of Covid sometime in history. Covid has certainly shaken our world and we will never be the same. It is certainly the truth of the...