Stay Healthy and Aware!
Stay Healthy and Aware! Get Back In Touch With What Matters 3 Effects of Prolonged Elevated Anxiety Hypervigilance – a state of increased alertness. Anxiety naturally over focuses, or inflates our sense of potential threats in our environment. Frozen in Place – anxiety leads to fear and uncertainty which impairs are ability to act on […]
Taking Committed Action
Taking Committed Action Looking for a new start in 2020? That’s what many seek when coming to counseling. A new year is symbolic of a new start. We can all have a new start in life. The ultimate goal of any counseling is to develop a sense of what is dysfunctional in life and develop […]
Keeping Christmas
Keeping Christmas The Christmas season is upon us! Can you picture it? ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug […]
The Importance of Soul Perspective
The Importance of Soul Perspective People arrive in counseling with a history of self judgments, evaluations, thoughts, images, feelings, rules, memories, physiological sensations, roles, and impulses. These self-judgments have great potential to influence how we perceive our identity. “Self as content” and “Self as context” are psychological terms used to define how we relate to […]
Avoiding God’s Purpose
Avoiding God’s Purpose Maybe the most common behavior associated with avoidance is the fear of God’s “call” on our lives. The “Jonah syndrome” refers to how we not just avoid the plan God has for us, sometimes we are so vigorously opposed to our purpose that we run from it. The book of Jonah, found […]
Acceptance Versus Avoidance – Part 2
Acceptance Versus Avoidance – Part 2 Psychological Flexibility As discussed in last week’s article (click here to read full article), Psychological Flexibility can be seen as a continuum of being emotionally flexible and healthy to being emotionally inflexible and unhealthy. The process of developing Psychological Flexibility follows core aspects of how we deal with or […]
Acceptance Versus Avoidance – Part 1
Acceptance Versus Avoidance – Part 1 Psychological Flexibility Psychological flexibility can be seen as a continuum of being emotionally flexible and healthy to being emotionally inflexible and unhealthy. The process of developing Psychological Flexibility follows core aspects of how we deal with or interact with life challenges. This first core aspect that we will explore […]
The Truth Frees Our Mind
The Truth Frees Our Mind “So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” John 8:31 – 32 The most important aspect of evaluating thoughts is developing […]
What are Your Psychological Milestones in Life?
What are Your Psychological Milestones in Life? A “Milestone” is literally a roadside marker that lists the distance to a location. Figuratively, “Milestones” refer to psychological markers created by significant events in life that leave an emotional imprint. These imprints or memories are brought to the present when recalled through “triggers” in your environment. Psychological […]
Analyze The Problem – Behavior Chains
Analyze The Problem – Behavior Chains Looking to start over again in 2019? Many people come to Christian Counseling Associates (CCA) looking to make changes, not only in how they feel, but in their overall lifestyle. Many are searching for an understanding of why they struggle with painful emotions or dysfunctional relationships. Analyze the Problem: […]
Starting Over
Starting Over It’s a new year! Hard to believe another Christmas season has passed, as we quickly return to our regular routines. For many of us, New Year’s resolutions are already on “shaky ground” as we conclude the first full week of 2019. Even still, we want to encourage you as we look forward to […]
How Does Counseling Work?
How Does Counseling Work? Psychological Assessment Tools Available at CCA The beginning of counseling involves an acknowledgment that help is needed. Where are we experiencing pain? Is it emotional anxiety, or depression? Is it physical pain? Maybe we know there is something wrong because of broken relationships or isolation? Maybe it’s a deeper sense that […]
Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual
influences in emotion and behavior
Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual influences in emotion and behavior 1. What is One – Dimensional Treatment? Many times when seeking help for emotional problems like depression and anxiety, we are under the impression that these issues are due to a chemical imbalance. Advertising campaigns, primary care physicians, classroom “experts,” and even trusted friends may contribute to the opinion […]
Valuing Truth in the Healing Process
Valuing Truth in the Healing Process “Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” – Psalm 46:10 When we are in pain, we work tirelessly to end the suffering. We often create remedies and believe wholeheartedly that the solution is just […]
Valuing Liberty in the Healing Process
Valuing Liberty in the Healing Process Liberty comes from the Latin word libertas, which means “unbounded, unrestricted or released from constraint.” Many of us are seeking to be released from problems such as depression, anxiety, and addiction. Others are seeking resolution from dysfunctional relationships in marriage or families. As we seek freedom from these painful […]
How can we find freedom from emotional pain?
How can we find freedom from emotional pain? Free·dom – /ˈfrēdəm/ = the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. The “Three Ds” are most often what drive a person to seek counseling: Distress, Disorder, and Dysfunction. Over time, behavior and emotion become habit. At this point, […]
New Life Summit
Don’t miss this upcoming 2 day conference presented by the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)! New Life Summit will address Mental Health and the Mission of the Church. Packed full with pre-conference workshops, dynamic plenary sessions featuring some of the world’s leading experts, and engaging workshops built around eight tracks; this event will teach us how […]
Pornography and Avoidance
Pornography is sexually explicit material that dehumanizes, objectifies, and degrades men and women for the purpose of sexual arousal. Unfortunately, Internet pornography is more popular than ever (see statistics to the left). Pornography promotes escape from reality. It allows the user to participate in sexual behavior without responsibility or consequences. Many rationalize this type of avoidant […]
Becoming Stress Resistant
Stress in life is inevitable. We all have to deal with it. In this week’s, Mind Matters we begin to explore how a lifestyle that is centered in faith can make the difference in how we experience a stressful situation. You slept through the alarm clock. While racing out the door, your dog gets loose […]
When to Turn to Christian Counseling
Every person and relationship goes through hard times. These hard times can vary greatly, from needing help communicating with a spouse to coping with the death of a loved one. Christian Counseling can also be used to help a person cope with such issues as well as severe trauma from abuse, violence or sexual assault. […]
