Each and every client we have has one thing in common. At some point, they got up the courage to contact us to set up that first appointment. Bravery! For so many, just doing that is a wonderful first step towards health. For many, that first reaching out begins a journey that makes their lives better in so many ways. Therapy is wonderful. At its core, it is a close and caring relationship between a skilled, compassionate and safe therapist and their client. This relationship

Our clients are rock stars. Oh, not literally (though we are always open to that possibility). But just by making the difficult choice to seek help, they become even more amazing than they would have been originally – more rock-starry. It’s a wondrous thing to understand that you need help and that an objective, compassionate therapist is the best way to get it. But once having decided on that, how do you tease out the various “types” of therapists? At Sanctuary Christian Cou

Everyone struggles from time to time. Whether it is relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression or even more serious mental health issues, it’s common across the board for people to have seasons in which they could use an objective, knowledgeable ear to walk with them through the difficulties of life. And yet we see segments of our population reluctant to get this help and shying away from coming to therapy to seek mental and emotional health. Mental health issues are real

I love watching the synchronized swimmers in the Olympics. They make the sport look fun and easy, while really they are feverishly moving body parts under the water to make all of that graceful coordination effortless. A similar thing happens with our emotions, although what the spectator sees is not always graceful coordination. It might be a sarcastic response, tears, shutting down, or an angry outburst. Our feelings can motivate our actions. Sometimes we respond to people