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Keeping Your Marriage from Being a Casualty of Porn Addiction

By Eric Gomez, MS, LMFT, MHP This article is meant to bring insight to the many couples who are seeking to repair the damage to their relationship as a result of one of the members struggling with an...

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The Impact of Christian Counseling on the 4 categories of Sexual Abuse

By Erik Mildes, MA, LMHC One of the most common, least talked about and most difficult things to work through is sexual abuse. It hits right at the core of who you are. If you are a person who has...

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Understanding Self-Mutilation (Part 1): 5 Questions Parents Ask about Their...

By Shoshana Weed, MA, LMHCA, Everett Christian Counseling This article is intended to serve as a resource for parents on the topic of self-mutilation, or self-harming behavior. My hope is that I can...

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Your Family and Pornography – 3 Steps to Protect Your Family From the Grasp...

By Eric Gomez, MS, LMFT, MHP, Seattle Christian counseling “Do not wait for pornography to touch your life or the life of your family. The odds are it will, and it is better to be armed and ready for...

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A Different Way of Life: Addressing a Proactive Approach to Worry and Anxiety

By Eric Gomez, MS, LMFT, MHP, Seattle Christian Counseling  “It is undoubtedly clear God is calling you and I to a different way of life.” – Eric Gomez, MS, LMFT, MHP  What is it you really believe? As...

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Understanding Self-Mutilation (Part 2): How Can I Help My Teen to Stop...

By Shoshana Weed, MA, LMHCA If you read Part 1 of this series, you already have a basic understanding of self-mutilation, its risk factors, and its warning signs. You might be wondering what to do with...

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4 Guidelines to Know Your Heart

By Erik Mildes, MA, LMHC Our words reveal the truth about who we really are. In the social media culture we live in, we are all familiar with using words. Behind a screen, we can be patient, kind,...

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Psychobabble. How To Identify and Move Beyond It With Christian Counseling

By Erik Mildes, MA, LMHC Psychobabble, psychobabble, psychobabble. Have you ever wondered why you hear so much of it? Honestly, it is because we, counselors, tend to think that it makes us sound...

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How Can a Christian Marriage Survive an Affair?

By Erik Mildes, MA, LMHC, Seattle Christian Counseling There is no betrayal like the betrayal of a spouse choosing emotional or physical fulfillment outside of the marriage. When this happens, how can...

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Don’t Let Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Control Your Life

Are your fears and superstitious actions ordinary or a symptom of a medical disorder? By Benjamin Deu, MA, LMHC, Seattle Christian Counseling References “Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition:...

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Christian Counseling For Emotional Blind Spots

By Shirley Lytle, LMHCA, MHP, Seattle Christian Counseling, PLLC You are what you think, which affects how you feel, which determines how you behave. Image that there are multiple ways to handle any...

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A Christian Counselor’s Perspective on Depression

By Rick McGregor, MA, LMHCA, Seattle Christian Counseling, PLLC What do Job, David, Elijah, Jeremiah and the Apostle Paul all have in common?  Well, the Bible says all of these Biblical giants...

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A Christian Counselor’s Reflection on the Johnson-Gottman Summit

By Lisa Velin, MA LMHC, Seattle Christian Counseling, PLLC This past July, I attended the Johnson-Gottman Summit in Seattle. The Johnson-Gottman summit is a clinical training conference focused on...

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Grieving as Family Unit: Understanding Personal Dynamics (part 1 of 2)

By Amanda Rowett, LMHCA, Seattle Christian Counseling, PLLC Death is probably the most stressful event a family can endure. Each person in a family has his or her own unique role and functions that...

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Christian Parenting: Helping Your Child Foster Healthy Self-Esteem

By Mali Hawkins, MS, LMFTA, Seattle Christian Counseling, PLLC “If our child is free to choose and held responsible for the consequences of his actions, we will develop a loving person who is doing the...

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6 Positive Discipline Tools for Christian Parenting

By Mali Hawkins, MS, LMFTA, Seattle Christian Counseling, PLLC Principles adapted from Positive Discipline Jane Nelsen, Ed.D. I love the image of a potter working with clay to mold and
 shape it into...

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Grieving as Family Unit: Finding Support Together

By Amanda Rowett, LMHCA, Seattle Christian Counseling, PLLC In my previous article, I introduced the topic of grief—particularly the process of grieving as a family unit. I considered some of the more...

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A New Groundwork: Discerning Your Gifts

By Erik Mildes, MA, LMHC, Seattle Christian Counseling, PLLC “The world needs ditch diggers, too.” If you’ve ever seen Caddyshack, the slapstick comedy about golf, you will recognize this line and the...

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A Time of Major Life Transitions: A Christian Counselor’s Perspective on your...

By Mali Hawkins, MS, LMFTA, Seattle Christian Counseling, PLLC After moving beyond adolescence, the expectation is that young adulthood is a time of exploration, memory making, carefree adventure, and...

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Be Good: Cultivating Goodness through Christian Counseling

By Lisa Velin, MA, LMHC, Seattle Christian Counseling, PLLC During college in the 1990s, I first read the little book, Be Good To Each Other, by Lowell and Carol Erdahl. I was struck by how simple the...

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