By Chris Bassett, MA, LMFT: I wanted to share a thought about worry that a friend shared with me recently. It shed some light on the worry and fretting that my husband and I admittedly had during our recent construction project. My friend said something like this: When we worry and stress over things, we are sometimes placing […]

By Kathy Estep, LPCC: Seasons are important in life, and the slowed-down, relaxed feeling of summer is so very good for us. Summer is a time for mandatory interruptions in the standard routines. Days are longer and there is plenty of time and good weather to be outside. Meaningful times with family and friends at […]

By Scott La Point, PsyD: Just a week before Father’s Day, while I was scanning a bookshelf at home, I came across a book by Gordon Dalbey, “Father and Son: The Wound, the Healing, the Call to Manhood.” I realized that I had never read this book, and as I began to flip through its […]

By Chris Bassett, MA, LMFT: Even when life is “normal,” relationships and marriage take hard work. When I saw my doctor this year, she asked about my stress level. I told her it was lower than it had been in years. My doctor told me that my answer was uncommon among her patients, which didn’t […]

By Tim Mullins, LPCC: Have You Ever Asked Yourself, “What am I doing here?” In 2009, I found myself living in a tiny town on the plains of Eastern Colorado, running a small business, and dealing with situations and people never encountered before. On an hourly basis, I was completely overwhelmed, causing me to ask […]

By Kathy Estep, LPCC: February is the Love Month. My daughter used to call it Singles Appreciation Month! But while we celebrate love, sending greetings and gifts our hearts can ache a bit inside. We, as humans, were created to live in relationships. So as we grow and develop, we form attachments to those close […]