Eli Westfall, lmft

13/08/2025

This year (2025) has been a milestone year for me in a couple ways. I had some big goals which I was finally able to accomplish this year. As you might imagine, this feels very good. But it also leaves me with somewhat of an empty feeling. Now these goals have been realized and accomplished, all the time and energy I have put into accomplishing my goals finds itself without an avenue for expression....

This year (2025) has been a milestone year for me in a couple ways. I had some big goals which I was finally able to accomplish this year. As you might imagine, this feels very good. But it also le…

13/08/2025

In our journey to being the healthiest we can be, having a strong support network can’t be underrated. Ronda has been my biggest supporter through everything. I would not be who I am without her.

24/07/2025

Change is hard for many reasons for many people. While each of us likely have different reasons change is hard, the common denominator here is that change is hard. Head to eliwestfall.com to read more.

Change is hard for many reasons for many people. While each of us likely have different reasons change is hard, the common denominator here is that change is hard. And we don’t like it. Maybe, I’m …

17/07/2025

Second post on managing anger is up, go check it out and let me know what you think.

In the last post we talked about when we are feeling angry, we have to work to find the emotion underneath then anger, we have to work to resolve the emotion we don’t want to feel. Now we hav…

16/07/2025

First of two posts on anger. Check it out.

I have struggled over the years to learn how to manage my anger. It has not been an easy journey, in fact it has been a very difficult and painful one which has caused hurt to others and left wreck…

12/06/2025

Some thoughts on finding meaning and purpose in our lives.

Where do we look when we want to find meaning and purpose in our lives? Do we look to religion or spirituality? Do we look to our careers? Do we look to our accomplishments? Do we look to the legac…

11/04/2025

4 questions to help with anger management: 1) Is my anger justified? 2) What am I hoping to achieve by getting angry? 3) How will my anger affect the situation and others? 4) Is there a more constructive way to address this?

10/04/2025

The 'Empty Chair' is a technique to help you explore & express your emotions & feelings by talking to someone or some part of you represented by an empty chair. What emotions or feelings would you explore if you had a chance?

10/04/2025

= freedom. What do you need freedom from in your life? You don’t have to be held captive in your own thoughts, talk to someone and get help if you feel trapped.

03/04/2025

Shared thoughts on not letting the past define who we are.

I am greater than the sum of my parts. And so are you. In my therapy sessions with clients a lot of discussion is had about the past, as you might imagine. We look back to figure out why we are whe…

27/03/2025

Remaining calm is a superpower. In anger management, the ability to remain calm and carefully consider how we respond has superpower like qualities.

02/12/2024

Parenting is hard. Probably one of the hardest, if not the hardest thing anyone will ever do. There is so many things to worry about, to consider, so many dynamics and variables to try to control. It is a difficult and ominous task, which often has much larger implications and impacts than we can imagine. There are many variables of being a parent we are not able to control or manipulate to make us feel good about situations....

Parenting is hard. Probably one of the hardest, if not the hardest thing anyone will ever do. There is so many things to worry about, to consider, so many dynamics and variables to try to control. …