Harbor Counseling

09/09/2025

Super grateful for our community and what people are creating here! Y’all please show up this Saturday! We love Chelsea!

09/08/2025

Neely is so thankful to have the opportunity to share with our community! Thank you again!

Check out our newest column: Counselor's Corner with Neely Haynes from Harbor Counseling.

Read the full story here: https://issuu.com/bhamkidsandfamily/docs/chelsea_magazine_-_august_2025

08/28/2025

We want to congratulate our new mayor, Cody Sumners! 🎉 At Harbor Counseling, we couldn’t be more excited to see the way he’s already making mental health a priority for our community.

Every day, we see how much it matters when people feel supported, heard, and cared for, and having leadership that recognizes the importance of mental health is such a gift. Chelsea is growing, and this focus on mental health will make a real difference for families, kids, and individuals who call this place home.

Thank you, Mayor Sumners, for valuing this work and putting energy into making Chelsea not just a great place to live, but a community where people can truly thrive. We’re proud to stand alongside that vision and can’t wait to see all the good that comes from it. 💙

08/25/2025

This.

10:32 on a Sunday night. Most people would call it “unprofessional” to be responding right now. And maybe they’d be right. But here’s the truth: I procrastinated. I lingered too long on my walk. My hair is still wet. And by the time the day caught up with me, this tiny sliver of late-night quiet became the only pocket of time I had left to breathe, reset, and organize myself before the week begins again.

I’ve been at this long enough to know I can flip the professional switch when it matters… when clients need me, when staff depend on me, when deadlines demand focus. But the older I get, the more I realize life doesn’t always line up neatly inside “normal” business hours. Some of my clearest thoughts and truest resets happen in these in-between spaces, the twilight hours, when the world is quiet and my mind finally catches up with my heart.

Maybe that looks unprofessional. But I’ve learned that professionalism isn’t about obeying imaginary laws of when and how to work… it’s about caring, showing up, and being fully present when it counts. This late-night rhythm works for me. It’s where I recalibrate. It’s where I find space to remember why I do what I do.

So yes, it’s 10:32 on a Sunday, and I’m here. Not because I have to be, but because this is the only time I get to be fully myself. Sorting, preparing, breathing, and creating order before Monday comes crashing in. This is my Twilight Zone, my reset, and oddly enough, it’s where I find my balance.

Goodnight everyone. 🌙 ✨ 😴 🤍

08/21/2025

Did you know? Many Alabama families qualify for ALL Kids (Blue Cross Blue Shield) but end up on Medicaid or thinking they can only utilize their employer's insurance options.
Here’s the difference:
*Medicaid has very strict income limits and a limited provider network.
*ALL Kids covers higher incomes (up to ~$8,493/month for a family of 4), has low premiums/copays, and uses the BCBS PPO network—which means far more providers and specialists.

The median Alabama household income (~$52,000/year) actually falls within ALL Kids eligibility for most families!

Before assuming you only qualify for Medicaid or your employer's insurance, check if your family qualifies for ALL Kids! https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/allkids/

📍 Harbor Counseling Services | Birmingham, AL
📞 (205) 919-6537
📧 info@harborcounselingllc.com

**Disclaimer: This is for educational purposes only and is not affiliated with or endorsed by ALL Kids, Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield, or any government agency. Information is provided to help families understand possible coverage options. Please verify eligibility and benefits directly with ALL Kids or Medicaid.**

08/21/2025

📚✨ Back-to-School Season is Here! ✨📚
The new school year brings excitement and challenges—for kids, teens, and families. At Harbor Counseling Services, we’re here to help with:
*Managing school stress & transitions
*Building healthy friendships
*Supporting emotional regulation
*Family communication
We offer in-person and some telehealth sessions, plus after-hours appointments with select therapists. 💻🕒
Let’s make this school year one of growth, connection, and confidence. 🌟

07/15/2025

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." -Yogi Berra

07/14/2025

Mental Health Monday
Short and sweet today. You have to deal with the root of what's going on with you. You create order, not peace. Peace is the fruit that you enjoy when you create stability through order.

07/08/2025

‘If you ask me anything I don’t know, I’m not going to answer.’ – Yogi Berra

07/07/2025

Mental Health Monday
Life isn't about checking boxes. It's about experiencing. We think we are "supposed to", "get done", "accomplish", and then we are "through". The truth is, we are never done. We are never done growing, working, or experiencing, until the day we die. Life is about feeling. Feeling the losses that reinforce the deep love and effort we experience when someone dies or something doesn't work out the way we hoped and prayed it would. It's about the deep joy we have when everything feels just right because those moments are hard earned through sweat, tears, and blood. It's about the anger, the happiness, the frustration, the nervousness, all of the emotions we are designed to experience. Controlling emotions doesn't mean suppressing them. We do so much work trying to avoid them, avoiding disappointment, avoiding upset, avoiding pain, avoiding being seen. Not just by others, but by ourselves. Because when we really sit with ourselves in these experiences, it's only then that we can have true, radical accountability-realizing that our emotions inform our experience, and that they are not the responsibility of someone else to manage. They let us know that we matter, that people matter, that all of this matters. Life is happening now. In the tasks that feel like drudgery. In the disappointment. In the chores. In the meals to be cooked, the yard to be mowed, the doctor's visits, the babies being born, the grandparents that died, the pets that need walking. In the being bored. In the missing out. In the losses and the wins. Don't wish it, box check it, to do list it away. Slow down. Breathe. Touch grass. Enjoy it, because you only get to do this once.