Hosea Counseling Services

Hosea Counseling Services Private practice providing therapy services in and around Brunswick, Georgia. We help support you into gaining healing, clarity, & wholeness.

Licensed Professional Counselor, EMDR Therapist & Trauma specialist partnering with you to bring you into clarity, healing & wholeness.

🌿Somewhere along the way, many of us learned to question our needs.But the truth is, you are allowed to take care of you...
04/29/2026

🌿Somewhere along the way, many of us learned to question our needs.

But the truth is, you are allowed to take care of yourself.

✨You are allowed to set boundaries.
✨You are allowed to speak up.

Not out of selfishness… but out of self-respect.

In the words of Melody Beattie, "Do we really have the right to take care of ourselves? Do we really have the right to set boundaries? Do we really have the right to be direct and say what we need to say? You bet we do."

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💕Our hearts go out to our neighboring community in Brantley County as they experience devastating wildfires, with famili...
04/27/2026

💕Our hearts go out to our neighboring community in Brantley County as they experience devastating wildfires, with families losing homes, being displaced, and facing unimaginable stress and grief.

Here at Hosea Counseling Services, our hearts are with every person impacted… including those who have had to evacuate, those worried about loved ones, and the first responders working tirelessly.

If you or someone you know has been affected, here are a few ways to find support:

☑️ Nahunta First Baptist is currently offering water and restrooms.
☑️Shelters: Open at Brantley County Library, Nahunta Methodist Church, Little Memorial (Browntown & Hwy 32), and Hortense Church of God of Prophecy
☑️ Bay Harbour Church of God providing support such as gift cards, essential items, temporary assistance & other immediate needs as they arise.

In times like these, emotional support matters too.

As a local therapist, Kristen wants to offer a limited number of 30-minute crisis support sessions for individuals directly impacted by the fires (loss, evacuation, or acute stress). These are meant to provide a safe space to process, ground, and take the next emotional step forward.

These sessions will be offered on a limited basis to ensure she can show up well for those she serves.

❗️If you are in need, you can reach out to us directly via message or call our office at 912-580-9863.

🫶You are not alone in this. Our community is strong, and support is here.

04/27/2026

🌞Mindful Monday: Boundaries are a reflection of what you believe you deserve.

✨When your mindset shifts, everything shifts. You don’t have to control others. Real change happens when you change.

💕Take a few moments to pounder this meditation written by Melody Beattie🌺

“Boundaries emerge from deep within. They are connected to letting go of guilt and shame, and to changing our beliefs about what we deserve. As our thinking about this becomes clearer, so will our boundaries.

Boundaries are also connected to a Higher Timing than our own. We’ll set a limit when we’re ready, and not a moment before. So will others. There’s something magical about reaching that point of becoming ready to set a limit. We know we mean what we say; others take us seriously too. Things change, not because we’re controlling others, but because we’ve changed.”

― Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency

✨As you start your day, take a moment to reflect on this devotional written by Melody Beattie.🌺Opening Ourselves to Love...
04/24/2026

✨As you start your day, take a moment to reflect on this devotional written by Melody Beattie.

🌺Opening Ourselves to Love🌺

Allowing ourselves to receive love is one of the greatest challenges we face in recovery.

Many of us have blocked ourselves from receiving love. We may have lived with people who used love to control us. They would be there for us, but at the high price of our freedom. Love was given, or withheld, to control us and have power over us. It was not safe for us to receive love from these people. We may have gotten accustomed to not receiving love, not acknowledging our need for love, because we lived with people who had no real love to give.

At some point in recovery, we acknowledge that we, too, want and need to be loved. We may feel awkward with this need. Where do we go with it? What do we do? Who can give us love? How can we determine who is safe and who isn’t? How can we let others care for us without feeling trapped, abused, frightened, and unable to care for ourselves?

We will learn. The starting point is surrender—to our desire to be loved, our need to be nurtured and loved. We will grow confident in our ability to take care of ourselves with people. We will feel safe enough to let people care for us; we will grow to trust our ability to choose people who are safe and who can give us love.

We may need to get angry first—angry that our needs have not been met. Later, we can become grateful to those people who have shown us what we don’t want, the ones who have assisted us in the process of believing we deserve love, and the ones who come into our life to love us.

We are opening up like flowers. Sometimes it hurts as the petals push open. Be glad. Our heart is opening up to the love that is and will continue to be there for us.
Surrender to the love that is there for us, to the love that people, the Universe, and our Higher Power send our way.

Surrender to love, without allowing people to control us or keep us from caring for ourselves. Start by surrendering to love for yourself.

Today, I will open myself to the love that is here for me. I will let myself receive love that is safe, knowing I can take care of myself with people. I will be grateful to all the people from my past who have assisted me in my process of opening up to love. I claim, accept, and am grateful for the love that is coming to me.

🚒💛 Thank You, First Responders 💛🚒We extend our deepest gratitude to the brave men and women who have worked tirelessly t...
04/23/2026

🚒💛 Thank You, First Responders 💛🚒

We extend our deepest gratitude to the brave men and women who have worked tirelessly to help contain the wildfires in Brantley County and the surrounding areas. Your courage, dedication, and selflessness have not gone unnoticed.

In the face of danger and uncertainty, you have shown strength, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to protecting lives, homes, and our community. Because of you, so many are safer today.

We are truly thankful for your service and sacrifice. Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you as you continue this important work.

❤️ With gratitude, from our community to you.

"Surrender to the moment. Ride it out and through, for all it's worth. Throw yourself into it" - Melody Beattie🛑Stop res...
04/23/2026

"Surrender to the moment. Ride it out and through, for all it's worth. Throw yourself into it" - Melody Beattie

🛑Stop resisting.

So much of our anguish is created when we are in resistance. So much relief, release, and change are possible when we accept, simply accept.

We waste our time, expend our energy, and make things harder by resisting, repressing, and denying. Repressing our thoughts will not make them disappear. Repressing a thought already formed will not make us a better person. Think it. Let it come into reality. Then release it. A thought is not forever. If we don’t like it, we can think another one or change it. But to do that, we must accept and release the first thought.

💐Acceptance and surrender move us forward on this journey. Force does not work.

Today, I will practice accepting my present circumstances and myself. I will begin to watch and trust the magic that acceptance can bring into my life and recovery.

This Earth Day, take a moment to care for the one place you live every single day, both the world around you and the one...
04/22/2026

This Earth Day, take a moment to care for the one place you live every single day, both the world around you and the one within you. 🌍

Just like the earth, your mind needs nurturing, rest, and space to breathe. Stepping outside, feeling the sun, listening to the wind, or simply grounding yourself in nature can be a gentle reminder that healing doesn’t always have to be complicated, it can start with being present.

Take a walk.👣
Unplug for a moment.🧘‍♀️
Breathe deeply.🌞

Caring for the earth and caring for your mental health can go hand in hand.

"Self-care means learning to love the person we’re responsible for taking care of—ourselves. We do not do this to hibern...
04/21/2026

"Self-care means learning to love the person we’re responsible for taking care of—ourselves. We do not do this to hibernate in a cocoon of isolation and self-indulgence; we do it so we can better love others and learn to let them love us." - Melody Beattie

04/20/2026

Monday Motivation:

🫶Taking Care of Ourselves

We often refer to recovery from codependency and adult child issues as “self-care.” Self-care is not, as some may think, a spin-off of the “me generation.” It isn’t self-indulgence. It isn’t selfishness—in the negative interpretation of that word.

We’re learning to take care of ourselves, instead of obsessively focusing on another person. We’re learning self-responsibility, instead of feeling excessively responsible for others. Self-care also means tending to our true responsibilities to others; we do this better when we’re not feeling overly responsible.

Self-care sometimes means, “me first,” but usually, “me too.” It means we are responsible for ourselves and can choose to no longer be victims.

Self-care means learning to love the person we’re responsible for taking care of—ourselves. We do not do this to hibernate in a cocoon of isolation and self-indulgence; we do it so we can better love others, and learn to let them love us.

Self-care isn’t selfish; it’s self-esteem.

Today, God, help me love myself. Help me let go of feeling excessively responsible for those around me. Show me what I need to do to take care of myself and be appropriately responsible to others.

Quoted from the app The Language of Letting Go.

💛 Here is your friendly reminder to:🌺Be gentle with yourself today.You are doing the best you can with what you have, an...
04/17/2026

💛 Here is your friendly reminder to:

🌺Be gentle with yourself today.

You are doing the best you can with what you have, and that is enough. Not every day will feel productive or strong, and that’s okay.

Give yourself the same grace, patience, and kindness you so freely offer others.

Healing isn’t about being perfect… it’s about being compassionate with yourself along the way.

✨ Take a breath.
✨ Release the pressure.
✨ Speak kindly to yourself.

You deserve your own love too. 💛

Strength doesn’t always look like speaking out publicly.Sometimes strength looks like:• Going to therapy• Saying “I need...
04/16/2026

Strength doesn’t always look like speaking out publicly.

Sometimes strength looks like:

• Going to therapy
• Saying “I need support”
• Setting boundaries
• Choosing to keep going

Quiet healing is still powerful healing. 💜

🤳Contact our office to schedule your appointment. We are here to support you!

Address

501 Gloucester Street, Suite 203
Brunswick, GA
31520

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm

Telephone

+19125806344

Website

https://linktr.ee/kristenkeene, http://hoseaclient.com/

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