Trust Builders Counseling and Consultation, LLC

05/24/2023

05/16/2023

Pay attention

03/04/2022

11/29/2020

This is why I am passionate about helping relationships.
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/this-what-you-actually-need-to-be-happy-according-to-study/?fbclid=IwAR0B7BT3XvFCMzXv97oHhqMsmPKR3SxokfYftzpDoF3KlFEd2TB6Y6msmSo

What is the secret to happiness? It's a question philosophers have been debating since the days of Socrates. Now, science may have the answer. An 80-year l

09/14/2020

A lot of food for thought in this article and good ideas offered at the end. https://elemental.medium.com/your-surge-capacity-is-depleted-it-s-why-you-feel-awful-de285d542f4c

Here’s how to pull yourself out of despair and live your life

06/02/2020

“Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it is my responsibility to make it better” -Tom McCall

05/20/2020

It’s ok to need.
It’s ok to ask.
It’s ok to receive.
Dammit.

Hard practice for those of us who attach our value to being givers. But so worth it. 🧡

04/19/2020

There is still room for this ONLINE interactive version of Gottman’s Seven Principles Couples Program! This six week course starts next Sunday at 7pm. The first session is free. https://www.trustbuilderscounseling.com/the-seven-principles-couples-program

The Seven Principles Couples Program is a workshop for couples looking to enrich their connection. It is based on the work of Dr. John Gottman. Workshops are offered online and in Cockeysville, Maryland.

04/01/2020

I saw this on one of my therapist forums and it really spoke to me. I am going to try to be mindful and answer these questions every day.

12/01/2019

These simple habits can make you feel connected to your partner all week long.

10/16/2019

I think we can all relate to this at some points on our lives.

10/13/2019

It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore.

"Hello Eeyore," said Pooh.

"Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet," said Eeyore, in a Glum Sounding Voice.

"We just thought we'd check in on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay."

Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know, to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time hanging out with someone who is Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All, would you now."

Pooh looked at Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house.

Eeyore looked at them in surprise. "What are you doing?"

"We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling Sad, or Alone, or Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are."

"Oh," said Eeyore. "Oh." And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better.

Because Pooh and Piglet were There.

No more; no less.

(A.A. Milne, E.H. Shepard)

This is National Su***de Prevention Week.

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09/15/2019

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/couples-therapy-to-check-in_n_5d6849a4e4b06beb649b88db?utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=parents_fb&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000037

It's the best thing we do for our relationship.

05/01/2019

I am once again offering this valuable 2 day workshop for couples. We had such a great group the last time, and I’d love to help even more people create intimacy and understanding in their relationships. It will be Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23.
https://www.trustbuilderscounseling.com/HoldMeTight

Hold Me Tight is a workshop for couples looking to deepen their emotional intimacy. It is based on the work of Dr. Sue Johnson and Emotionally Focused Therapy. Workshops are offered in Cockeysville, Maryland.

04/26/2019

Some exciting things coming up: another Hold Me Tight weekend will be held in June and I will be doing another Battling Anxiety group soon.

02/11/2019

“The bond of love is a living thing. If we don’t attend to it, it naturally begins to wither.” - Dr. Sue Johnson