Anchor Ridge Counseling & Consulting

Anchor Ridge Counseling & Consulting Experienced faith-informed counseling for men & leaders. College Station, TX | Virtual across TX

I have been providing mental health counseling services in Bryan/College Station since 2017. My journey into the counseling profession was far from direct, but I believe the diversity of work and life experience I bring into my current work provides the perspective necessary to connect with my clients. I have a BBA in Management from Texas A&M (class of '03) and MA in Clinical Mental Health Counse

ling from Sam Houston State University. My wife and I have lived in Bryan-College Station for nearly 20 years and we have three young children. I love outdoor adventures, cool weather (not sure how I landed on living in BCS!), serving as a small group leader in our church and running. Jared is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas ( #79580).

05/07/2026

Anxiety has a way of crowding everything else out. When clients ask what to actually do in the moment, I often come back to three small resets — each about 20 minutes, each surprisingly steadying:

→ 20 deep breaths while looking out a window → 20 minutes screen-free, doing something you enjoy → 20 minutes of movement — a walk, a stretch, anything that gets you out of your head and into your body

None of these are magic. But they're the kind of small choices that interrupt the spiral and give your nervous system a chance to settle.

When you lead with care, clarity often follows.

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A gentle note: practices like these can be a steady anchor on a hard day, but they aren't a stand-in for real support. If anxiety is taking up more space in your life than feels okay, please reach out to a therapist or someone you trust. You don't have to figure this one out alone.

05/05/2026

Sometimes it’s not about pushing harder or finding a better system.

It’s about noticing when life starts to feel heavier than it should…
when everything takes more effort…
when you’re doing all the “right” things but still feel off.

That’s often not a discipline problem.
It’s a disconnection problem.

And the answer usually isn’t a full reset.
It’s creating space to reconnect—
with God, with yourself, and with the people who matter.

Not perfectly. Just honestly.

04/30/2026

Some of the heaviest things men carry are the ones they've never said out loud.

Not because they don't matter. Because saying them out loud feels like making them more real.

But unspoken pain doesn't disappear. It just finds quieter ways to show up — in the irritability, the distance, the trouble sleeping, the second drink that became three.

You don't have to announce it. You don't have to fix it today. You just don't have to carry it alone.

If something in this landed, that's worth paying attention to.

Link in bio if you want to talk.

04/27/2026

Most men I sit with don't walk in saying "I'm depressed." They say things are fine. Work's busy. Marriage is "good." They just feel… off.

The armor isn't weakness. It kept you upright. It got the kids fed, the bills paid, the hard week survived.

But armor you can't take off starts to weigh more than what it was protecting you from.

If you've built something. The career. The family. The reputation. And the gap between that life and how you actually feel has been widening— that's worth bringing into a room.

Anchor Ridge Counseling & Consulting | College Station, TX | AnchorRidgeCC.com

Some nights stay with you. Last week, men from across Bryan-College Station pulled chairs up to tables under cafe lights...
04/24/2026

Some nights stay with you. Last week, men from across Bryan-College Station pulled chairs up to tables under cafe lights for the first Living Table Gathering. A lake, an evening, and conversation that asked something of us. This is the thing we keep seeing that men need and rarely build. So we built it. And watching it happen in real time was its own kind of answer. The next Living Table Circle begins May 6. Six weeks, 6-8 men per Circle, built around practices for becoming and spaces for belonging. If you know a man who'd benefit from a space like this, pass it along. LivingTableProject.com/Circles

04/22/2026

You've gotten good at looking fine.

Answering "I'm good" when you're not. Pushing through because somebody has to. Telling yourself it's not bad enough to talk about.

But carrying it quietly doesn't make it lighter — it just makes it yours alone.

You weren't built for that.

04/20/2026

Men don’t need more advice.

Most guys already know what they “should” do.
They just don’t have many places where they can actually be honest about what they’re carrying.

And carrying things well on the outside
doesn’t mean it’s not heavy.

Living Table Circles are built for that.

A small group.
Real conversation.
A place to be known.

If you’ve been wanting more depth in your relationships, this is a really clear next step.

LivingTableProject.com/circles

04/13/2026

A lot of men don’t fall apart.
They keep showing up.
Keep producing.
Keep handling what’s in front of them.

But underneath… something feels off.

And because nothing is clearly wrong, it’s easy to ignore.

Until it isn’t.

If that resonates, it might be worth paying attention to.

That’s part of why I started Living Table.

We’ve got a small gathering coming up in College Station—nothing formal, just a space for real conversation.

If you’ve been feeling this, you’re welcome to join us.

LivingTableProject.com/Gatherings

04/08/2026

Every time I go to post something like this, there’s a part of me that thinks it’s unnecessary.

That it doesn’t really matter.

That I should wait until it’s better.

But I’ve also seen what happens when people say what’s actually true for them.

Not perfectly. Just honestly.

Trying to lean into that a little more.

04/06/2026

It doesn’t always show up the way people expect.

A lot of men stay productive… but feel increasingly disconnected from themselves, their relationships, and their life.

Not because they’re failing.

Because they’ve learned how to keep going without slowing down.

Most don’t talk about it.

Most don’t even fully notice it.

But over time, it adds up.

There’s a different way to approach it—and it usually starts by creating space to actually pay attention to what’s going on underneath.

04/03/2026

There aren’t many places where you can slow down and be honest about what’s really going on in your life.

Not surface-level conversation.
Not talking about work or what’s next.

Just space to actually say what’s true.

And for a lot of men, that kind of space is rare.

But something shifts when it exists.

Clarity comes into focus.
Pressure eases.
Things that felt stuck begin to move.

That’s what Living Table is about.

Creating simple spaces where men can be known—not just surrounded.

We’re hosting our first gathering on April 16 here in College Station.

Nothing formal. Just real conversation.

If that sounds like something you’ve been missing, you’re invited.

More info:
LivingTableProject.com/Gatherings

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2423 Earl Rudder Freeway Suite 400
College Station, TX
77845

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