Bree Winkler Supervised Marriage and Family Therapist S-MFT

04/11/2026

Collaboration, networking, and continued education is key in caring for those who are ready to do the work!

We are working hard training and collaborating with professionals from all over Missouri this week! Bree Winkler, SMFT, Hope Day, PLPC Merideth Lehman, LPC-S, RPT, CCLS, and Bre Wright, PLPC attended the Missouri Children's Trauma Network Training Summit.

Have questions on how we can help children who are struggling? Grace Counseling, LLC has expert counselors trained in evidence based trauma therapy for children and adults.

04/09/2026

Check out this great resource for families learning, understanding, and navigating the advocacy of neurodivergence helping hands for your child.

🌱 Growing Together: April Autism Awareness Webinar Series

April is Autism Awareness Month, and we’re coming together to support families with information, tools, and resources that make a difference.

Join Missouri Parents Act for our free webinar series happening April 13–17, with sessions designed to help you better understand special education, advocacy, and supports for children with disabilities.

🕙 Each session: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

🌿 Session Topics Include:

April 13 – Special Education Law: What You Need to Know
April 14 – Understanding the IEP Process for Parents of Students with ASD
April 15 – Writing Postsecondary Goals for Students with ASD
April 16 – The Art of Effective Advocacy
April 17 – Understanding ADHD

Whether you're just starting your journey or building on what you already know, these sessions are here to support you every step of the way.

💻 Attend from anywhere in Missouri—virtual link provided after registration.

👉 Register today:
🔗 missouriparentsact.org/training

03/30/2026

We have a great intern within our group! Reach out to Rick Lancaster to inquire about reduced rates.

Here at Grace Counseling Rick Lancaster is fortunate enough to have counseling intern Brandon Spraggd. He is a graduate student at Lincoln. Informed and compassionate. Since he is a student we can assist you at a very affordable price. 573 536-1204.

03/24/2026

🌿 It’s all about connection 🌿

Make it count through a simple switch to connection, to who they are and how you are proud to be apart of their support system.

I’m proud to be YOUR empathetic, compassionate, zero judgement, safe and healing space. 🌿

03/20/2026

I had a fellow colleague share this with me and although it’s humorous, it’s valid! Relationships are hard work and the nurturing of them changes throughout the seasons of life.

🌿It’s planting the seeds to grow the strong roots that matters🌿

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02/25/2026

🌿 History is important, in that we honor and respect past sacrifices and achievements. Honoring the contributions of many, through triumphs and struggles. Perspective of gained experience, and recognition of those whom have come before us. In honor of Black History Month. I found these collaborations of insight poetic and inspiring.

Their voice matters, as does everyone’s. 🌿

“I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.” —Malcolm X, political activist and human rights activist who was an advocate for Black empowerment until his assassination in 1965

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. … I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” —Martin Luther King Jr., activist, preacher and the 1964 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement until his assassination in 1968

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” —Nelson Mandela

“You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.” —Malcolm X

“Have a vision of excellence, a dream of success, and work like hell.” —Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, political scientist and the first African American faculty member at Duke University

“If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything … that smacks of discrimination or slander.” —Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and philanthropist

02/23/2026

🌿 The V word can be a scary one, but it is crucial for connection 🌿

02/17/2026

🌿 Connection Before Correction 🌿

Your child is not ignoring you.
They are overwhelmed.

When children are angry, shouting, refusing or throwing things, it is easy to move straight to consequences. But when emotions take over, the thinking part of the brain switches off. In that moment, lectures do not teach. Shouting does not calm. Punishment alone does not build skills.

Children need help to regulate before they can reflect.

Connection does not mean giving in. It means staying steady. Naming the feeling. Showing your child that you see what is going on inside them. Once their body settles, they are far more able to listen, understand boundaries and take responsibility for their behaviour.

Clear limits still matter. Consequences still matter. But connection makes them work.

If we want children and teenagers to manage big emotions, build self control and develop respect, we need to model calm first.

Regulation before reasoning.
Connection before correction.

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01/20/2026

Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. not just as a dreamer - but also as a relentless believer in our shared humanity.

Dr. King seemed to understand something we now see clearly through trauma science:
👉 Systems shape nervous systems.
👉 Chronic oppression creates chronic stress.
👉 And healing is both personal and collective.

MLK Day isn’t just a day off - it’s a day on.
A day to reflect on how safety, dignity, and belonging are not just moral ideals, but biological needs.

As practitioners, leaders, and humans, we’re called to keep building a world where bodies can exhale, where voices are protected, and where repair is possible.

May we keep doing the brave, quiet, and persistent work of tending to what was wounded - individually and together.

01/19/2026

🌿 Healing is possible 🌿

There’s more than one path to achieve that, you’ve just got to start walking, talking, and taking them! It’s not easy, but you and your children are worth it. It’s no one’s fault, everyone is and has been doing their best at any given moment. We can apply what we learned to now change the course. ❤️

The more we know, the more we grow! Breaking cycle’s. Healing transgenerational trauma.

🌿Contact me to learn more and heal 🌿

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01/14/2026

01/06/2026

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Healing is never just personal.
What we tend to, what we soften, what we finally allow ourselves to feel
changes the emotional climate our children grow up in.

Patterns don’t disappear on their own.
They move quietly through generations —
in the way stress is held in the body,
in how emotions are avoided or expressed,
in what feels safe and what doesn’t.
Until someone pauses long enough to notice,
and is brave enough to do something different.

When we choose regulation over reaction,
curiosity over suppression,
and honesty over avoidance,
we interrupt what would otherwise keep repeating.

This isn’t about blame or perfection.
It’s about responsibility with compassion.
The kind that says:
I’m willing to feel what wasn’t felt before,
so it doesn’t have to be carried forward.

That choice ripples outward —
to our children,
their children,
and lives we will never witness.

Healing doesn’t end with us.
It matters long after we’re done. ❤️