Tom Frydenger, Counselor

07/07/2022

7/6/72, 50 years ago today, I buried my old nature in Lake Decatur in Faires Park when William Lowery baptized me.

04/07/2022

Your rest is sweet if your heart does not condemn you.

03/08/2022

For my dear friends who just don’t sleep well.


Combine two supplements for natural anxiety relief and a good night's sleep

08/01/2020

Check it out.

Nebulized hydrogen peroxide therapy is an inexpensive and simple way to treat most viral respiratory illnesses, including coronavirus.

03/21/2020

I am doing counseling on the phone and video conferencing. We do not have to be face-to-face in order for you to feel understood or for counseling to be of benefit. We will make adjustments until Covid-19 is out of the way.

03/13/2020

I provide counseling over the phone and various video formats.

03/09/2020

Clearly NAC is one of my favorite supplements. Read this article and you will discover why.


N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) is the supplement form of the amino acid cysteine, which plays several important roles in human health. Here are the top 9 health benefits of NAC.

03/09/2020

Stop thinking about what you can’t eat and start thinking about what you can eat.


Here is a list of 50 healthy foods, most of which are surprisingly tasty. All the major food groups are included.

02/04/2020

It’s winter!
If you’ve been feeling down or acting crabby and irritable it may be that you’re experiencing SAD, seasonal affective disorder.
Prescription: take a two week vacation in the Caribbean and soak up lots of sunshine, UVB rays.
OK, you can’t afford to do that, go buy some D3. Personally, I take 5,000 iu daily. From mid September to mid March we get zero UVB rays here in central Illinois. D3 is produced in your body when UVB rays hit your skin. So you can either buy an inexpensive supplement or you can take a wonderful but expensive vacation.

02/04/2020

Prescription for a good nights sleep: 2 kiwi 1 hour before going to bed.


Many people struggle to get enough high-quality sleep. However, eating these 9 foods before bed could help you sleep better at night.

12/31/2019

I closed the office at Carlinville Family Practice. It had been a great relationship. As the building was being designed I asked the doctors to put me in an office. So I had a lovely little office near the back door and the kitchen and the staff bathroom. It was very comfortable. The clinic often closed before I was done in the evening so my clients could enter and exit at the back door.  Everyone was always kind to me. The ladies in the reception area would greet and send my clients back to me. The MD and the nurse practitioners would refer clients to me. Pretty sweet.
I will now do all of my counseling at the office in my home. Generally speaking I work from 1 to 7 on Monday through Thursday. I can do additional hours if people really need it. And for those clients in the Carlinville area who want to continue or for people who just live too far away I will do FaceTime or Skype or even just phone calls.

12/14/2019

This is an amazing article on the importance of play.

Play has the ability to bridge the gap between wildly differing species. It has a language of its own, and allows us to communicate on a deep, nonverbal level.