Madrone Center for Counseling, PLLC

05/07/2026

I love this bamboo story, but even more powerful were some of her words. "Don't give up. It is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock"
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05/06/2026

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05/03/2026

Agreed!

05/03/2026

I love this! Anger used in a healthy way can bring movement and change within!

The first stage of healing isn’t peace—it’s rage. No one warns you about that part, because it isn’t soft or graceful or easy to share. It’s not something you can dress up or make look beautiful. It’s raw, uncomfortable, and impossible to ignore. The moment you stop minimizing your pain, stop telling yourself it ‘wasn’t that bad,’ the truth hits—and with it, the anger. Anger for the time you lost, for the ways you were let down, for everything you had to carry in silence.

And the world will rush to quiet you. It will tell you to calm down, to forgive, to move on, to be grateful for the lessons. But healing doesn’t start with pretending you’re okay—it starts with honesty. And sometimes, honesty is furious.

That anger isn’t something to be ashamed of. It’s not a flaw in your healing—it’s a sign that you’re finally seeing things clearly. It’s the fire that burns away the version of you that kept accepting less, kept making excuses, kept surviving instead of living. And from those ashes, something more honest, more whole, and more powerful can finally begin.

05/03/2026

Mental health clinicians refueling at The Tea Charmer. We had a blast and ready to return back to work! Thanks for all the great photos, Lynette. 🫶

05/01/2026

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By Mark Guay

04/21/2026

Beautiful

04/21/2026

Quick relief for anxiety!

By Julie Skon

03/16/2026

New challenge accepted! Starting March 25th.

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03/14/2026

Seriously chatgpt makes most things sound better. 😅

If you want, I can develop this into a screenplay.

03/10/2026

Love how this is said. 🧡

I used to blame myself for 'causing' the abuse because I had sought the abusers' love and attention. But that is normal, natural behaviour from children: it's the adults abusing me who were solely at fault.

Read more in my book, 'Unshame', available in paperback, on Kindle or on Audible (narrated by me) on Amazon or via https://www.carolynspring.com/books

03/10/2026

Training yesterday: How to help your Adult clients dx with ADHD .... I'm not sure how Emily took notes with all of us dx with this around her! Way to go Emily! 👏👏👏😅