Redwood Trauma & Christian Counseling

09/12/2025

RTCC will be closed from 9/13/25 - 9/22/25
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May the Lord cover you and bless you with joy.

09/05/2025

We are often taught to be "nice". I believe that is a wrong teaching. Being nice over time, removes genuine desires of pleasantness and agreeableness out of a perceived sense of obligation that "I have to be nice" or "people won't like me", "people will be upset", "they'll get mad"....It stops you from being real with yourself and others about what matters to you, too. You never have to be subservient to another person.

08/20/2025

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08/19/2025

We don't always know the Lord is present. His word says he is-always.

When we are caught up in suffering of this world, it can often feel like the Lord is not in the midst of our pain, abuse, persecution, etc. with us but apart. We can say, "we don't see him" and discredit that things in the unseen are happening. Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego as they were called) stood for the Kingdom of God in the midst of oppression, of difficulty, of persecution, of struggle...and Christ was with them (scripture doesn't even indicate that they had even seen him!!!).

I love how they declared to King Nebuchadnezzar "our God, whom we serve, can save us from the white-hot furnace". They didn't say how God would save them, and we are wise to remember saving doesn't always look the way we expect.

Remember when you can't see the Lord, when you aren't sure if he is there with you, to have faith that he is always present. He did it for them, and He WILL do it for you, too!

08/13/2025

I love this. You learned it wasn't safe to share, but you don't have to hold the pain in anymore. What helped you survive the hurt is no longer helpful. You can be safe now to let it out.

08/10/2025

Great article to help understand how fear might be sub/unconsciously managing your thoughts, behaviors and relationships. Attachment styles based on fear/anxiety are not concrete; we can heal into security.

Read this article to understand how your attachment style may influence your fears, as well as how you respond to them.

08/06/2025

I had a dream last night that I was discussing the scriptures with a Jewish man regarding Christ as Messiah or Blasphemer. It was a healthy conversation, but I still woke wondering where that came from.

08/05/2025

08/05/2025

"But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat meat sacrificed to idols" Rev. 2:20

“Boasting over your tolerance of sin is inappropriate. Don’t you understand that even a small compromise with sin permeates the entire fellowship, just as a little leaven permeates a batch of dough?”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭6‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Be cautious about what you permit as acceptable, and guard your hearts from sliding into doubt of God's good will for us outlined in His word.

08/03/2025

Consider how your choice for self-identity and growth might look if you apply the fruits of the spirit to your own personhood: Love, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Gentleness, Faithfulness, Self-Control, Joy, and Goodness.