Anchored in Hope Counseling

10/18/2023

Hi everyone!

BIG announcement about my private practice. I recently joined a group called Headway that allows me to accept certain INSURANCE plans without the billing and admin work. I am proud to support Headway’s mission to make mental healthcare more accessible and affordable to all patients!

To start, I can accept Aetna, Optum, and Cigna insurqnce plans.

For patients seeking in-network therapy: If YOU or anyone else in your network are looking for an affordable provider, please send me a message and I will be happy to send you a link to my Headway profile! We just ask that you have your insurance Member ID and payment method handy - Headway will share the copay and progress on your deductible with you.

Again - I couldn’t be more excited to help serve a greater percentage of our population’s mental health needs!

09/09/2023

“Choose uncomfortable enlargement over comfortable diminishment whenever you can.” 🔑

Oliver Burkeman’s book, Four Thousand Weeks, continues to blow my mind. 🤯

08/29/2023

📣 all the parents out there, my teacher friends, anyone that has the privilege of working with young people, and most importantly, all the young people—this article has some GREAT resources for navigating the shifts and changes of returning to school. Less sleep, new environment, new friends, more demands, more drama, maybe less drama 💁🏻‍♀️, rigorous schedule, stressed parents, balancing homework and social media—our kids have a lot on their plates, so let’s not forget to check in on them during this time! 💜

Discover and download free resources for yourself, your children, or your students.

08/15/2023

A great explanation of the true intent of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ work. Grief is not linear, friends. 💖

Grief never ends. There is no closure or sense of "moving on," but there are things we can do to mitigate the feeling of loss.

07/31/2023

A common theme I discuss with my grieving clients is a seemingly well-known, unspoken societal rule. This rule seems to convince us that grief is something that happens to us at one point in time. And after an additional amount of unsaid time, we're supposed to have "moved forward" or "moved passed it". This powerful interview provides a unique and compassionate way to consider the grieving process.

Poet Hanif Abdurraquib beautifully states, "I believe that I should be a generous steward to my grief. If I tend generously to my grief then it treats me well in return."

If you've been struggling to deal with grief in its many forms, please send me a message or use my contact info to reach out to me; I would welcome the opportunity to talk with you.

Poet Hanif Abdurraqib has experienced a lot of loss in his life, and sees the grief from those losses as its own kind of spiritual practice.

07/22/2023

Happening tomorrow! Give it a listen while you’re drinking your morning joe, or smoothie, or mimosa, or however you start your Sunday! 🙏🏼❤️

Pretty excited, incredibly honored, and a tiny bit nervous, about this thing right here! Telling your story is such an opportunity for growth, connection, and healing, but it can also feel incredibly vulnerable. Follow to share life-changing moments of strength, vulnerability, and….awakening, with each weekly storyteller. Starts tomorrow, so link up wherever you get your podcasts!

07/08/2023

Pretty excited, incredibly honored, and a tiny bit nervous, about this thing right here! Telling your story is such an opportunity for growth, connection, and healing, but it can also feel incredibly vulnerable. Follow to share life-changing moments of strength, vulnerability, and….awakening, with each weekly storyteller. Starts tomorrow, so link up wherever you get your podcasts!

06/30/2023

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06/18/2023

If you’re struggling with how to navigate this day—you’re not alone. Check out The Dougy Center website for resources and ways to connect and honor our dad’s. 💖

06/09/2023

05/28/2023

Love this graphic sent to me by a good friend. I really try to be intentional about pausing before responding to my child, particularly during a conflict—but quite honestly, I am human, and I certainly don’t get things right every time. It helps to remember though, that “how we speak to our children becomes their inner voice.” (Peggy O’Mara)

05/21/2023

Teaching your kids how to handle problems and challenges while they are young also means allowing them to test out a solution that YOU may not choose. 😬 What a valuable lesson though, right? Your child gets to learn problem solving—arguably one of THE most important life skills—with you, their biggest cheerleader, by their side. And not only that, it will encourage them to come to you with things that are challenging because you are a place of safety and support rather than shame and criticism. 👏🏼

https://bit.ly/ResponsibilityJournal

05/16/2023

Welcome to Anchored in Hope Counseling! I am a licensed mental health counselor that is also certified in Thanatology. Not familiar? Most people aren't. 🙂 Simply put, it just means I've done a little extra work in the area of grief and loss. Life recently took an unexpected turn, as it tends to do sometimes, that has allowed me to focus more on building my virtual counseling business and spend some more time doing the things I love. Thank you for taking the time to check out my page, and please feel free to send me a message if you are considering the added support of therapy- I am happy to answer any questions you may have and would be honored to work with you!