HOUSE Counseling

07/27/2025

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07/14/2025

07/09/2025

🚨 Ready to feel better? Meet the therapist you didn’t know you needed. 🚨

Ashlie Combs, ALC is officially accepting new clients at our Oxford location starting August 1st… and let us tell you, you’re gonna love her.

She’s down-to-earth, easy to talk to, and knows how to help you make real progress, whether you’re working through trauma, life changes, or just need someone solid in your corner.

✅ She gets it
✅ She cares
✅ She’s READY

📲 Call or TEXT 256-342-6107 to get on her schedule now!

Let’s get you in. Let’s get to work. Let’s make life feel lighter.

07/07/2025

Ya’ll.

A child’s unstructured play is not about the outcome … but the process.

This type if play affords children the freedom to explore, discover, and create —- boosting vital social and emotional life skills for life.

Here are just a few ways unstructured playtime nurtures a young child’s emotional intelligence:

1. Creativity and imagination:

Open ended play encourage young children to create their own games, sparking their imagination and cognitive development.

2. Problem-solving abilities:

Children as young as 2 or 3 yo will work together when playing to solve problems such as who goes first, who will be which character, and the various “rules” of the game.

If (when) conflicts arise, encourage children to work together to solve them instead of sweeping in to act as the judge and the jury.

If (when) they struggle, step in to validate each child —- ask helpful questions to prompt each child to play a part in working it out.

3. Social skills:

Unstructured play encourages children to take turns, share, negotiate, hear others, develop scenarios, and problem-solve together.

In addition to these higher-level skills, different forms of unstructured play can elicit different aspects of learning:

✅ Active play like jumping from manageable heights or spinning helps children learn to make decisions, calibrate risks, and manage emotions.

✅ Interactive play helps children learn empathy, reciprocity, sharing, perspective-taking, and cooperation and fosters feelings of connection and acceptance.

✅ Creative play helps children make sense of the world around them as they build forts, stack blocks, create art, tell stories, and pretend to be other characters.

The next time your child initiates play, simply match or imitate them. The key is to follow your child’s lead in picking different activities, matching their interests and development. 🥰

GenMindful.com | Make connection a habit. 💚

07/06/2025

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"Was told journaling might help me out"

07/04/2025

For the last several years, I’ve been shifting the way I talk to myself.

Instead of asking, “Why is this happening to me?”
I’ve started asking, “What is this trying to teach me?”

And honestly… it’s changed everything.

Not every hard thing is here to break me. Some of it is here to build me. Some of it is here to slow me down, wake me up, or grow me in ways comfort never could.

I’m realizing I don’t need to figure it all out. I just need to stay open. Open to learning. Open to being stretched. Open to the idea that maybe this moment, however uncomfortable, is working for me, not against me.

Not stuck.
Not behind.
Just becoming.

This shift isn’t easy, but it’s worth everything.

You don’t have to love the lesson to learn from it.
You just have to stop resisting what it’s here to show you.

That’s it.

Goodnight, my friends… and, HAPPY 4th. 🇺🇸🎇

07/03/2025

🚨 BIG NEWS at HOUSE Counseling! 🚨

We are thrilled to welcome Katesha Reid, LPC to the HOUSE fam! 🎉 Katesha brings warmth, wisdom, and a passion for walking with clients through life’s transitions. She’s the real deal… faith-informed, person-centered, and a perfect fit for our Oxford team. 💛

✨ She’ll be accepting new Clients starting August 1st, 2025, and spots will go FAST.

📞 Call 256-342-6107 now to set up your first session!

📍 Oxford Location | 231 E Choccolocco Street

Let’s heal, grow, and reconnect, together. 💫

06/23/2025

OXFORD!!! We are hiring!!!

Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_aqGxPPz8X4s0-xVVlmyxn3UKr3AHsZ3A0Gomv3rAqWJy0Q/viewform

06/18/2025

Think about that…