AK Skoog Counseling and Supervision

08/14/2025

Until one day 💓

08/04/2025

The times of making yourself small for the comfort of others are over — You deserve to take up space ❤️‍🩹

08/03/2025

They can certainly coexist . . . But BOUNDARIES FTW! 🙌

08/03/2025

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Boys are told, “man up,” “don’t cry,” and “tough it out.” So what happens when a boy or man is sexually abused or assaulted?To help raise awareness around th...

08/03/2025

The ultimate power move 🦸‍♀️

08/02/2025

Yes, we do!! And something I will never take for granted — It is truly such an honor to hold space for others on their healing journeys 💕

07/29/2025

Too good not to share 😂😂😂😅

07/19/2025

I just love this so much — healing and growth is really a lifelong process if you are willing to do the work ❤️

“Every time I think I am healed, another wound whispers beneath my skin, another memory rises like smoke from the ashes of old versions of me, but maybe healing is not a destination, maybe it is the brave act of walking through your own ruins and still planting flowers.”

✍️ R.M. Drake
🎨credit to the artist via Pinterest

07/11/2025

“Keep doing the important work.” ❤️

My therapist got a lot of them from me yesterday.

The ugly faces and high-pitched sentences.

With a tissue in my hand for 60 minutes...

I paused mid-several sentences because the words coming out of my mouth were muffled as they meshed with the tears.

I put my face in my hands mid-vent as I felt the pushed-down emotions finally escape into the air.

I looked to sky in between deep breaths wondering if there was an answer somewhere to how I've been feeling lately.

It wasn't fun.
But gosh was it healing.

Because for someone like me who doesn't stop...
.. who is the mental keeper of the family's schedule.. who is the empath-holder of the world's feelings.. who doesn't know how to "not" feel everything in my heart

Therapy might not be fun but it is IMPERATIVE.

Would it be great to go into every session and tell her I'm thriving?

Of course.

Would it be easer to reschedule on the days I'm not doing well so I don't have to face whatever is causing my angst?

Sure would.

Have I tried to convince myself it would be easier to just not go at all and shove it all down and press on?

Yes.

But, I. deserve. more.

And I know that "more" is on the other side of "through."

Through the struggle.
Through the discomfort.
Through the confusion.
Through the exhaustion.
Through the trauma.

Through the intentional work I won't stop doing to be the best version of myself for me... for my kids... for my husband... and for the people I love... even when it's not fun.

To my fellow therapy friends - I see you.
Keep doing the important work.

To those who have been thinking about scheduling a session but are scared or unsure because of how un-fun it may sound - I see you, too.

That first step isn't easy, and I can't tell you that the second one won't result in ugly faces and high-pitched sentences - but you are worth every step toward healing.

We all are.
So let's all keep going, ok?

All the way through.

07/03/2025

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Because the world will try. It will hand them scripts written in fear, in comparison, in silence.

It will tell them who to be, how to behave, what to chase — and what to abandon.

And if we’re not intentional, they’ll trade their truth for someone else’s version of success.

But a child who is certain of their worth? Who knows they are enough - without performance, perfection, or permission?

That child becomes the author of their own life…

And the world doesn’t get to edit it. ❤️

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06/26/2025

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06/24/2025

“This anger was once love.” ❤️‍🩹