Chrysalis Counseling Peachtree City, GA

01/09/2022

Have not posted anything for quite a while. Still seeing folks in the evenings. Recently certified in S*x addiction treatment and EMDR. Let me know if there is anything I can do to assist you. Bill Macke

11/09/2017

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You know about cyberbullying. But why are some teens bullying themselves online?

10/18/2017

Let us all work on looking at others perspective, let’s all grow and be the best we can be. Transforming into what we are meant to be.

10/02/2017

I wish there was some way we could look at someone and just tell that they are about to do evil. Wish people would turn bright purple or something when they had thoughts of killing someone. That would make life so much more predictable and safer. But, they don't and we can not predict other people's actions. All we can do is pay attention to the people we have relationships with, love them and pay attention to mental illness symptoms just like we would if they had obvious physical symptoms. People do evil things, but just so thankful that even more people do good things.
Thanks to the first responders, police and the others that put their lives at risk last night.

09/18/2017

Do you ever feel guilty? Read the short paper I wrote on guilt.

09/18/2017

Guilt and Consequences

Guilt, where does it come from? Is it an emotion, a state of being, something we can hold in our hands?
Guilt is an emotion, a feeling caused by behaviors and thoughts. If guilt continues for long periods of time without resolution it can lead to a state of being.

Is there a purpose for guilt? 1 John 1:8: If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
Guilt lets us know when we have sinned. When we have done or said something that was contrary to the word of God.
Guilt is a warning, it pricks our conscious, and it can let us know that something is just not right.

Guilt has many consequences. Guilt can cause us to seek the truth, to apologize to who ever we have hurt, to repent. Unresolved guilt can also lead to more sin as we try to rationalize our behaviors. Guilt can lead to feelings of worthlessness; it can block our acceptance of God and his forgiveness. Guilt can lead to mental health issues like depression and anxiety.

Unresolved guilt, many times will lead to more sin. No one enjoys feeling bad, feeling depressed, frustrated, angry or confused. Therefore when we have unresolved guilt we try to reduce the emotional consequences or reduce the natural feelings associated with guilt. We will then think of ways to dismiss or minimize the importance of our behaviors and convince ourselves that what we are doing is not that big of a deal. We will then begin to distance ourselves from situations that remind us of our feelings. We will pull away from our spouses, we will gradually reduce our church attendance, and we will pull a way from our friends and may even find new friends that support us or are participating in the same guilt causing behaviors. No one likes to be reminded of our shortcomings!

So if you find that you may be guilt, for whatever reason, you can actively work on removing those feelings. As a Christian, we have such a wonderful, powerful God who has provided a simple and relatively easy way of resolving our feelings caused by guilt. The blood of Christ will cleanse us if we set aside our sin causing guilt, repent and ask for the overwhelming grace that comes from Christ.
Hebrew 4:16: Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Bill Macke, LCSW
Counselor PTCCofC
Chrysalis Counseling

07/16/2017

Summer sale: contact me for further information!