Brave Path Counseling, PLLC

07/23/2025

Anxiety can feel like a heavy burden. Discover how to understand the impact of anxiety and the steps you can take to manage it effectively. Let's take a step towards a more joyful life together! Read more: https://Bravepathcounseling.com

07/09/2025

In an increasingly fast-paced world, taking care of your mental health is vital. Discover personalized online therapy at Brave Path Counseling and prioritize your well-being. Learn more: https://www.bravepathcounseling.com

07/06/2025

Ever felt disconnected from your own thoughts or surroundings? You're not alone. Join us as we explore the concept of disassociation: is it a learned response or a coping mechanism for uncomfortable feelings? Learn more at https://www.bravepathcounseling.com/post/understanding-disassociation-a-learned-response-or-coping-mechanism-for-uncomfortable-feelings

05/10/2025

Mother's Day can be hard, like many other holidays and special days.
You did your best. You enjoyed the labor of love.
You celebrated and cried.

And no matter what the relationship is or isn't today, you were there. If you are a mother, have been a mother, or have mothered, be kind to yourself. If no one else does, celebrate yourself on this Mother's Day.

02/08/2025

"If I don't laugh at least three times during the day, I've had a bad day. I've got to have a minimum of at least three good laughs."
- Lana Turner

01/22/2025

Brave Path Counseling is here. Still offering a safe, inclusive space🏳️‍🌈 Online in Illinois, Colorado & Arizona.

06/01/2024

Online therapy with experienced counselors. We offer EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness, and other evidence-based therapies to assist in making positive life changes and resolving distress. We provide counseling to adults and teens.

05/29/2024

11/29/2023

I'm loving this quote right now!

There are so many places in our lives where we just aren't sure what is next - it can be scary - and really easy to stay where you're "safe"....

But, when we trust our own intuition and reach for our dreams - the ultimate place in which we arrive is often so much better than we imagined!

Trust your gut! Take the next step. The worst thing that can happen is you return to where you started from...
but I don't think you will ;)

Online therapy with experienced counselors. We offer EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness, and other evidence-based therapies to assist in making positive life changes and resolving distress. We provide counseling to adults and teens.

06/05/2023

Getting comfortable with how you feel can be a process. Try sitting still for 3 minutes and noticing..... what thoughts and emotions come up? Where do you feel it in your body? Just notice....

05/23/2023

We are In-Person!! Now offering counseling services at Milwood Exe. Suites, 1400 N. Wood Rd., Murphysboro, Il 62966.

We're still offering Online sessions for convenience if it works better for you!

08/13/2022

Ambivalence .....

Sometimes you take a breath and suddenly, in that space, you can see clearly what you need to do. It's amazing you couldn't see it before!

In an instant, like water rushing through the window of a submerged boat, everything is cloudy again and you are swirling, and unsure of what to do.

That is ambivalence. You have to sit in the discomfort, like sitting on a fence. On one side is everything you already know. Where you don't really want to return to.

One the other side, the one that seems like a clear decision sometimes, it's dark. It's like jumping into a dark pit. It's the unknown, and it's scary as hell.

You have to allow yourself space to sit in the discomfort of ambivalence - until you're ready. That is where change starts. It's where the dreams can become reality.