Anchor Point Counseling PLLC

09/22/2025

Susan David

09/21/2025

09/16/2025

A LITTLE THROWBACK!

This was our most-loved post exactly a year ago today – and it’s still just as true now as it was then

09/16/2025

COGNITIVE BIASES

09/16/2025

We have immediate openings, including some night and weekend availability with the following therapists:

Josh Griffin, LICSW

Spencer Iacolucci, LMHCA

Todd Love, LSWAIC

Shane Longmire, LMHC

To schedule call (509) 593-8122 or email assist@anchorpointcounselingpllc.com

09/13/2025

The Su***de Prevention Walk is meant to show solidarity and support for the fight against su***de and provide information to the community about how to help.

09/11/2025

Most people don’t realize this: your emotions are not the problem—it’s the way you handle them that determines your peace or suffering. When you avoid, suppress, or react impulsively, emotions take control of you. But when you learn to process them mindfully, they become your teachers.

Here’s a simple but life-changing practice:

1️⃣ Pause – Stop running. Take a moment to simply acknowledge, “I am feeling something right now.” Awareness is the first step to healing.

2️⃣ Name It – Identify the emotion. Is it anger? Sadness? Fear? Joy? Naming your feeling takes away half its power. It shifts you from being overwhelmed to being observant.

3️⃣ Feel It – Don’t judge or suppress it. Sit with the emotion. Let it exist without resistance. Remember, what you resist, persists. What you accept, transforms.

4️⃣ Ask Why – Gently explore: “What triggered this? Why does it matter to me?” This step turns pain into insight and helps you understand yourself better.

5️⃣ Release – Breathe deeply. Write it down. Speak it out. Cry if you must. Releasing is not weakness—it’s cleansing. It’s giving your soul permission to breathe again.

6️⃣ Shift – Once released, redirect your energy toward something constructive or calming—walk in nature, meditate, paint, read, or help someone. This step turns wounds into wisdom.

✨ Remember: Emotions are not enemies. They are signals. They are waves passing through you. You are the sky, vast and unshaken. Don’t drown in the storm—learn to let the storm pass.

💭 Master your emotions, and you master your peace.

09/09/2025

Focus more on the things that you can control and less on the things you can’t

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