The Therapy House- Whitney Akins, M.A., LPC Associate

02/01/2026

The “you’ve already done” part got me 😮‍💨 🩷 he’s already gone before us and done the hard work.

01/29/2026

Is tho true for you? Do you find comfort or strength sheltered within your community ? Share what makes your people special 🫶🏼☀️

01/27/2026

Sharing my latest blog about the compounded feeling of grief when it returns while you are still holding onto old loss.

Handle yourself with care friends 🫶🏼

https://www.thetherapyhouse.net/blog/when-grief-returns-holding-old-loss-and-new-sorrow-with-faith e you ar

A Christian therapist reflects on grief ten years after losing a child and facing new loss, exploring faith, Scripture, and God’s presence through sorrow. T

01/26/2026

Things on my mind this week:
1) complicated grief - we carry loss of a soul, an identity, roles, routine in one had the relief in suffering for the loved one and caretaker
2) harshness adds no value to yourself or others
3) Jesus! - we are not deserving of His favor yet he pours it out freely and joyously - WOW very unlike us humans !

I could go on and on ! What are you unpacking after a full week and starting a new one ?

I pray you will be filled with the Spirit’s presence and soak up his peace beyond our understanding. 🌄🩷☕️🫶🏼☀️

01/21/2026

Some Christians feel ashamed that anxiety doesn’t disappear when they pray.

But anxiety isn’t a spiritual failure—it’s often a memory problem.

The nervous system remembers what hurt, even when the heart wants to trust.

Faith-based healing doesn’t mean forcing yourself into situations you’re not ready for.
It means allowing God to meet you as you build new experiences, not just new beliefs.

Grace isn’t rushing.
Grace is practicing.
Grace is letting today be different from yesterday.

And sometimes that’s exactly how faith grows—quietly, through lived moments.

01/19/2026

One of the quiet ways anxiety stays powerful is through avoidance.

When we avoid situations that once hurt us, anxiety never gets corrected.
It never learns that something new might happen.

Avoidance tells the brain:
“Good thing we stayed away—danger confirmed.”

But new experiences—especially small, intentional ones—send a different message:
“I went.”
“I stayed.”
“I survived.”

You don’t have to leap into bravery.
You just have to take one step that gently challenges the old story.

That’s how anxiety slowly learns it doesn’t have to run the show.

01/16/2026

Anxiety doesn’t like uncertainty.

If it doesn’t have something to latch onto, it feels untethered—almost panicked.
So it grabs what it knows.

Very often, anxiety sticks itself to the past and then pretends it’s the future.

“He didn’t call me back years ago, so why bother dating now?”
“I embarrassed myself once, so I’ll always say something stupid.”
“I tried church before and got hurt, so all church must be unsafe.”

Without realizing it, we start making present-day decisions based on old experiences.

One of the most effective ways to loosen anxiety’s grip isn’t forcing positive thinking—it’s creating new experiences. Real ones. Small ones. Lived ones.

When you slowly build a bank of different experiences, your nervous system has new evidence to reach for:
• “I went to church and it wasn’t scary.”
• “I went on a date and it wasn’t amazing, but it was okay.”
• “I joined something new and I didn’t fall apart.”

Anxiety doesn’t need perfection.
It needs new proof.

And over time, those new experiences begin to rewrite the story anxiety keeps telling.

09/29/2025

When I talk with new believers, I’m always amazed at how God gives them peace first. They have lived in survival mode on their own before coming to His faith. When they compare walking in a trial as a new believer they typically say that their “old self” would have never had the peace they were carrying in the “new self”.

He delivers us from the chaos of our own heart first then sharpens us for His spiritual work.

I’m so very blessed to witness this transformation in my work. 🩷✝️🥰☮️

09/27/2025

Cognitive Behavioral Therpay. Redirect and retrain our fleshly, broken minds to think of things from above. Being human, we naturally overthink all the negative possibilities or perceived failures.

What if we took those thoughts captive with the help of practice and God’s grace and rerouted the thinking… even a little. What would you be capable of ?

For me, I could be present rather than constantly entertaining the chatter in my mind. I could build better relationships and calm my nervous system.

09/17/2025

✨ What Christian Counseling Teaches Us ✨
Even the “weak” parts of us are not disqualified—they are places where God’s power can rest.
The gift of mercy shines here, reminding us that compassion is the soil where healing grows.
Resting in uncertainty doesn’t mean doing nothing—it means learning to sit with God in the unknown, trusting His presence to guide us.

🙏 Lord, meet me in my weakness, and remind me that I am safe in You.

09/16/2025

✨ What Christian Counseling Teaches Us ✨
Not every thought deserves our agreement.
Therapy teaches us to challenge distorted thinking, and faith reminds us that God’s peace is stronger than fear.
The fruit of the Spirit—gentleness, patience, self-control—become anchors when our minds want to spiral.

🙏 God, renew my mind and quiet my spirit with Your peace.

09/15/2025

✨ What Christian Counseling Teaches Us ✨
When we can’t control outcomes, we still have the freedom to choose meaning in the moment.
Uncertainty doesn’t mean chaos—it can be an invitation to lean into God’s sovereignty and let Him carry what we can’t.
Spiritual gifts like wisdom and faith remind us: even here, our life has purpose. 🌿

🙏 Lord, help me find meaning in my waiting, and trust Your hands when mine are empty.