C.A. Counseling & Consultants, LLC

05/13/2026

https://www.cacounselingconsultants.com/post/this-week-is-for-all-of-us

May 11 through 17 is Mental Health Awareness Week, and if you have been waiting for a reason to check in with yourself, this is as good a one as any.Here is something worth knowing: mental health is not a thing you either have or do not have. It is more like a dial than a light switch. Most of us ar...

04/17/2026

https://www.cacounselingconsultants.com/post/stress-awareness-month-how-are-you-really-doing

April is National Stress Awareness Month, which has been observed since 1992. The original idea wasn't to pile on. It was to get people to stop treating stress like it's just part of the deal.And yet here we are. Most of us have gotten very good at functioning under chronic stress. Too good, really....

03/26/2026

https://www.cacounselingconsultants.com/post/some-of-what-you-carry-was-never-yours-to-begin-with

There is a moment that comes up again and again in my work with women. Someone is talking about a pattern in their life, something that keeps happening in their relationships, or a feeling they cannot seem to shake, and somewhere in the middle of describing it, they pause. 'That sounds like my mothe...

03/18/2026

https://www.cacounselingconsultants.com/post/you-cannot-pour-from-an-empty-cup-and-other-things-we-say-but-don-t-actually-believe

You have probably heard that phrase before. You cannot pour from an empty cup. Maybe you have even said it yourself. It sounds wise. It sounds true. And yet. Most of the women I know are pouring from a cup that has been empty for years. They have gotten very good at it. This week I want to talk abou...

03/16/2026

Our Office will be CLOSED for in person appointments on MONDAY, March 16th due to the Blizzard Warning. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please stay safe and warm!

02/25/2026

https://www.cacounselingconsultants.com/post/the-greatest-love-story-you-and-your-child

There's a moment that happens in my office more often than you might think. A parent sits across from me, tears in their eyes, and says, "I love my child with everything I have. So why does it feel like we're on different planets?"The love is there. It's always been there. Sometimes overwhelming in....

02/19/2026

https://www.cacounselingconsultants.com/post/love-isn-t-perfect-but-it-can-be-stronger-a-february-message

February is here, and everywhere you look, there are hearts, flowers, and messages about perfect love. But here in my therapy office, I see something different. I see real couples working through real struggles. I see the messy, beautiful truth about relationships.And you know what? That truth is ac...

01/26/2026

https://www.cacounselingconsultants.com/post/the-anxiety-we-don-t-talk-about-when-just-managing-isn-t-enough

There's a version of anxiety that doesn't look like what we see in movies. No dramatic panic attacks in grocery stores. No obvious avoiding of everyday situations. Just this constant hum of worry that you've gotten so good at managing that nobody, including you sometimes, realizes how much energy it...

01/19/2026

https://www.cacounselingconsultants.com/post/relationship-tune-ups-why-couples-therapy-isn-t-just-for-crisis-mode

There's this idea floating around that couples therapy is where relationships go to die. Like it's the last stop before divorce court, a Hail Mary when everything else has failed. But here's what we actually see in our practice: some of the strongest couples we work with come to therapy precisely be...

01/11/2026

https://www.cacounselingconsultants.com/post/new-year-new-patterns-why-january-is-actually-perfect-for-therapy

Everyone jokes about New Year's resolutions failing by February. The gym gets crowded for three weeks, then empties out. The diet starts strong, then pizza happens. But here's something different: January might actually be the ideal time to start therapy, and it has nothing to do with resolutions.Af...

12/17/2025

https://www.cacounselingconsultants.com/post/when-the-holidays-feel-heavy-a-letter-on-finding-light

...this season has a way of amplifying everything we carry. The grief feels heavier. The loneliness cuts deeper. The pressure to be joyful when you're barely holding it together can feel suffocating.