Jay Nickel, LPC

05/12/2022

My latest Blog Post

Pastoral Counseling involves, in addition to the skills and practices of professional counseling, a sensitivity to, and appreciation for your faith and spirituality. In addition, it involves a pastoral counselor’s awareness of, and fidelity to, their own spirituality, and to find the healing spiri...

02/01/2022

I’ve decided to embrace my ‘pastoral counselor’ identity more publicly by sharing some of the key steps in my formation:
- Prayerful and intentional career change process changing from high-tech professional to professional counselor/therapist (2000)
- Training as a Spiritual Director (2002)
- Pastoral Counseling degree from SSW (2005)
- Pastoral Counseling Chaplain at Methodist Hospital, San Antonio (2005-2006)

While I don’t identify as a “Christian Counselor” with all the baggage that phrase carries, I do identify as a Christian and understand my work as a counselor as part of my calling and ministry.

01/21/2022

12/30/2021

12/30/2021

03/03/2019

https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/583780/?__twitter_impression=true

Sharing in someone else’s sorrow is an opportunity to dispense generosity.

02/07/2018

Encouraging people to get out and walk.
https://youtu.be/mPVlEj500e8

Produced with CyberLink PowerDirector 16

11/19/2017

http://newbloomz.com/grief-recovery/

The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses   Have you recently lost a loved one or ended a relationship? Do you want to let go of the pain & guilt from the past?…

09/06/2017

Parenting is a life long journey filled with unspeakable joy and sorrow. No matter where you are in your parenting journey, with littles or with grown adults who have left the nest, come join us in this two day, interactive opportunity to grow in your parenting skills so that you empower your kids t...

08/23/2017

If you meet Jennifer, you know she brings passion and compassion to her work. If you or someone you love is struggling with grief, check this out.

Grief Recovery within The Greater Mercy starting soon. Inquire or Register 512.992.8725 or jsabatier@newbloomz.com

05/30/2017

Our kids don't stop learning and neither do we. Come join our fun one day class. I'm looking forward to it.

We are all on a journey of learning to love and be loved. One of the best ways to grow in this journey is to learn your love language and the love languages of those that you do life with, whether it's your partner, kids, friends or work associates. In this workshop, we use Dr. Gary Chapman's 5 Love...

05/24/2017

Come join us! For tickets and more info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-languages-building-powerful-relationships-with-our-kids-and-others-tickets-3452292...

05/17/2017

http://jaynickel-lpc.com/?p=616&preview=true

My goal is to provide you value for your time and money. I start to address your concerns right away. In the words of my Brief Therapy professor, Dr. Jim Bentley, PhD., “I go for the cure in the first session. Sometimes it works!” Of course he was being playful, using words like ‘cure’ but I take ……

08/22/2016

Here is the Event invitation for the Parent Strong-Training Up a Dragon of Life parent training.
Sign-up, share the event, spread the word.

This FREE, highly interactive course will offer parents/guardians the opportunity to become empowered through practical skills and practices to encounter, experience, engage and express themselves as they move through life with their kids, so that they and their kids become powerful individuals who…

08/13/2016

My friend and colleague, Jennifer Sabatier, is starting a new Grief Recovery group. Check out her webpage for more details:
http://newbloomz.com/grief-recovery/

The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses Myths about grief: · Time heals all wounds · Replace the loss · Grieve alone · Be strong for others · …

04/28/2016

http://jaynickel-lpc.com/bereavement-support-group-wimberley-tx-2/

Rebuilding the Jerusalem wall after traumatic war and destruction serves as a metaphor for how we rebuild our lives, picking up the scattered pieces, and putting them back together after a traumatic loss. Our bereavement group serves as a safe place to examine the scattered pieces our lives, recogni…

04/20/2016

I want you to know about the ‘Parent Strong’ parent support group 12-week leadership training.

I hope you will share this information with any parents you know who might benefit from the group support and training.

First training, Monday, April 29, 2016, 6-8PM, Katherine Anne Porter School, Wimberley, TX

The purpose of the 'Parent Strong' training is to develop a support group for parents of adolescents that find themselves feeling frustrated and hopeless about parenting their adolescent children.

The training targets the following objectives:

• Parents have experiences of hope and success
• Parents learn and follow a process of change resulting in positive changes in their family life
• Parents create of community of support and accountability for themselves
• Parents learn new ideas and strategies of parenting
• Parents learn to articulate their goals and values
• Parents learn group process and leadership skills to take ownership of the Parent Strong group

The group is an open group, so parents can join the group at any time.



Jay Nickel, LPC-S
Parent Strong group leadership trainer

04/05/2016

While I always gently listen and provided a non-anxious presence, I have learned that helping my clients articulate our shared therapy goals moves the process towards healing much more quickly. I think the author of this article makes a lot of sense.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/in-therapy-forever-enough-already.html

Therapy should focus on goals and outcomes, and people should be able to graduate from it.