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Steve Richards MA, LPC, - Director of the Community Counseling Partnership, Calming the Storm Counseling

You are a professional counselor, what does that mean? What do you actually do?

As a professional who has been doing this for years what is the most common emotional stumbling block that people come to you for help?

So one of the big points of this whole series has been that this is all in your head. It is the battlefield of the mind, what can we do to help stack the deck in our favor?

What is the biggest hurdle for people in getting through an issue where they feel stuck?

You are a counselor that isn’t afraid to bring faith into the mix when you are helping people. How does faith help or hinder people in the battle with emotions?

If you know that someone you love is wrestling with these issues, but they haven’t been willing to seek help, what can you do?

1. Grief will overwhelm you, but God won’t fail you.

2. Give yourself permission to hurt so you can also have permission to heal.

Denying your pain doesn’t destroy your pain.

“The death of a beloved is an amputation.”
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

Be honest with yourself.

Own your reactions so you can guide your recovery process.

Part of FAITHing it until you make it is doing what God tells you while you are in it.

As Christians, because of the life giving work of Jesus Christ, we can hurt with hope.

Let yourself heal! It is what they would want you to do anyway.

3. Let someone in, refuse to do this alone.

Life change happens in the context of relationships.

Don’t downplay it. You can’t shame someone into recovery from their grief.

Hurt with them.

Celebrate the good times, lead the charge in reminiscing.

The biggest and best thing you can do is pray and just be there.