Mental Health Blog

3 Tips for Engaged Couples Who Think They Are Incompatible

Throughout my sessions, I have a variety of questions that I ask my career counseling clients. Typically, I spend the first half hour of my sessions diving into five specific questions which can reveal clues as to what potential careers would be the best fit for my clients. The first question I typically ask is,…

How We Can Daydreams And Night Dreams: How God Uses Both Types In The Career Exploration Process

The instrument that I utilize with engaged couples, Prepare & Enrich, reveals areas of compatibility and incompatibility within the relationship. Sometimes couples whose assessment scores indicate that they have considerably more areas of incompatibility, can be discouraged when I reveal these results. I have three tips that I implement when working with these, oftentimes, concerned…

Too Tired/Busy to Connect…..think again!

Sometimes barriers toward intimacy cause as many divorces as fights and hostility do. Intimacy is tough. It is hard to bare all in front of another person. It can be excruciating to let down our armor and really admit to how we feel, where we are weak, where we have failed, and how much we…

Conflict Resolution Skills

The ability to successfully developing conflict resolution skills depends on four key skills. Together, these four skills form a fifth skill that is greater than the sum of its parts: the ability to take conflict in stride and resolve differences in ways that build trust and confidence. Conflict resolution skill 1: Quickly relieve stress The capacity to remain relaxed and focused in tense situations is a vital aspect of conflict  resolution. If you don’t know how to stay centered and in control of yourself, you may…