Little Desert Counseling serving all of Colorado and located in Fort Collins has added two new members of the team specializing in narcissistic abuse and trauma.
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Grace and Growth: A Catholic Approach to Emotional Healing
A common concern among Christian clients is whether therapy might compete with faith—as if psychological work were a substitute for spiritual grace. Catholic Therapist Michael Finnegan shares his insights.
When is Enough, Enough?
When feelings or cognitions are out of touch with reality, this is the very definition of a mental disorder. The answer is seeking help. A Catholic Therapist can help those struggling.
Counsel, Venting or Gossip: How to Tell the Difference
How can you work through your feelings to a good resolution without falling into the gossip trap? Allison Ricciardi, LHMC shares some ways to discern.
An Engaging Resource to Renew Catholic Marriages
What if you could exercise loving curiosity to strengthen your marriage? Catholic psychotherapist, Dana Nygaard, has written an engaging book that is a marriage must-have as it guides Catholic couples through loving and captivating conversations.
Misfire of Communication – Lessons Learned from a Cat
What is one thing that people have struggled with for centuries? What causes the most conflict in people’s relationships today? I propose it is a misfire of communication.
Therapy, Spiritual Direction or Coaching: What do you need?
Let’s explore if the help you need is best provided by a coach or a therapist and the difference between the two.
Common Concerns on Using Online Counseling Telehealth
The advent and progress of Covid-19 has brought with it a dramatic shift toward Telehealth services throughout the medical industry, just as online internet usage has changed drastically throughout many other industries. This change is particularly challenging in therapy because so much of the work takes place as a consequence of the relationship between the therapist and client.
Restoring the Dance When the Music Stops
“Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage…” This old time song is as true today as ever, and we now have a deeper understanding from both Scripture and science of how love and marriage “dance” together and how to restore the dance when the music stops.
What is a Secure Attachment in a Healthy Relationship?
Our Catholic faith teaches us that marriage is a Sacrament, meaning that there is actual grace in a Sacramental marriage. This grace is what assists husbands and wives to live out marriage joyfully, sacrificially, and lovingly. However, we are still Fallen creatures so even with the grace present in a Sacramental marriage we suffer from concupiscence, the propensity towards selfishness and sin, which causes us to wound each other.
My Job Is Not To Understand…
Now, that may be a surprising thing to hear from a therapist, but walk with me here.
Leaning on Faith in Times of Hurt
Therapist Allison Ricciardi provides insights and encouragement for those torn between where to turn next regarding the recent shortcoming and bad press about the Catholic Church.
What is a Catholic Therapist?
I’m often asked this question by both Catholics and non-Catholics.
Finding Healthy Resolution Without Becoming a Gossipmonger
When difficult things happen in our lives it’s understandable and important to both our emotional and physical health that we seek out either professional counseling intervention or someone to just vent our feelings to help us sort them out.
Catholic-Based Psychotherapy
The fields of psychology and traditional psychotherapy are often traced back to the works of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalytical methods.
3 Common Fears About Therapy
When devoutly faithful people need help dealing with emotions or relationships, it can present some unique challenges. Some believe that their faith should be enough.
CHRISTIAN COUNSELING – A Wonderful Specialization Of Therapy
Professional Christian Counseling is a wonderful specialization in which the psychologically trained licensed mental health professional integrates their knowledge, skills and abilities with their Christian faith, values and beliefs. It’s a match made in heaven, giving you the best of both.
Fix My Broken Kid
This is a common lament of frustrated parents who drag their child to see a therapist. The parents are seeking the help of a counselor typically because they are at their wit’s end.