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Coming to terms with admitting that you need help is the first big step, but you should understand that there are as many ways of getting that help as there are addictions. It’s easy to feel confused when faced with various types of therapy and places to get help, but the good news is that…

Setting the Foundation for a Harmonious Family Starting a family is one of the most profound steps in a couple’s journey. It involves melding two distinct sets of beliefs, desires, and aspirations into a unified vision. Stonebriar Counseling Associates understands the significance of this stage and emphasizes the importance of addressing family planning and parenting…

Adolescence and young adulthood are a turbulent time for many. When you add a mental illness on top of that, it seems to get infinitely more complicated. Unfortunately, young adulthood is often when psychotic illnesses onset — a full two-thirds of individuals with such disorders will experience their first episode by age 25. Since early…

Based on the information from the past two months of articles on the subject of compulsive sexual acting out-a sexual addiction results from an abuse of the natural sex drive that each person is born with. The abuse can start at any time in life and then progresses until it becomes a compulsion that the…

Self-esteem or self-image is the view a person holds of himself. It is the basic components of human identity. A solid sense of self-worth is not something we can take or leave. It’s something everyone needs. As a counselor I listen to the pain or hurts of people who are struggling. Here’s what I hear:…