Secret Struggles

Having overwhelming feelings or thoughts that consume you is exhausting and can impact daily functioning in a very negative way. When that feeling stems from a situation or circumstance that you don’t feel safe or comfortable talking about with friends or family, those feelings can become too much to handle alone. Talking to a counselor, who is confidential and there to support you, might be just what you need.

It could be an intimate relationship issue, personal health journey, complicated family situations, identity or sexuality journey, parenting struggles, religious trauma, abuse, etc.

All these circumstances are truly unique to you and very personal. Processing your journey and having a safe and judgement free space to do so allows freedom from those emotions and thoughts. And with that freedom comes a higher and more positive level of functioning in your life.

Counseling can be a tool that is used by an individual to express their thoughts on a topic that they need to get off their chest but are too nervous, scared, or unsure of how someone else will perceive them or judge their situation.

A young couple struggling with fertility, a husband who just lost his wife to cancer, a son who has an alcoholic father, a couple that is unsure how to fix their relationship after infidelity, a girl who is scared to tell her mom that she was abused at a party. A teenager unsure of what they want to do after high school with fear of disappointing parents.

Having any of these situations happen is stressful, but when the person in the situation is alone, without any emotional support, it can be detrimental. If you have a struggle in your life that you are carrying alone and would like someone to listen to your story, we have a team of trained, professional, licensed counselors that would love to be a supportive outlet for you.

Author

Emily Horton, MS, LPC-Associate

Supervised by R. Bartee, PhD, LPC-S, LMFT-S