Posts in Adult Therapy
HFC Houston Move Directions

Heights Family Counseling is moving locations to provide a better experience for clients and therapists! All sessions after 12/15/23 will be held at our new location: The Heights Clocktower 611 W 22nd St. Suite 100 Houston, TX, 77008

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March Podcast Recommendations!

Hey, y’all! This is the third installment of my ongoing series where I get to share my love of podcasts and mental health awareness!

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Transforming Guilt into Gratitude

In a previous blog, I outlined the power of a good apology, recognizing instances in which one needs to fess up to one’s wrongdoing and make meaningful amends. With the right elements in place, a genuine apology can be a beautiful thing that heals wounds of all shapes and sizes.

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The Anti-Dating Blog

I’m 40, single, and a couples therapist. And I date as much or as little as I want. I’m sometimes in committed relationships or exclusively dating one person.

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Top 10 Reads of 2021

As I revisited my 2021 reading list, some pretty distinct themes emerged: relationships, attachment, personal value, and self-compassion. I didn’t intentionally seek out books with these subjects in mind, but what I read tends to follow my day-to-day work as a therapist.

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For when the right words are hard to find…

The job of a therapist involves hearing, and sometimes vicariously experiencing, some of the most tragic and heart-rending facets of the human experience. People come to sessions with every kind of trauma imaginable, and it’s our job to receive it all with an empathetic ear and an open heart. But being on the receiving end of someone’s difficult or harrowing story is not an experience exclusive to therapists. It’s something we can all experience in our daily lives!

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The Power of Mantras

Everyone talks to themselves. Most of the time, we chatter on to ourselves inside our head and we aren’t even fully aware that we are doing it. Our thoughts and opinions and judgments simply play on like a never-ending record in our mind, and we oftentimes don’t stop to pay any attention to what the lyrics are actually saying.

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How Many Sessions Will This Take?

A very common question from first-time clients: How many sessions will this take? From a financial perspective, this question seems very valid. People want to know what their financial obligation is going to be before getting started, which is definitely information worth knowing.

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So You’ve Already Broken Your New Year’s Resolution

We’ve all been there…so ambitious to kick our bad habits, promised ourselves this year’s going to be different, and then feeling completely defeated by mid-January. No, it’s not just you. Here are some tips to get your motivation back and get back on track:

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Dating Reimagined

Hey single folks! How’s your dating life?

Are you meeting people who hold your interest?

Inspire you?

Comfort you?

Excite you?

Are you dating people who get you?

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The Post-Holiday Blahs

The radio is no longer blasting holiday music round the clock, the stores have swept up the tinsel, and a few lonely strands of lights on a neighbor’s roof remind us that ‘tis no longer the season to be merry and bright. We spend the fall rushing about, preparing to feast and have fellowship, and the winter decorating, gifting, and ushering in a New Year. And then what?

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Podcast Episodes to Check Out this Month

Hey, y’all! This is the second installment of my ongoing series where I get to share my love of podcasts and mental health awareness!

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