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If you have been through something that left your nervous system on high alert, you have probably been told to relax. Breathe. Meditate. Try yoga. Maybe you tried. Maybe it made you want to put your fist through a wall. I want to say something that might come as a relief. You are not failing at calming down. Your body is doing exactly what it learned to do, and it learned it for a reason. Your body is not broken. It is armed. When people talk about fight, flight, or freeze, m

Veterans, trauma survivors, and other individuals who have gone through great adversity may develop PTSD and not know it. Sometimes, maybe more often than people realize, an individual with PTSD can be diagnosed, see the list of criteria in front of them, and still not recognize that it applies to them. In fact, the person with PTSD is often the last to know. A spouse, a parent, a close friend, or a coworker usually notices something first. They may not have a name for it. Th

This is one of the questions I hear most often, and the answer is often yes. All Heart Counseling focuses on Individual Counseling. One person is the client, and the work stays focused on what the person is going through. That does not mean therapy has to happen without the involvement of the important people in your life. Brief Family and Partner / Spouse Interventions There are times when involving a spouse, partner or family member directly supports the work a client is do

If you are looking into online counseling, one rule sits underneath everything else: Counseling takes place in the state where you are physically located at the time of your appointment. Not where you live. Not where I am. Where you are sitting when we meet. That single rule shapes which counselors you can see, and it shapes whether your insurance will pay. Where I Am Licensed I am fully licensed in Ohio, Georgia, Indiana, and Florida. Ohio is my home state and where I see cl