5 Steps to Understanding and Improving Social Anxiety Symptoms
Kate Motaung2024-11-27T04:40:57-08:00To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around it. -- Richie Norton We all feel anxious. It is a given that from time to time we [...]
A Christian Understanding of Optimism
Andrew Engstrom, Kate Motaung2024-12-30T04:32:19-08:00Second Article of Two on Optimism Part of the Series on Positive Psychology In my previous article on optimism, I discussed the accepted definitions of optimism and pessimism found in [...]
A Christian Counselor’s ADHD Series: What is “Executive Function?”
Dr. Julie Stroemel, Kate Motaung2024-12-30T04:37:22-08:00Part 3 of a 4-Part Series on ADHD (Link to Part 1 & Part 2) What is “Executive Function,” how is it related to ADHD, and why is it important? [...]
The 3 Stages of Rape Trauma Syndrome
Kate Motaung2024-11-27T04:41:23-08:00Sexual assault is on the rise. News venues are rampant with reports of rape occurring on college campuses, stirring inquiries about the safety of the students. Acquaintance rape often [...]
8 Things You Can Do to Tame the Anxiety Dragon
Kate Motaung2024-11-27T04:41:37-08:00The Bible instructs us “to be anxious for nothing,” but that is easier said than done. In our high-tech, high-speed world, we are forced to run faster and faster [...]
Understanding PTSD: Recovering from Trauma
Kate Motaung2024-11-27T04:41:51-08:00Left untreated, trauma destroys lives. Living with someone with PTSD can be extremely difficult. It can cause so much stress for family members that they may not be able [...]
The Spiritually Abused Believer: How Christian Counseling Can Help
Kate Motaung2024-11-27T04:42:03-08:00The first two articles in this series provided a general description of spiritual abuse and then expanded this by considering abusive systems. In this article, we will explore how [...]
Smarter, Faster, Better: A Surefire Recipe for Burnout
Kate Motaung2024-11-27T04:42:18-08:00A Christian Counselor Discusses Stress and Effective Remedies We live and work in a pressure-cooker world of sometimes unrealistic demands. We are expected to be smarter, faster, and better [...]
Feeling Your Feelings: Emotions through the Eyes of a Christian Counselor
Chris Chandler, Kate Motaung2024-12-30T04:34:06-08:00Emotions can be overwhelming. But what if you never feel anything? For some people, emotions are totally foreign. They hear other people talk about being anxious about a presentation, [...]