Adult Counseling

As humans we experience a range of emotions including happiness, joy, contentment, anger, grief, sadness, and fear. We need all of the emotions we feel and each one serves a purpose in our lives, even the ones that don’t feel good. The ability to feel emotions is one of the greatest gifts of our humanity. Have you ever…

Listening and truly understanding another person is tricky business.  Sometimes it feels as though miscommunication happens more frequently than we would like.  Communication breakdowns often begin with poor listening.  There are several poor listening habits we all can all struggle with.  For example, there may be times we space out when someone else is talking. …

Do you know where the word “sarcasm” comes? It comes from the Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós) which is taken from σαρκάζειν (sarkázein) meaning “to tear flesh, bite the lip in rage, sneer”.  Unfortunately, witty sarcasm in our culture is often laughed at and almost always revered.  The one who can put another person down in the…