First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/why-positive-thinking-matters/ Welcome to 2023! Whether it feels hard to believe or a long time coming, a hard transition or a welcome one, a new year hopefully means change, growth, and hope. This year at SureHope, our blogs…
Christmas-New Year’s and Core Wounds
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/christmas-new-years-and-core-wounds/ In my work with clients through the years, I have learned that the essence of most core wounds is value and worth. When we experience trauma and other negative events (especially in childhood) we are often…
From Wound to Connection
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/from-wound-to-connection/ “Thus, like Jesus, those who proclaim liberation are called not only to care for their own wounds and the wounds of others, but also to make their wounds into a major sources of healing power.” –…
Struggling with Porn? Look for Purpose
First posted to: http://First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/struggling-with-porn-look-for-purpose/ Jay Stringer argues that deprivation, dissociation, unconscious arousal, futility, lust, and anger align together to create a perpetual cycle of unwanted sexual behavior. He continues to remark that any one of these experiences…
Core Wounds and OCD
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/core-wounds-and-ocd/ There is an endless number of misconceptions regarding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) as well as what OCD counseling looks like, including the misconception that OCD is only about hand-washing and germ fears, that any obsession of…
The Mother Wound
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/the-mother-wound/ Like the “Father Wound” there is also “ a “Mother Wound.” When the mother is emotionally unavailable, critical, or not attuned to the child’s needs, it plants seeds that can take years to change and transform….
The Grief Process
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/the-grief-process/ “Grief turns out to be not a state but a process. Grief is like a winding road where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape.” C.S. Lewis Grief is a word that many of us…
Healing Hurts Through Relationship
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/healing-hurts-through-relationship/ In our discussions of core wounds, we have learned that these wounds often propel us into believing that we are a mistake, undesirable, not worthy, insignificant, or even powerless. Sometimes the source of these wounds is…
Core Wound – I Am Undesirable
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/core-wound-i-am-undesirable/ This year at SureHope, we have focused on core wounds. One that has yet to be covered is the wound that assumes “I am undesirable”. This wound, like the others, originates from a specific event or…
Core Wounds and Relationships
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/core-wounds-and-relationships/ This year at SureHope, we have been focusing on what core wounds are and how to identify them. It is true that wounds are critical to the understanding of who we are as individuals. God reveals…
The Wilderness: Where God Sees Your Wounds
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/the-wilderness-where-god-sees-your-wounds/ El Roi -“The God Who Sees Me” “I’ve been forgotten, and my heart feels so heavy and weak. Why was I not enough? What could I have done differently? What did I do to be treated…
Core Wound: I Am a Mistake
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/core-wound-i-am-a-mistake/ It is rare (if at all) that the core of something is immediately noticeable. NASA provides a succinct description of this when describing how close we can get to observing the core of the sun: “Since…