First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/the-prayer-of-the-troubled-heart/ “When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up;…
How Lamenting Could Change Your Life
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/how-lamenting-could-change-your-life/ SureHope Counseling & Training Center wants to wish you a very Happy New Year! With a new year many strive for new goals. Even people who choose not to engage in “new years resolutions” do share…
Developing Grit
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/developing-grit/ Grit. What is it? Why is it important? What does it take to develop it? According to Angela Duckworth, a psychologist who has heavily researched the topic, grit is “applying focused attention, resilience, perseverance, and dedication…
Spiritual Strength
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/spiritual-strength/ An essential component of positive psychology is the focus on strengths versus weaknesses. What I find appealing about this is that it is an exception to the problem saturated, damaged model approach that is often at…
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 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 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…