How Therapy and Faith Led to Self-Discovery By Rachel E. Neelley #emotionalhealth #marriagevows #faithbasedtherapy #healing #unconditionallove A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away, I was married to a not so good man. Several years into our marriage, I began writing a series of books. They came to me in a dream, and they wouldn’t stop pinging around my head. I was so proud, and I was so jazzed and I said to him one day after almost finishing the first book, “Someday, I’

#lettinggo #forgiveness #healing #trauma #therapy The Rev. N. Graham Standish, PhD, MSW, MDiv, MA They’re falling all around us. It started slowly, as the cherry trees silently let go of their small, yellow leaves. Then came the sassafras, shyly releasing their leaves to add a light orange tint to the ground. Maples are never shy. They announce their presence with a blaze of bright orange, red, and yellow leaves, and then slowly relinquishing them. It’s as if they are shoutin

By The Rev. Dr. Graham Standish, Executive Director #grahamstandish #healing #control #change #collaboration #samaritancounseling We are a perilously divided country. For a long time it has felt as though we’re on the verge of destroying each other. How do we overcome this division? You may believe that the incoming administration simply cannot bring healing. If that’s the case what can be done to start the healing? The work Samaritan does offers guidance because we are in th

by The Rev. Dr. Graham Standish, PhD, MSW, MA, MDiv Executive Director, Samaritan Counseling, Guidance, Consulting Visit Graham's website: https://www.ngrahamstandish.org and his blog: https://www.presbyterianmission.org/today/?s=Graham+Standish in Presbyterians Today. It’s incredibly hard to know how to respond to the tragic events from Saturday’s Tree of Life #synagogue shooting in Squirrel Hill. The word “tragic” can’t capture our feelings. It’s demoralizing. It’s even har