by Lora Ferguson | Apr 19, 2024 | Austin Family Counseling, Counseling, General, Health, Mental Health, Society, Support, Technology, Virtual Therapy, Wellness
If I asked you to picture in your mind what a therapy session looks like, you would probably imagine a client laying down or sitting on a couch and a therapist sitting next to them taking notes. Up until a few years ago, this was what most talk-therapy looked like....
by Lora Ferguson | Apr 11, 2024 | Austin Family Counseling, Caregiving, Children, Coming Out, Counseling, Counseling for LGBTQ, Feelings, General, LGBTQ, Parenting
POV: You’re a parent or guardian and your kid is becoming curious about their gender or has already come out. Maybe you yourself haven’t had much exposure to queer and transgender communities, but you still want to be as supportive as possible as your kiddo navigates...
by Lora Ferguson | Apr 4, 2024 | Adults, Attachment, Austin Family Counseling, Caregiving, Children, Counseling, Emotional Regulation, Family, Feelings, General, Parenting, Reflection, Reparative Therapy
It’s been nine years since Lindsay C. Gibson wrote Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting or Self-Involved Parents. Her book and this concept continue to resonate with people with varying childhood experiences, which is why...
by Lora Ferguson | Mar 21, 2024 | Adults, Austin Family Counseling, Communication, Counseling, Couples Counseling, Couples Therapy, Feelings, General, Healthy Relationships, Mental Health, Partners, Support
In successful therapy, you probably haven’t heard someone say, “I hate my therapist, but the therapy works.” I certainly haven’t. Usually, when I hear or read comments to the effect of “I disliked my therapist,” the story ends with the client having left therapy. At...
by Lora Ferguson | Mar 14, 2024 | Adults, Austin Family Counseling, Communication, Counseling, Family, Family Time, Feelings, Mental Health, Support
There have already been many, many posts, articles, and blogs written about mindfulness, so I won’t keep you long. As some of you may already know, though it is perfectly okay if you don’t, mindfulness is the practice of being focused, non-judgmental, and in the...
