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Beauty In the Counseling Process
I love spring time. After the cold dark winter season here in New England we get a celebration of warmth, sunshine and new blooms. As I was walking this week I noticed the lily pads coming to the surface of our local pond. I reflected on the simple beauty of the lily pad and how…
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Managing the Moment
During the past two months it is fair to say that so much has changed, and yet so much remains uncertain and stuck. It really makes things difficult. There is so much online some days it almost feels like information overload to me. I cannot honestly say because I lost count, how many times I…
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Managing Depression With Exercise
It’s been a difficult few months being in isolation from friends and community. I realized how much of my joy despite being an introvert comes from 1 on 1 time with others. Being pregnant also makes me more emotional. Rain and gray days also make me more depressed. I never realized how much the weather…
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My Story
Recently I have been nudged by multiple people to start writing on a blog again and participating in social media. The last time I blogged and did this was in 2014, so much time has passed and yet it still feels like only a little while ago. I have hesitated and finally feel ready to…
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When In Darkness
It comes in waves, at times unpredictable, at times as constant as the tide. Darkness, or what others may refer to as depression. Nothing about this post is intended to be from a clinical perspective, but purely a feeling one. Particularly myself, who gets random bouts of depressions still. When I got accepted Jesus back…
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We All Get Tired
And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.” And going a little farther, he…
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Naomi
‘But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a…
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Ruth
In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his…
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Welcome
This is the excerpt for your very first post.
Colleen Smith, LMHC, NCC
Licensed Mental Health Clinician
Colleen Smith, LMHC, NCC 