FIT Counseling Blog
No Shame in Stopping the Pain: Healing Racial and Cumulative Trauma
Racial trauma is a real thing. The world is catching up to the idea now. Yet, when you endure it, again and again, you might think “traumatized” is just how things are. When you and your grandmother tell frighteningly similar stories of your childhood fears and...
Strategies to Help You Cope With COVID Anxiety
Though enthusiasm about the upcoming availability of COVID-19 vaccines is growing, the pandemic continues to sweep throughout our country and around the globe. And, with the rising infections, many of us are experiencing anxiety and fear in some form. But, the good...
5 Ways EMDR Can Help You Work Through A Break-Up
Breaking up is hard to do, yet, breakups happen all the time. The divorce rate remains steady at around 50 percent for a first marriage (it rises dramatically with each ensuing marriage). And while it’s impossible to know for sure about non-marital relationships, many...
Insight to Parenting an Anxious Child: What Is Brave?
One in five children will be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Parenting an anxious child can be a challenging reality for any parent to deal with and fully understand. As a parent, you want to protect your child and make them feel safe and secure all of the...
Navigating Grief During COVID
Our world has changed so much in the past year since COVID-19 disrupted life as we knew it. We are collectively and individually experiencing a variety of losses from loss of jobs, death of loved ones, loss of safety and more. These losses are coming at many of us so...
Relationship Advice For Men: How To Keep Your Relationship Happy and Healthy
Have you faced relationship challenges recently? Relationships can be wonderfully rewarding, however, they are also hard work to maintain. A little relationship advice for men - if you want a long-term, fulfilling relationship, you must put in the time and energy....
Divorce and Coping With Its Grief
Whеn уоu gо thrоugh a dіvоrсе іt'ѕ like a death. Even if you're the one who іnitiated the divorce, you wіll still grіеvе. Thіѕ is bесаuѕе уоu are not only mоurnіng thе lоѕѕ оf your mаrrіаgе, you аrе also grieving thе lоѕѕ of the kind of future уоu have аlwауѕ dreamt...