FIT Counseling Blog
Dating In 2021: Making the Most of Dating This Year
Are you new to dating? Have you been trying to find Mr. or Ms. Right for some time? Chances are, you’re looking for helpful pointers in 2021. After all, despite your hopes for a love connection, navigating the dating world after a pandemic can be a confusing and...
Key Ways that Children Don’t Grieve Like Adults
Children do grieve their losses. You may wonder how or what they feel as you watch them play or sleep soundly after a tragedy. But don’t move on too quickly. For young hearts and minds, the process often happens very differently from the grown-ups in charge...
How EMDR Helps Your Child Cope with Scary, Mixed up Feelings
If we could, we’d make life Disney-perfect and feed our children only the sweetest parts of life to keep them happy and strong. Yet, we adults know that it’s not possible to anticipate or control every life circumstance or consequence. Living can get hard and, often,...
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...