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The Therapy is in the Question
Have you ever asked someone a question, only to have them answer with another question? It’s annoying! Isn’t it? In counseling sessions, you may notice that your therapist will do this to you a lot! Why do therapists ask so many questions? In short, that is where the therapy is! I asked our Executive Director, Darrell Provinse to elaborate on this and here is what he said: 1. TO GATHER INFORMATION There are many reasons why we use questions in therapy. There are many situations where the therapist is legitimately gathering information. Sometimes, it’s less about getting objective information and more about getting the perspective of the client. By asking a question,…
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Our Response to Racial Injustice
At agape, we often take several days before we respond to current events on social media. This is not entirely unintentional. We always try to do our best to make sure that our responses are well considered and clearly articulate our thoughts and feelings on contemporary issues. We also do not want our voice to be lost in the den of clamoring voices fueled by emotion, rather than tempered with reason. Our delayed response by no means indicates that we don’t care. On the contrary, our entire purpose is to facilitate growth and healing and change. We walk alongside people daily, who are tormented with grief, anxiety, fear, injustice, and…
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Anger: A Multifactorial Approach
by Darrell Provinse, MA, LPC, NCC, Director and CEO Anger. What is it? Anger is a God-given emotion that gives us energy to protect someone else or ourselves, or to take action against an injustice. Anger itself is not wrong. What we do with anger or in anger can be very wrong. Anger can very often signal that something is wrong with us with our relationship, in our psychological life, emotional life, or thought life, etc. Anger is a secondary emotion. Underneath anger, there is usually a variety of other feelings and accompanying thoughts. Among the precursors to anger are the following: fear, frustration, pain, disappointment, shame, guilt, embarrassment, grief,…
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COVID-19 : How Agape is Responding
last updated: April 10, 2020 Agape has been monitoring the news regarding the current COVID-19 / coronavirus situation. We want to assure our clients that we have taken all necessary precautions to avoid exposure to our counselors, staff and clients. We plan to continue operating as normally as possible, throughout this time, and will avoid any disruptions in our client services, to the best of our ability. Mental Health Workers are considered essential workers, and sessions are considered essential activity, so we will remain open during any COVID-19 Stay-at-Home orders, unless otherwise stated. Our counselors, as independent contractors, are scheduling in-office and/or telehealth sessions during this time, at their own…
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