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Fear of Elevators
A very special thanks to one of Agape’s board members, Mike Brauch, for donating furniture for our offices from the Emmaus House auction! We are continually blessed by people with a heart to serve and by God’s provision… While we were transporting some of the furniture out of Emmaus House, some of our counselors were reminded of another very common phobia… Elevators! You can see the very old elevator we encountered in these pictures.
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Bridge to Wholeness | Volume 1 Issue 3 October 2014
Welcome to the October 2014 Issue of the Agape newsletter, Bridge to Wholeness! Our monthly newsletter is the best way for you to keep up with what is going on around Agape, with events and updates, and articles written by our counselors. We hope it will help bring you a little bit closer to emotional, mental, and spiritual wholeness! In this issue: Marriage and the Bible, by Michele Anthony, MSW, LCSW Facing Your Fears and Phobias in Therapy, by Darrell Provinse, MA, LPC, NCC Filling Up The Nest: Life and Sex After Pregnancy for Dad, by Kathryn Manley, MS, LPC, CST The Importance of Parenting by Grace, by Carolyn Knarr,…
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The Importance of Parenting by Grace
By Carolyn Knarr, MSW, LCSW, Director of Children’s Therapeutic Services Often parents come to me, looking for guidance, because their child’s behavior is difficult or their attitude is disrespectful. These parents are struggling with their child because they feel they can no longer control them. They believe that, if they just have the right method of parenting, their children will respect and obey them. Although they may have read “how-to” parenting books or sought the scriptures for specific verses about parenting, they are missing the forest for the trees. Effective parenting is centered on understanding the gospel of grace and relating to their children in a way which reflects it. A…
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Facing Fears and Phobias in Therapy
By Darrell Provinse, MA, LPC, NCC Because we, at ACCS, use a multi-factorial approach to counseling, we use an integrative model in dealing with anxieties, phobias, and PTSD. This includes traditional cognitive interventions, as well as gradual exposure and systematic desensitization, coupled with advanced relaxation techniques, and, as the situation merits, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, neuro-linguistic programming, and cognitive process therapy. This allows the therapist to address the biology of fear, as well as the thought process, the neurological process, and the behavioral process, which together produce better traction and long-term results.
Marriage Family & Individual Counseling | St Louis MO
