• Domestic Violence

    Domestic violence is abusive behavior by one or both partners in a relationship. Domestic violence can include physical harm, threats thereof, or use of intimidation, among many other forms of mistreatment. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… have the experience of violence in your home? fear telling anyone about hostility you have experienced at home? find that conflict tends to involve aggression at home? find it keeps you safest to keep the hostility a secret?

  • Eating Disorders

    Eating disorders are illnesses that can unexpectedly consume our lives. The cause of eating disorders and disordered eating is typically much more deeply-rooted than a person’s relationship with food, physical appearance, or health. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… feel intense fear of gaining weight? feel that you lack control over food or when you’re eating? experience anxiety if you cannot control food in your environment? feel that your weight or shape is a defining factor in how you think about yourself? compensate for food you have eaten by exercising or other means?

  • Grief Bereavement Counseling Agape St Louis

    Grief / Bereavement

    Grief and bereavement can cause an onslaught of confusing emotions, including anger, confusion, fear, hopelessness, denial, pain, and intense sadness. After suffering loss, we not only have powerful emotions, but physical, social, cognitive, and behavioral reactions to our experience. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Have you… lost a loved one? feel sadness? have trouble sleeping? have increased or decreased appetite? feel guilty or worthless? think more about death than you once did?

  • Marital Discord

    Throughout the course of marriage, we experience varying degrees of intimacy and satisfaction. Oftentimes, we have difficulty recognizing our relational strengths and changing unhelpful patterns. Another perspective can offer hope for increased marital satisfaction. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… have perpetually unresolved issues with your spouse? experience difficulty being honest with your spouse? feel disconnected or alone in your marriage? wish that your marriage looked differently but are not sure how change happens?