• Getting A True Reflection Challenging Unhealthy Thoughts

    Getting A True Reflection: Challenging Unhealthy Thoughts

    Have you ever gone to the carnival and seen a fun-house mirror? Instead of revealing an accurate, true mirror image through the use of a  standard mirror, a fun-house mirror bends certain sections just enough to distort the image. Do you remember standing in front of the mirror, perhaps laughing with your friends, moving forward, then back, and enjoying the distortion? That’s because you knew the distortion was not reality. If you thought the distortion WAS reality, it might have produced feelings of fear, anxiety and lack of safety. Perhaps if someone showed you the truth regarding the fun-house mirror, your feelings of fear and anxiety might have subsided, in…

  • Byron Loy LPC LCPC Marriage Counseling St Louis

    Byron D. Loy MA, LPC, LCPC, CRADC

    Independent Contractor Byron Loy is licensed counselor and certified alcohol and drug counselor in Missouri and Illinois. Graduating from Wheaton College in Illinois, he utilizes cognitive behavioral and family systems interventions to assist those he serves. With over 20 years of counseling experience, he appreciates the honor of serving others at some of the most difficult times of their life. His specialties include: Anxiety Grief and Loss Depression Addictions PTSD Individual and Group counseling Byron sustained a spinal cord injury his senior year of high school and has spoken publicly on the topics of grief and depression. His story of choosing an attitude of joy and of seeing ‘The Greater…

  • Perfectionism Vlog

    Advice from the Therapist Vlog: Perfectionism

    September 2014 Vlog, Advice from the Therapist: Perfectionism This month, Therapist Zachary Sander, MA, LPC, CADC speaks on perfectionism and how affects our mental health and well being. Be on the look out each month for new installments of ‘Advice from the Therapist’ each month pertaining to guidance, services, and more! Transcription: Hi this is Zachary Sander with Agape Christian Counseling Services with another installment of “Advice from the Therapist”. Before we start, we would like to give a special thanks to Harvester Christian Church for letting us use their St. Charles location and Audio Visual equipment to record this vlog. On today’s installment I will be talking about struggling…

  • Types of Resentment Vlog

    Advice from the Therapist Vlog: Types of Resentment

    August 2014 Vlog, Advice from the Therapist: Types of Resentment Therapist Zachary Sander, MA, LPC, CADC speaks on different types of resentment and how to deal with it in order to resolve past conflict within relationships. Be on the look out for new installments of ‘Advice from the Therapist’ each month pertaining to guidance, services, and more! Transcription: On today’s installment, I will be talking about the types of resentment one would need to deal with to work through conflict in the past. Not Dealing with our resentments will develop spiritual ramifications such as blocking our ability to forgive and allowing the past to hold us back from moving forward…