New experiences often come with difficulty and challenge. However, that doesn’t mean they are bad! I reminded myself of this fact often throughout my journey of becoming a counselor. From the beginning of my master’s program to starting my internship, and all the way through to graduation and licensure, it was challenging; I was pushed to grow and learn in many new ways.

our blogsCurrent Post Happy New Year!Victoria Brown, LPCCounselor, Insight Clinical Counseling and Wellness, LLC Happy New Year! It’s that time of the year people think New year, new me. How many times have you said that? You reflect on the past year before you ring...

There is one goal many of us make every January 1st: stop smoking or vaping. Whether you started smoking/vaping due to peer pressure, stress, or other reason, it’s never too late to cut down and stop.

Simply put, a boundary is a limit. But more specifically, a boundary is a personal limit that allows us to be defined separately from others. Boundaries play a role in so much of our lives – physical space, personal space, beliefs, emotions, time and energy, values and morals, sexuality, property/possessions, etc.

our blogsCurrent Post How to Relax and Enjoy the HolidaysVictoria Brown, LPCCounselor, Insight Clinical Counseling and Wellness, LLC The daylight has changed. Our days are colder and shorter days of sunlight have come into our lives. Many of us are turning to our...

Whether it’s your own self talk, or even unwarranted advice from others about the holidays. The perception to be ‘happy’ during the holiday season is a misconstrued one. Society has built the holidays as ‘meant to be cheerful’, but what is behind some of those happy faces that you are seeing?

You know that first random day in March where it is 60 degrees and us Ohioans are out barbecuing and feeling euphoric? Well, that’s months away again.

Happy Veterans Day and Thank You to all of you who have served. Today, we celebrate Veterans on this special day.

Each year on Veterans Day, we commemorate and celebrate America’s Veterans for their patriotism and willingness to serve and sacrifice for our freedom.

No matter what it is, childhood trauma, adulthood trauma, post or prenatal trauma, grief, and the list goes on, healing is hard. There is no “How to Heal from Trauma for Dummies” book. However; if there was, boy, would my job be easy.