Tremendous Love=Unconditional Positive Regard

Counselors, Cookies and Conversation with Amanda Salisbury, LICSW and Owner/CEO of Trauma Informed therapies Tremendous Love = Unconditional Positive Regard  Greatest Learning “There is tremendous power in love.”  This is the greatest learning Amanda Salisbury, MSW, LICSW (creator, owner and CEO of Trauma Informed Therapy) shared with me when I delivered cookies with a quest […]

Compassion Meets Understanding

Cookies, Learning and Counselor Conversation I was thrilled to have the opportunity to sit down with Counselor, Emily Willet.  Emily is in private practice in downtown Spokane. The byline on her website sums up nicely both my experience of her and what I know she nurtures within a counseling relationships.  It is: “Where Compassion Meets […]

Advocating for Connection (Counselor Conversation)

Kayla Hicks and Joeleen Wilkinson of Charmed Counseling Cookies, Learning and Conversation  In my conversation with Joeleen Wilkinson of Charmed Counseling, it struck me how much she advocates for relational connection. Whether it be with prioritizing her family.  Or in her approach around advocating for kids and families and encouraging the importance of relationships, of community […]

Learning over Cookies and Conversation

As a part of the Counselor Conversations I facilitate, I wanted to connect to local colleagues, to get to know them and to give back to a profession that often goes unrecognized. I have a love for baking, both in the tasting and the sharing. It is a win-win that I get to do both […]