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 […]

Be True to Yourself (Counselor Conversation)

Cookies, Learning and Counselor Conversation   Introduction In meeting with Counselor and Dietitian, Angela Pham,  there is a sense that she works to be true to herself in both following her passion and what feels right for her.  She shared also about learning from what her children mirror to her as a mother. There was […]

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 […]

Nurturing Self Presence (Counselor Conversation)

Cookies, Learning and Conversation When I put out the word that I plan to bake cookies and deliver these to counselors, my friend and colleague, Dr. Marilyn Sears, PhD, LMFT sent me a message to ask me to lunch.  The day we met, she brought her favorite cookies.  She smiled at me and shared, “ I […]