Hidden (and Not-So-Hidden) Threats to Marriage - Cluff Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy

Hidden (and Not-So-Hidden) Threats to Marriage

DESIGNED BY FREEPIK In Western culture, more than 90 percent of people marry by age 50, but then 40-50% of U.S. marriages end in divorce (with the divorce rate for subsequent marriages being even higher). Marriages are being attacked on every side, and I want to help you protect yours. This post covers the three […]

I Don’t Have Trauma...or Do I - Cluff Counseling - North TX Couples Therapist

I Don’t Have Trauma…or Do I?

DESIGNED BY FREEPIK Most people associate trauma with terribly difficult and disturbing events like war or a natural disaster. Because of this, you may think you have never experienced something traumatic. However, any distressing event that falls beyond your normal scope of human experience can be considered traumatic! Odds are high that you HAVE experienced […]

8 Unique Ways to Practice Self-Care - Cluff Counseling - Lewisville Therapist

8 Unique Ways to Practice Self-care

DESIGNED BY FREEPIK “Self-care is something that refuels us, rather than takes from us.” ~ Agnes Wainman In June I posted on “Mental Hygiene”, which was really a fun, new way to discuss mindfulness and self-care. I based my post off of a Podcast I heard from from Jody Moore that put a whole new […]

Healing From Trauma: A Newer Treatment

DESIGN BY UNSPLASH With over 500 kinds of psychotherapy available today, one relatively new kid on the block has been widely heralded by the media, practitioners and mental health consumers. More than 60,000 trained clinicians believe in the power of EMDR–Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing–including me! Just a few months ago, in June, I posted […]

Love Languages - Giving and Receiving Love - Cluff Counseling - North Texas Therapist

Love Languages: Giving and Receiving Love

DESIGNED BY FREEPIK “Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know a love that grows out of reason and choice, not instinct. I need to be loved by someone who chooses to love me, who sees in me something worth loving.” -Dr. Gary […]