Anxiety
Articles
Combating Perfectionism
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
There are varied reasons for the development of perfectionism in our lives. Understanding the possible sources and reconstructing our belief system is founded in God's Word and His love for us.
Abraham, Fear and Choice
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Abraham's life, among others, exhibits the impact of fear on our choices. The reward outlined by the Lord for those who persevere is His increased presence in our lives.
Worshipping Comfort
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Comfort is natural and necessary in our developmental processes. The lack of comfort may set off a cycle of thinking and doing that feeds an inappropriate focus for comfort.
Strength For All Things
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
We set ourselves up for discouragement and irritation depending on how we talk ourselves through the beginning of each day.
A Christmas Sabbath
Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT
Describes how behaviors and a mindset of peace and rest can bring us closer to God in the Christmas season
Accepting Our Weaknesses
Suzan Myhre, M.S.S.W., LICSW, LPC
This article focuses on the biblical view of our weaknesses.
Overexposure to Traumatic Events
Suzan Myhre, M.S.S.W., LICSW, LPC
This article describes the cost involved when people's hearts are overexposed to traumatic experiences.
How To Move Ahead After Personal Pain
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
The story you tell yourself and others of your difficult situation is important. It is important because the potential for going on in a capable manner after personal pain can be determined by how we frame the experience. Though it is important to tell the exact nature of the experience, including hope in one’s thoughts and expression after a trauma is a survival tool. This article explains how to be honest about difficult times yet cling to hope.
Surrender
Suzan Myhre, M.S.S.W., LICSW, LPC
Surrender is a process in which we accept the way things are.
My Child Won't Go To School
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
School phobia, a severe stress response toward school is a very perplexing condition. Suddenly a child simply will not go to school and becomes unusually forceful in their not wanting to go into the school routine. Unusual crying, sitting down, not moving, screaming, running away from the parent, refusal to leave the car to go into the school, are some of the symptoms in this condition. This article gives a thorough overview of the condition and ideas of what to do with school phobia.
Affliction and Fear
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
The healing process for each one of us requires ownership within ourselves of the behaviors and attitudes that often create our own daily battles. What has been discovered is that fear is often behind those patterns of thinking and acting. Scripture tells us that if we are afflicted we are to pray. Knowing what fears we face help us know where to begin in overcoming those core fears.
Using Mindfulness to Keep Relationships Healthy
Insights and tips are provided on how use mindfulness to be attentive to others feelings, as well as your own, in everyday experiences, to help strengthen your relationship.
Prayers for God's Protection
Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT
Fearful situations can leave us feeling vulnerable. Article outlines a specific format of prayers to use when we need God's protection.
Making Your Way Through Transition
Suzan Myhre, M.S.S.W., LICSW, LPC
This article describes the challenges we face when going through difficult life changes. It also gives a way of navigating through that difficult time.
Validation is Not Agreement
Suzan Myhre, M.S.S.W., LICSW, LPC
This article describes the difference between validating another person's communication and agreeing with it. Examples are given.
When A Father Dies - Preparing For The Holidays
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
The death of a family member creates a kind of stress that one does not understand until they experience the loss themselves. Add the holidays to this and the multiple levels of grief increase. There are a few basic truths that become real in the face of such a loss around the holidays. This article, written to encourage as well as remind us of these truths, utilizes the author's own personal experience to bring the reality of what it means to celebrate living in the face of grief.
Christmas Shocking
Christmas this year may not happen as you picture it. When things do not go as planned, you may experience Christmas culture shock.
To Rescue or Not, That is the Question
Suzan Myhre, M.S.S.W., LICSW, LPC
This article explores ways in which parents rescue their adolescent children and ways to weigh the decision whether to act on their behalf.
Rebuilding After the Storm
August 18, 2005. A record breaking day in the history of Wisconsin with 27 confirmed tornadoes in one twenty-four hour period. In one moment, debris was strewn everywhere and the destruction left behind on that day was well into the millions of dollars. Addiction is destructive, like a tornado, and you are left to deal with the aftermath of a person struggling with addiction. Whether the addiction is food, alcohol, drugs, gambling, or pornography, a trail of wreckage is left behind and rebuilding needs to begin.
Working Hard To Be Liked
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., CAPSW
People pleasers work very hard to be liked and crave love and acceptance from others at the cost of their own identity. The real person can become lost in the daze of perceived expectations. But there is good news.
Trails of Trouble - Children and School Performance
Suzan Myhre, M.S.S.W., LICSW, LPC
This article addresses the many feelings parents and children face as a result of school challenges.
Cadence 91: Prayer for Military Families
Sarah L. Pollock (daughter of Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMF
Cadence 91 is a poetic prayer in honor of all military serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Based on Psalm 91, this prayer poignantly depicts the physical, emotional and spiritual trials of war and how the great love and security of Jesus Christ will not fail.
Feeling Crazy - The Effects of Addiction on the Family
Suzan Myhre, M.S.S.W., LICSW, LPC
This article describes the serious and debilitating effects of addiction on the family. Hopes for rehabilitation are addressed.
Suicide Prevention: Making the Connection
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., CAPSW
Suicide is a very complex subject and is usually not about death at all but rather about wanting to stop the pain. The vast majority of the time, those who are thinking about suicide do give verbal and/ or behavioral warning signs particularly in the last week before the attempt. By knowing the warning signs, loved ones can intervene and provide support. This article lists many verbal and behavioral warning signs of suicide and provides questions to ask if you suspect a loved one may be suicidal.
Fear and Anxiety: Steps to Restoring Courage and Stability
Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT
The new millenium brings added stressors to our lives including ever-present technology, limited family communication and bonding, overwork, and addictions. This article will explore causes and treatment for fear and anxiety to restore a Godly sense of courageious well-being for ourselves and our families.
The Inner-Workings of People Problems
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
As therapists at the Center for Family Healing, we sometimes give seminars about people problems. Anxiety, stress, depression and various personality/relationship concerns are what we work with every day. This article points the reader to reading material that will help understand some of these matters. The article also discusses letting go of, when appropriate, impossibly tangled people problems.
Broadcasts
Read My Mind #566
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
This series of programs presents and discusses assumptions we all may make that contribute to relationships experiencing difficulty
Double Binds: Comfort - Giving and Receiving #614
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Discussion centers around the dynamics of giving and receiving comfort and the impact of double binding communication.
Growing Old #629
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
The process of growing old deserves and receives discussion of the aging process and the deep losses experienced.
Where Is Jesus In Tough Times #2 of 2, #1050
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Depression and its Treatment #1 of 5, #2081
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
This series on depression begins with a thorough overview of the biological and social aspects of depression and its treatment.
Depression and Its Treatment #2 of 5, #2082
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Lynda continues with her defining of and overview regarding the treatments available for depression.
Depression and Its Treatment #3 of 5, #2083
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
An overview of the possible treatments, biological and social causes of depression.
Depression and its Treatment #4 of 5, #2084
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
A thorough overview of the biological and social aspects of depression.
Nourishing Thinking #1 of 4, #2091
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
A conversation is often taking place in one's mind. How to have nourishing thoughts is explored in this program.
Nourishing Thinking #2 of 4, #2092
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
A conversation is often taking place in one's mind. How to have nourishing thoughts is explored in this program.
Nourishing Thinking #3 of 4, #2093
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
A conversation is often taking place in one's mind. How to have nourishing thoughts is explored in this program.
Nourishing Thinking #4 of 4, #2094
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
A conversation is often taking place in one's mind. How to have nourishing thoughts is explored in this program.
Peace With Self #1 of 2, #2342
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
I don't know of anyone who wouldn't like to experience more peace in their lives. Psalm 32 offers guidelines promoting peace within ourselves and in our relationships with others.
Peace With Self #2 of 2, #2343
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
I don't know of anyone who would like to experience more peace in their lives. Psalm 32 provides guidelines promoting peace within ourselves and in our relationships with others.
Anxiety, Phobia and Panic: Taking Charge of Your Fears #1 of 3, #3098
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Specific symptoms and patterns of thinking associated with anxiety, phobias, and panics are discussed.
Anxiety, Phobia and Panic: Taking Charge of Your Fears #2 of 3, #3099
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Specific symptoms and patterns of thinking associated with anxiety, phobias, and panic are discussed.
Anxiety, Phobia and Panic: Taking Charge of Your Fears #3 of 3, #3100
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Lynda and Brenda introduce Bob Harmon who shares about his own personal experience of a panic disorder.
Combating Perfectionism #1 of 2, #3187
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
What is the basis of perfectionism in people? The possible origins of and impact of perfectionism is discussed along with statements one may use to challenge underlying beliefs that accompany this pattern of living.
Combating Perfectionism #2 of 2, #3188
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
What is the basis of perfectionism? Brenda discusses the possible origins of perfectionistic behavior and its impact on relationships. Also presented are statements one can use to challenge the underlying beliefs that feed perfectionism.
Difficult Emotions #3252
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Difficult feelings, though unwanted, give us information. Lynda Savage discusses how to view difficult emotions and then how to respond to them in this program.
God's Fearless Love For Challenging Relationships, #1 of 9, #3305
Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT
Fears around the loss of a personal dream can influence our relationships. This program will explore how unspoken inner hopes and dreams can cause conflict in relationships, and how Christ can help us verbalize dreams to self and others.
God's Fearless Love For Challenging Relationships, #2 of 9, #3306
Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT
Conflict and challenges in relationships were part of Jesus’ walk on earth, just as they are part of our earthly walk. This program will explore how Jesus, Lazarus, and Mary and Martha effectively walked through conflict with one another to a place of love and understanding.
God's Fearless Love For Challenging Relationships, #3 of 9, #3307
Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT
This program further explores, through study of the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead (John 11), healthy principles of relating to others in challenging times.
God's Fearless Love For Challenging Relationships, #7 of 9, #3311
Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT
Program explores forgiveness: what it is and what it isn’t. The story of Corrie Ten Boom forgiving one of her captors from a Nazi concentration camp further illustrates key principles around forgiveness.
God's Fearless Love For Challenging Relationships, #9 of 9, #3313
Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT
This program is a conversational wrap-up between Lynda Savage and Mary Lambrecht of the series: God’s Fearless Love for Challenging Relationships. It reviews main concepts around challenging relationships: unspoken dreams, communication with challenging individuals, abiding in Christ, Biblical relational models for challenging relationships, and how forgiveness is important.
Honey, are you doing that to bug me? #1 of 5, #3334
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., CAPSW
We sometimes think that our spouses do things just to bug us, when it is really how they are hard wired. In this series Christine Vander Wielen and Lynda Savage discuss some of the more common ways that spouses may be hard wired differently.
Honey, are you doing that to bug me? #2 of 5, #3335
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., CAPSW
We sometimes think that our spouses do things just to bug us, when it is really how they are hard wired. In this series Christine Vander Wielen and Lynda Savage discuss some of the more common ways that spouses may be hard wired differently.
Honey, are you doing that to bug me? #3 of 5, #3336
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., CAPSW
We sometimes think that our spouses do things just to bug us, when it is really how they are hard wired. In this series Christine Vander Wielen and Lynda Savage discuss some of the more common ways that spouses may be hard wired differently.
Honey, are you doing that to bug me? #4 of 5, #3337
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., CAPSW
We sometimes think that our spouses do things just to bug us, when it is really how they are hard wired. In this series Christine Vander Wielen and Lynda Savage discuss some of the more common ways that spouses may be hard wired differently.
Honey, are you doing that to bug me? #5 of 5, #3338
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., CAPSW
We sometimes think that our spouses do things just to bug us, when it is really how they are hard wired. In this series Christine Vander Wielen and Lynda Savage discuss some of the more common ways that spouses may be hard wired differently.
Working Hard To Be Liked, #1 of 3, #3344
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., CAPSW
People pleasers work very hard to be liked and crave love and acceptance from others at the cost of their own identity. The real person can become lost in the daze of perceived expectations. In this series of radio programs, Christine Vander Wielen and Lynda Savage discuss the need to please and provide practical suggestions on breaking the habit of people pleasing.
Working Hard To Be Liked, #2 of 3, #3345
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., CAPSW
People pleasers work very hard to be liked and crave love and acceptance from others at the cost of their own identity. The real person can become lost in the daze of perceived expectations. In this series of radio programs, Christine Vander Wielen and Lynda Savage discuss the need to please and provide practical suggestions on breaking the habit of people pleasing.
Working Hard To Be Liked, #3 of 3, #3346
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., CAPSW
People pleasers work very hard to be liked and crave love and acceptance from others at the cost of their own identity. The real person can become lost in the daze of perceived expectations. In this series of radio programs, Christine Vander Wielen and Lynda Savage discuss the need to please and provide practical suggestions on breaking the habit of people pleasing.
Fear and Anxiety: Steps to Restoring Courage and Stability, #1 of 4, #3355
Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT
These four radio programs will explore causes and treatment for fear and anxiety and how to restore a Godly sense of courageous well being. Key Scripture Verses: I Peter 5:6 & 7, Psalm 139, 2 Corinthians 10:5, I John 4:18, Proverbs 23:7. Program 1 explores the differences between fear and anxiety and how our brains play a part in responding to danger and stress.
Fear and Anxiety: Steps to Restoring Courage and Stability, #2 of 4, #3356
Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT
These four radio programs will explore causes and treatment for fear and anxiety and how to restore a Godly sense of courageous well being. Key Scripture Verses: I Peter 5:6 & 7, Psalm 139, 2 Corinthians 10:5, I John 4:18, Proverbs 23:7. Genetics, our family upbringing, and life experiences play a part in how we manage fear and anxiety. This program focuses on family traits and behaviors that encourage balanced, healthy lifestyles that reduce stress.
Fear and Anxiety: Steps to Restoring Courage and Stability, #3 of 4, #3357
Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT
These four radio programs will explore causes and treatment for fear and anxiety and how to restore a Godly sense of courageous well being. Key Scripture Verses: I Peter 5:6 & 7, Psalm 139, 2 Corinthians 10:5, I John 4:18, Proverbs 23:7. Our thoughts and hearts are key in managing fear and anxiety. This program explores how God can help us change our unhealthy thought patterns to truthful, Godly patterns. The program also explores how the concept of abiding in Christ is key in bringing peace to our hearts.
Fear and Anxiety: Steps to Restoring Courage and Stability, #4 of 4, #3358
Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT
These four radio programs will explore causes and treatment for fear and anxiety and how to restore a Godly sense of courageous well being. Key Scripture Verses: I Peter 5:6 & 7, Psalm 139, 2 Corinthians 10:5, I John 4:18, Proverbs 23:7. Habits such as structure, boundaries, taking one day at a time, expressing thoughts and feelings, and a plan for anticipated stress are practical means to reduce fear and anxiety. At times, medication is needed and helpful. This program also touches on Christ’s experience in the Garden of Gethsemane as illustrative of His compassion for the fearful and the anxious.
