The holiday season can be a time filled with family, friends and social gatherings. It can be a time of fun and celebration. It can also be a time filled with anxiety, loneliness and sadness. Outside of the holidays being busy, it’s a time of reflection; whether happy...
Grief is a continuing process of mourning as one learns to cope with the loss of a loved one. When someone close to you dies, it is common to find yourself in a complex array of emotions and responses. Losing someone can be a very overwhelming and painful experience,...
They say there are five key love languages that we all operate in. Each of these love languages is described or thought of as ways of meeting others emotional needs as well as our own. In other words, they are ways of communicating our love and respect to one another....
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Here at Compass Community Counseling we are located in the pacific northwest. While normally this is a statement filled with pride, as we reside in my biased opinion of one the most beautiful areas of the country, and safest, recently we have been overcome with...
Understanding Why You Need Empathy As a marriage and family therapist, it isn’t uncommon to bear witness to the inner webs of conflict, arguments, relationship dissatisfaction and infidelity. Many couples begin the therapy process because they just can’t seem to...