Mindful CenterPoint Counseling

Struggling in your relationship? Give us a call. We have a few openings this Spring. Individuals over 18 years and older looking for therapy as well welcomed. Day time appointments 9-4 preferred, but some 5:00 and 6:00 PM appointments available. Located in Chambersburg, PA www.centerpointtherapist.com CenterPoint Counseling and Consulting 717-267-2081

Center Point Counseling and Consulting | Dianne E. Elsom Supporting positive growth, emotional balance, and satisfying relationships for a fulfilling and healthy life. Call Today For Confidential Appointment Day & Evening Appointments Available (717) 267-2081 COVID-19 Information 1) We are OPEN with face-to-face as well as teletherapy sessions. 2) Please....

This is a concise, super description of what to watch for in challenged--hurt--damaged relationships. There is hope for healing and repair though.

Your reminder for the day. Love the ending...."Take a break--before you break."

Take A Break Before You Break 🍄 Original Video: Under Studio #burnout #tired #reminder #motivation #animation #mushroom #understudio

Great advise here. Lets normalize empathizing with others more.

Love this! Check out Terry Real for further couples tips and skills.....

We want deep connection.

We want emotional safety, honesty, repair, passion, presence.

We want to feel seen. Held. Understood.

That’s the filet mignon.

But when it comes to how we relate — how we speak, listen, set limits, stay in the room when things get hard — most of us don't have the recipe.

We were raised inside systems that prized performance over presence, obedience over authenticity.

We didn’t learn to name what we feel, let alone say it skillfully.

We learned to protect, please, avoid, attack.

And then we wonder why intimacy feels out of reach.

We’re asking for a five-star connection with fast food habits.

That gap is not your fault — but it is your responsibility. No one else will fill it for you.

Intimacy asks more of us than most of us were ever taught to give.

But the skills can be learned. And when they are, what once felt impossible starts to feel within reach. Not because love got easier, but because you got better at showing up for it.

This is such an important writing---this joining of the scapegoat--the person who is always made to feel like the problem in the family--and this equal and disruptive message of false empowerment. It all equals shame.