Jannetta Marie LCSW

APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH 💙

Every child deserves to feel safe. Every parent deserves the tools to protect them.

Join me for a FREE Online Kid-Safe Parenting Class
Starting April 7th 7:00 PM

This class will help you:
✔ Recognize signs of abuse
✔ Teach your children body safety
✔ Strengthen communication and boundaries
✔ Build a safer home environment

Let’s be proactive, not reactive.

📲 Scan the QR code to register and secure your spot.

Because protecting our children starts with informed parents. 💙

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Tonight marks the fifth week of my six-week parenting class, and I couldn’t be more excited! This week’s focus is all about discipline.

Discipline is not about punishment; it’s about teaching, guiding, and shaping a child’s behavior toward responsibility and self-control.
The word "discipline" actually comes from the Latin word "disciplina," meaning instruction or training.

Here are a few key reminders I want to share with all parents:
Teach rather than control.
Build character, not fear.
Help children make better choices next time.

Remember: “Discipline teaches — punishment hurts.”

Trauma & The Brain — A New Insight

As many of you know, I specialize in trauma work. Right now, I’m participating in another in-depth training about how trauma impacts the brain, and I wanted to share something powerful I just learned.

Attention mothers: Trauma doesn’t always start after birth. Research shows it can begin in utero.
When a mother is in a state of chronic stress or dysregulation, her body produces higher levels of stress hormones (like cortisol). These hormones can cross the placenta, meaning the baby begins life already receiving signals of stress.

This doesn’t mean hope is lost; it means awareness is key.
With support, healing, and healthy regulation, both mothers and babies can move toward safety, balance, and resilience.

What are your thoughts on how early life experiences shape us? comment below

“Conferences won’t heal a broken church, but prayer, fasting, and mental health awareness can.”
Right now, too many churches are facing scandals, including devastating allegations of s**ual abuse in leadership. At the same time, people are feeling more hopeless than ever in this political and cultural climate. What the church needs most isn’t another conference. It needs healing.
The truth is this: from pastors to lay members, mental health struggles are everywhere in the church. And because mental health awareness is often overlooked, too many suffer in silence, untreated and unsupported. When struggles go untreated, they don’t just disappear. They grow into mental illness.
This is why I believe mental health must become part of the church’s ministry.
📢 Coming Fall 2025: Mental Health Training for Church Leaders.
It’s time to bridge the gap between the church and mental health so the church can truly be a place of hope, healing, and restoration.