Potential Counseling and Consultation Services, LLC

12/17/2025

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Christ-centered counseling and Christian couples retreat to rebuild trust, restore closeness, and embrace God’s design for lasting love.

12/06/2025

Mental Health PSA: Tears are sweat coming out the eyes when the heart, the soul, one's feelings are being exercised. We sweat through our eyes whenever we do emotional heavy lifting, whether it be from positive events like the birth of a baby or adverse events like loss of a relationship, death, or feeling sad for someone else's pain. Tears are not weakness. They show strength. The more physically fit a person is, the easier and more plentifully they sweat through their skin. The stronger a person's heart, feelings, emotional muscles, the more easily they shed tears, sweat through their eyes. We ridicule ourselves and others for sweating, for working hard, for feeling. We try to hide these tears because of the public shame. What we are saying is that it is shame to feel. Shameful to care. Shameful to be human. And frankly people have ended their lives over such stigma....from trying to be "strong" but finding themselves unable to ...from accepting the false label as "weak" just because they feel and cry. Sometimes people isolate themselves to extremes rather than let others see them cry because of the stigma of tears. Such a false notion of what it means to be strong! Strong people absolutely do cry! So if you shed tears today, if you sweat through your eyes, know this. You are strong. At least you still can feel. You have a heart. Know this, you are working hard to get through whatever it is you are working through, and by God's grace, you will get through it and be stronger for it. And because you'll be stronger, you will still cry when you need to. No shame for it. Only strength and courage, which you have plenty enough, at least enough to feel and sweat through your eyes.
Holocaust Survivor and Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl noted that those who cried while imprisoned led happier lives once they were set free compared to those who did not shed tears while imprisoned. About this he said, “But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.”

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12/02/2025

Perfect Christmas Gift and Now $50 OFF!

Grow, Learn, and Re-Connect! Couples around the globe have taken hold of God's good plan for their marriage through the art and science of the "Hold Me Tight™" Couples Retreat! This retreat is designed for spiritual as well as relational growth! Connect with God! Connect with Each other!

11/20/2025

A Great Gift for You and Your Spouse or a Couple You Love! Now $50 off!

Grow, Learn, and Re-Connect! Couples around the globe have taken hold of God's good plan for their marriage through the art and science of the "Hold Me Tight™" Couples Retreat! This retreat is designed for spiritual as well as relational growth! Connect with God! Connect with Each other!

09/30/2025

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Practical Christian parenting tips to guide kids through mistakes with consequences, reflection, and faith-based growth.

07/31/2025

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06/19/2025

03/04/2025

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Thomas stole money out his sister's piggie bank. That's a pretty big deal if you are a parent who cares about your kids. A good parent would likely be concerned about Thomas' stealing behavior and what it will mean for his future, should it continue or escalate to stealing outside of the home. But h...

09/11/2024

Yay for neurodiversity! Yay for generalist people like me (typicals), ADHD warriors, and specializing Autistics!

09/04/2024

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Our first Declarative Language Drop-In was this week! It was great to meet parents and offer individualized support. In listening to personal stories, one consistent theme rang through from caregivers: challenging behaviors happen, and it is hard to know the best way to respond! This helped me reme

05/15/2024

My UNI Intern Joanna Rahnavardi and I will be leading this! Is free and open to all. Sign up: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLScAImgxK6xsME.../viewform

05/07/2024

My intern, Joanna Rahnavardi, and I will hold a 5-session Divorce Recovery Support Group at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls starting June 6th. For more information and to sign up, click here:

What: Divorce Recovery Support Group | The group will focus on the personal and spiritual growth opportunities that can be found as one seeks God's face during and after a divorce. This group is free, open to the public, and childcare provided. Please complete the form below to sign up. When: five s...