Ridge Counseling Services

12/30/2025

It’s back! Our Young Adult Mental Health Support Group is designed to help break stigma, teach practical coping skills, and, well…support one another with anxiety, depression and loneliness. This group is for teen-early 20’s. It will kick off February 2nd @ 6:30. Sign up here: https://ridge.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/620/responses/new

12/24/2025

Episode 4: Grief doesn’t take a holiday. Whether this is your first Christmas without someone you love—or your tenth—in this episode Sarah Stephens, LCSW leads discussion that offers comfort, perspective, and ways to honor their memory while holding on to hope.


https://youtu.be/tN5_kOGYTpY?si=B2ROXU-ewJBs3lsT

12/24/2025

Episode 4 out now.
Grief doesn’t take a holiday. Whether this is your first Christmas without someone you love—or your tenth—in this episode Sarah Stephens, LCSW leads discussion that offers comfort, perspective, and ways to honor their memory while holding on to hope.

12/17/2025

Episode 3 out now! Please share!

When everyone else seems merry and bright, depression and loneliness can feel even heavier. This episode unpacks why isolation and sadness often spike at Christmas—and how to find comfort and connection again. You are not forgotten; God sees you and holds you close.

Episode 3: When everyone else seems merry and bright, depression and loneliness can feel even heavier. This episode unpacks why isolation and sadness often ...

12/16/2025

🎄 When Christmas Doesn’t Feel Joyful…

If the songs feel too loud, the lights feel overwhelming, and “joy to the world” feels like pressure instead of peace—you’re not broken.

For many, Christmas comes wrapped in grief, exhaustion, loneliness, anxiety, or memories that ache. And that’s more common than we admit between cookie exchanges.

Here’s the truth:
✨ You don’t have to feel joyful to be worthy of love.
✨ You don’t have to fake cheer to belong.
✨ Peace can exist quietly—even when joy feels far away.

If this season feels heavy, let yourself feel it honestly. Reach out. Sit with someone safe. Ask for help. The first Christmas wasn’t shiny either—it was humble, weary, and tender. And hope still showed up.

If you need support this season, Ridge Counseling Services is here for you.
No pretending. No pressure. Just care.

You are not alone this Christmas. 🤍

12/10/2025

Episode 2 released today!

Family gatherings can bring laughter… and landmines. In this episode of Mind Matters – Holiday Edition, we explore how to handle difficult family dynamics with grace, boundaries, and peace. Learn how to protect your emotional health and lean on biblical wisdom to keep Christ—and calm—in your Christmas season.

Episode 2: Family gatherings can bring laughter… and landmines. In this episode of Mind Matters – Holiday Edition, we explore how to handle difficult family...

12/04/2025

We did a thing! 🎄 We know the holiday season can intensify our mental health struggles. We're here for you and we're in this together.🫶 Each week we'll be releasing a new podcast episode that will cover things like anxiety, stress, navigating family relationships, loneliness, depression, and grief. Check out Episode 1 here and please share!

https://youtu.be/Ikdxw5XFZrU

12/04/2025

When the days get colder and the sky forgets how to sun… you are not alone.

If the gray weather has you feeling a little gray on the inside too, that doesn’t mean you’re failing—it means you’re human. Changing seasons can stir up old emotions, lower energy, and make everything feel just a bit heavier.

Here’s your reminder for today:

✨ You’re still doing better than you think.
✨ Small steps still count.
✨ Light still breaks through—sometimes slowly, but always surely.
✨ Community matters. Don’t isolate. Reach out.
We walk with you in every season—even the ones where your coat weighs more than your motivation. 😉

You are loved. You are seen. You are worth the effort.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving!🍁🦃

11/21/2025

This special service is tomorrow. This will be a space where we can remember together and find comfort and support from others who understand.

Grief is hard during the holidays. 💔 Plan to join us on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, November 22nd, to remember our loved ones who have passed. This will be a time of music, readings, prayer and grief support. Please share.

11/11/2025

🇺🇸 Honoring Our Heroes 🇺🇸
Today we pause to honor every veteran who has served with courage, sacrifice, and strength.

At Ridge Counseling Services, we recognize that the battles don’t always end when the uniform comes off. Mental wellness matters—for every hero and every family who’s carried the weight of service. 💙

To our veterans: thank you. We see you. We’re here for you.

11/10/2025

Grief is hard during the holidays. 💔 Plan to join us on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, November 22nd, to remember our loved ones who have passed. This will be a time of music, readings, prayer and grief support. Please share.