Imagine Counseling Center

12/05/2025

08/13/2025

New office phone and fax numbers!!
228-731-3274 is the office phone,
228-731-3275 is the office fax.

07/10/2024

These heartbreaking self talk thoughts came from one of my kiddos in a family session today. I’m sharing them because yes, our kids are fighting these mental battles. Honestly, probably most of us are. But what we tell ourselves over and over, we believe. We’re all worthy humans, and we’re going to challenge that self bullying and build ourselves up. This session ended with the sweetest sibling hug and “don’t be mean to yourself like that, I love you.” Hey y’all… DONT BE MEAN TO YOURSELF LIKE THAT, I LOVE YOU. YOU CAN DO IT. YOU MATTER. DONT GIVE UP.

06/10/2024

06/05/2024

Su***de is a leading cause of death for 10-24 year olds, and LGBTQIA children are four times more likely to attempt su***de than their peers.
Mississippi is a very difficult place to be “different”. I often have children disclose their identity in the space of my office. My office has been and will continue to be a safe space for you. You are worthy and loved, and you matter.

11/30/2023

With December starting tomorrow, one thing that may be of use to some is the Self-Care Challenge for Winter. You can do them to coincide with each day of the month. Or you can number them and roll a die (or dice) to get pick one.

11/07/2023

Dialogue about mental health is so important, parents.

846.7K likes, 3080 comments. “This is why I’ve dedicated my life to this conversation. I can’t un-hear the things that I’m told & I can’t unsee certain things, but more importantly I know it cause I lived it. I’m still living it, still healing, still processing, still growing. In hopes t...

07/06/2023

Oppositional behavior indicates a lack of felt safety.

WAIT!!! Here me out here.

If this statement makes your bristle it might be because your definition of felt safety is different than mine.

Felt safety is a subjective experience of safety that the nervous system determines WITHOUT an conscious awareness.

Neuroception (a term coined by Dr. Stephen Porges that describes the phenomenon by which we unconsciously determine are sense of safety) is making an assessment of safety CONTINUOUSLLY. At least every quarter of a second.

AND. It's making these assessment based on cues it's receiving from the environment. The relationship/people they are with.

AND FROM THEIR INTERNAL WORLD.

So- things like infection, hunger, immune response, sensory differences, executive functioning challenges...all of these things can shift us away from feeling safe.

There are a LOT of reasons the nervous system can flip into protection mode. And actually, not all of them are even bad. Being in protection mode is super important for keeping ourselves safe, setting boundaries, and developing autonomy.

Anyway. My point is oppositional behavior isn't a character problem. We help folks shift from protection mode into connection by helping them experience felt safety. And we have to look at the inside, the outside, and the between.

Want to learn more about felt safety? Head to my podcast page and pop 'felt safety' into the search bar. There's a link in my bio.

12/21/2022

A generous family donated this guy to the office - they were unable to keep him but wanted other kiddos to get to enjoy him. He is an axolotl and I’m very excited we have an office pet!
His name is Antonio Axl Rose. He can’t wait to meet everyone!

11/11/2022

This mom expertly helped her child emotionally regulate, prevented a potential meltdown later by using rehearsal, and verbally prompted her child toward identifying feelings. Good job to this mom.

BIG FEELINGS are so challenging for toddlers to navigate. Watch as we prepare for disappointment and work together to problem solve. ...