Magnolia Family Counseling

11/17/2025

No breakup is ever easy, but some breakups can make you feel like you’ve been sucker punched. And during those times, it can become sincerely difficult to see a way forward.

7 Tips for Getting Through a Breakup by Priscilla Hurd | Jan 8, 2019 | Couples/Marriage No breakup is ever easy, but some breakups can make you feel like you’ve been sucker punched. And during those times, it can become sincerely difficult to see a way forward. Maybe your friends and family don’...

11/17/2025

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
- Anne Frank

11/16/2025

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
- Muhammad Ali

11/15/2025

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance: these are the very well-known five stages of grief, as postulated by Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book On Death and Dying.

Are the “5 Stages of Grief” Real? by Priscilla Hurd | Jan 27, 2019 | Grief Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance: these are the very well-known five stages of grief, as postulated by Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book On Death and Dying. At the time of the...

11/15/2025

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

11/14/2025

How many times have you heard a friend or a coworker say something like, “I was totally having a panic attack yesterday when you didn’t show up!”

They weren’t actually having a panic attack, they were merely concerned you were late.

Why People Misunderstand Anxiety by Priscilla Hurd | Feb 28, 2018 | Anxiety Did you ever play the game called “telephone” growing up? One kid whispered a secret message into the ear of the kid next to him. That kid then whispered the “same” message into the ear of the kid next to her. On and...

11/14/2025

“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

11/13/2025

Getting your child off the couch and active will not only bring them immediate benefits but will have a positive effect on them for the rest of their lives. Wondering how that’s possible? Here are five ways playing school sports will benefit your child.

5 Reasons Your Child Should Be in Sports by Priscilla Hurd | Jul 22, 2018 | Child/Teen, Counseling, Sports/Exercise If your son or daughter spends too much time at home with a glazed look in their eye and the glow of a smartphone in their face, you might want to consider signing them up for school s...

11/13/2025

"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony."
- Thomas Merton

11/12/2025

Before committing to a regular schedule with a therapist, there are 4 questions you should know the answers to.

These questions can typically be answered in an initial phone or in-person consultation with your potential therapist.

4 Things to Ask a Therapist Before Starting Therapy by Priscilla Hurd | Mar 25, 2018 | Counseling Meeting with a therapist for the first time can feel frightening and overwhelming. But there are ways to make starting counseling less intimidating. One of those ways is to make sure you’ve chosen a t...

11/12/2025

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
- William James