Peace Counseling Center

11/13/2025

Tinsel for Teens needs support!! Please consider giving to our holiday drive. We FILL the wish lists of 50 local teens in need each year and it takes a whole village to achieve our goal!!
See how to help in the comments.

11/11/2025

Got a love for gardening and want to help people all at the same time? ⏰

Our Garden 2 Table Program is kicking off our winter garden to load our food pantry with fresh foods!

When: November 16th, 2025 2-4pm
Where: 1917 Trent Blvd, New Bern

Donations Needed to help our garden flourish and thrive 🌱 drop off donations anytime at the address above!

11/11/2025

Thank you NBCT!!
My home away from home!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE my theatre family!

11/03/2025

Imagine you’re just a kid, walking in on Christmas morning to a room full of gifts and stockings, but none of them are for you. Your a teen and the Christmas programs all stopped at 12 so your left out wondering if anyone even cares about you anymore…

This is how our teens feel in our community! Help us close this resource gap by sponsoring a teen or donating today! Every dollar helps a child receive a joy filled Christmas where no one gets forgotten or left out.

Ways to help:
- donate monetarily
- donate gifts and needed items
- volunteer your time
- do a gift drive at your work or get your kids school involved
- get together with friends and coworkers to purchase a wishlist for a teen (we can email you a list!)

Every child, young and old, deserves a happy Christmas and with your help we’re gonna give it to them 🎄

Cashapp: $peace1917
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/supportingpeace
Venmo: -Griffith
Zelle: SUPPORTING PEACE
Cash/check by mail or in person: 1917 Trent Blvd, New Bern, NC

For sponsorship or donation questions please email brpeacecounseling@gmail.com or call/text 252-617-1234

Imagine you’re just a kid, walking in on Christmas morning to a room full of gifts and stockings, but none of them are for you. You’re a teen and the Christmas programs all stopped at 12 so your left out wondering if anyone even cares about you anymore…

This is how our teens feel in our community! Help us close this resource gap by sponsoring a teen or donating today! Every dollar helps a child receive a joy filled Christmas where no one gets forgotten or left out.

Ways to help:
- donate monetarily
- donate gifts and needed items
- volunteer your time
- do a gift drive at your work or get your kids school involved
- get together with friends and coworkers to purchase a wishlist for a teen (we can email you a list!)

Every child, young and old, deserves a happy Christmas and with your help we’re gonna give it to them 🎄

Cashapp: $peace1917
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/supportingpeace
Venmo: -Griffith
Zelle: SUPPORTING PEACE
Cash/check by mail or in person: 1917 Trent Blvd, New Bern, NC

For sponsorship or donation questions please email brpeacecounseling@gmail.com or call/text 252-617-1234

10/29/2025

Thank you to Erika Monet Butters for generously donating a PILE of food for our pantry today.
Be like Erika!!
Give if you can!!

10/28/2025

Go to paypal.me/supportingpeace and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

10/23/2025

TINSEL FOR TEENS is our annual drive to fulfill the holiday wish lists of 50 local teens in need. Most holiday programs wind up focusing on younger children but we remind folks that teens need some holiday love too!!
How can you help?
1. Take the list of a teen and fulfill their whole list.
2. Donate any teen-friendly gifts or stocking stuffers, winter coats or even gift wrap or stockings.
3. Donate cash so we can shop for items requested by our teens.
4. After Thanksgiving, come in and select gifts from the giving tree in our lobby.
5. Share our posts about the program.
6. Ask your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, church groups and clubs to help as well!!

How to donate money:
Send or bring in your cash or check to
Supporting Peace
1917 Trent Blvd
New Bern, NC 28560
Paypal- https://www.paypal.me/supportingpeace
Zelle- SUPPORTING PEACE
Venmo- -Griffith
Cash- $peace1917

10/21/2025

WE ARE READY FOR THE 8TH ANNUAL TINSEL FOR TEENS DRIVE!!
See comments below for how to donate.
Thank you for all your support!!

10/19/2025

We’ve been taught that the way to “fix” our kids’ behaviors is through spankings, stern tones, or tough consequences… but the science says otherwise!

Research shows that coregulation, not punishment, is one of the most powerful tools in parenting.

Coregulation isn’t just a behavioral strategy, it’s a biological process that begins before birth. When we stay calm and connected, our child’s nervous system learns to do the same.

Want to bring the magic of calm back into your parenting ❓❓ Here are a few ways to start coregulating today!

You don’t have to control your child to guide them, you can connect instead. ❤️

10/03/2025

Here’s the truth: kids don’t always need a perfect parent - they need a regulated one.

Last week we shared tools to encourage good behavior in children. This week we’re turning the focus inward: How parents can regulate themselves when parenting gets hard 😓

Check out the graphic for simple, doable strategies you can try today.

Drop a ❤️ if you’ve ever needed a reminder to pause and breathe. Then share your go-to calm-down trick in the comments, we’re building a community toolbox together!

- Brittaney Ratzlaff, LCSWA

Here’s the truth: kids don’t always need a perfect parent - they need a regulated one.

Last week we shared tools to encourage good behavior in children. This week we’re turning the focus inward: How parents can regulate themselves when parenting gets hard 😓

Check out the graphic for simple, doable strategies you can try today.

Drop a ❤️ if you’ve ever needed a reminder to pause and breathe. Then share your go-to calm-down trick in the comments, we’re building a community toolbox together!

09/18/2025

Want to know the secret to encouraging good behavior?? Stop waiting for your kids to “behave.” Catch them doing it! Praise it. Repeat it. Be specific, don’t just say “good job.” Tell them exactly what they did right like "I love the way you're sharing with your friend".

Your kids are watching everything you do, how you handle stress, solve problems, and how you stay calm. Regulate yourself, and you’ll teach them to regulate too!

Behavior change isn’t instant. Sometimes it gets worse before it gets better. Stick with it. Checkout this video to learn more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H82mjHQ5-rw

Toon in next week for ways parents can regulate themselves through parenting challenges!

Parenting is a lot of work and when your child is misbehaving, that just adds to your stress. Therapists from Triple P (The Positive Parenting Program) are h...

08/31/2025

📚🚌 Back to School = BIG Feelings ‼️

School can be a huge deal for kids and those big feelings don’t always show up as tears. Sometimes, they come out as defiance, attitude, or meltdowns.

As parents, our job isn’t just to react to the behavior, it’s to look beneath it. Most behaviors are really just unmet needs (think about yourself and how unmet needs manifest into more). When we pause and dig deeper, we can help our kids communicate, problem-solve, and build the lifelong skills they need to thrive.

Key takeaway: Behavior is communication. Let’s listen underneath the words 💖

Comment below one strategy that works for you and follow me for more parenting and child well being tips and tricks 🪄