MSH Counseling Services

11/19/2025

I will believe you and my office is a safe place to work through  trauma. 

11/12/2025

10/14/2025

Don’t let your shame gremlin win. This is so common with people who have trauma and mental health issues.

10/11/2025

This is more common than you think and absolutely a reason to go talk your feelings out! You will be seen and heard by a therapist

World Mental Health Day reminds us that sometimes the people who seem the most cheerful are the ones carrying the heaviest hearts. They’re the ones who bring calm to chaos, laughter to silence, and warmth to others while quietly holding back their own storms.

They’ve learned how to hold space for everyone else, even when their own world feels uncertain. They joke when they want to cry, listen when they need to be heard, and give love in the very moments they feel most empty.

It’s not attention they’re seeking, but balance. They’re trying to find a way to keep their light alive while tending to the parts of themselves that feel dim. And that takes an incredible kind of courage. Because showing up for others while fighting your own mind isn’t weakness; it’s grace in motion.

It’s answering “I’m fine” when your chest is tight. It’s smiling through exhaustion that lives in your bones. It’s being everyone’s safe place when you can’t remember what safety feels like anymore.

But even grace needs rest. Even strong hearts need somewhere soft to land.

So if this feels familiar and you see yourself in these words, please take a breath and know that you don’t have to carry everyone all the time. You’re allowed to pause. You’re allowed to fall apart. You’re allowed to need the same tenderness, patience, and unconditional care you offer so freely to others.

Your pain doesn’t make you a burden. Your struggles don’t erase your strength. And asking for help doesn’t undo all the help you’ve given.

This World Mental Health Day, let’s honour the unseen strength it takes to simply keep going, and remember that you don’t have to shine every day to still be the light. Even stars rest in daylight. Even they need the dark to be held.

10/01/2025

My clients and I talk about this all the time.

09/02/2025

09/02/2025

September is su***de prevent/ awareness month. Please be mindful of what you say when talking about mental health. If you have never had a thought you would be better off not here be greatful but also understand if a person has those thoughts, they are going through something and may have a lot of shame about having the thoughts, having attempted before, or just feeling really lonely. What they need is a smile, telling them you matter and I want you here. No one wants to have negative thoughts but they are common and can be very overwhelming and powerful. Take time to really check in with people in your life and even something as little as a smile at a stranger can change a person who is thinking about su***de to change thier mind.

08/27/2025