Pennell Counseling Center

Pennell Counseling Center Pennell Christian Counseling Center focuses on the prevention and intervention of building stronger Christian individuals, couples, and families.

We offer evidence-based practices that strengthen people through Jesus Christ and the power of His Word.

🌿 We Repeat What We Don’t RepairUnhealed pain doesn’t disappear with time.It shows up in patterns—our relationships, rea...
12/31/2025

🌿 We Repeat What We Don’t Repair

Unhealed pain doesn’t disappear with time.

It shows up in patterns—our relationships, reactions, parenting, boundaries, and even our faith.

What we don’t repair, we tend to repeat.

đź§  The brain is wired to default to what is familiar, not what is healthy.

Without healing, old wounds quietly shape present choices.

This can look like:

• Reacting instead of responding

• Choosing familiar but unhealthy relationships

• Struggling with trust or emotional safety

• Repeating cycles of people-pleasing, control, or withdrawal

• Parenting from our wounds instead of awareness

đź“– Scripture reminds us:

“See to it that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.” — Hebrews 12:15

God cares about the roots—not just the behaviors.

🌱 Repair Leads to Freedom

Healing begins when we:

âś” Acknowledge what hurt us
âś” Name the patterns we see
âś” Invite God into the painful places
âś” Seek support and wise counsel
âś” Choose growth instead of avoidance

📖 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” — Psalm 147:3

✨Healing isn’t about blaming the past—it’s about breaking cycles.

When we choose repair, we choose freedom—for ourselves and the next generation.

You don’t have to repeat what God wants to redeem.

🌿 Choosing Peace When You Can’t Control EverythingSo much of our anxiety comes from trying to manage things that were ne...
12/27/2025

🌿 Choosing Peace When You Can’t Control Everything

So much of our anxiety comes from trying to manage things that were never ours to control—other people’s reactions, family dynamics, outcomes, or expectations.

🧠 The nervous system calms when we release control and focus on what is within our influence—our responses, boundaries, thoughts, and choices.

What you can control:

âś” Your words
âś” Your reactions
âś” Your boundaries
âś” Your pace
âś” Your self-care
âś” Your honesty
âś” Your willingness to ask for help

What you can’t control:

✖ Other people’s emotions
âś– Past events
✖ Someone else’s healing
âś– Outcomes

📖 “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You.” — Isaiah 26:3

Trust doesn’t mean ignoring reality—it means placing what’s out of your hands into God’s care.

✨ This week’s encouragement:

Let go of what you were never meant to carry.

Focus on what God has entrusted to you.

Peace often begins where control ends.

🎄 Healthy Boundaries During the Holidays: Stepping Out of the Drama TriangleThe holidays often bring family, old dynamic...
12/18/2025

🎄 Healthy Boundaries During the Holidays: Stepping Out of the Drama Triangle

The holidays often bring family, old dynamics, and familiar triggers.

If you find yourself feeling drained, defensive, or pulled into conflict, you may be stepping into the drama triangle—even without realizing it.

What Is the Drama Triangle?

The drama triangle includes three roles we can easily slip into:

•Rescuer: Feeling responsible to fix, save, or keep the peace

•Victim: Feeling powerless, blamed, or misunderstood

•Persecutor: Responding with criticism, anger, or control

These roles keep us stuck in unhealthy cycles—and none of them lead to peace.

Healthy boundaries help us step out of the drama triangle and into emotional maturity.

Boundaries don’t mean being unloving—they mean being wise, self-aware, and regulated.

🌿 What Healthy Boundaries Look Like

âś” Saying no without over-explaining

✔ Not fixing what isn’t yours to fix

âś” Choosing calm over chaos

âś” Pausing before reacting

âś” Letting others feel their feelings

âś” Walking away from unproductive conflict

📖 “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” — Proverbs 4:23

Even Jesus didn’t engage in every argument.

He modeled truth, boundaries, and peace.

✨You are not required to participate in dysfunction just because it’s familiar.

You can love others deeply without losing yourself.

This season, choose:

🕊️ Peace over pressure

🕊️ Boundaries over burnout

🕊️ Wisdom over drama

Training Your Mind to Notice the GoodOur minds are naturally wired to focus on what’s wrong, what’s scary, or what feels...
12/12/2025

Training Your Mind to Notice the Good

Our minds are naturally wired to focus on what’s wrong, what’s scary, or what feels uncertain.

But God invites us into a different way of thinking—one that brings peace, clarity, and emotional stability.

đź§  Why Focusing on the Positive Matters

This isn’t “toxic positivity.”

It’s a healthy, evidence-based practice called positive attentional training — intentionally noticing the good so your brain doesn’t get stuck in threat mode.

When you shift even a small portion of your attention toward what is good, your brain builds new pathways that support:

• Lower anxiety

• Better mood

• Increased resilience

• Greater hope

• A calmer nervous system

🌿 Simple Ways to Practice “Looking for the Good”

âś” Name 3 things going right today

âś” Celebrate small wins

âś” Write down a prayer of gratitude

âś” Pause and savor moments of comfort

âś” Speak life over yourself instead of criticism

✔ Look for God’s fingerprints in your day

“Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable… think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.” — Philippians 4:8

This isn’t God asking us to ignore pain.

It’s Him inviting us to anchor our minds to truth, not fear.

You don’t need a perfect day to notice something good.

Even in hardship, there are glimpses of God’s faithfulness — a kind word, a moment of peace, a reminder that you’re not alone.

What you focus on grows.

This week, let’s intentionally grow hope, gratitude, and peace.

Holding Onto Hope (Even When Life Feels Heavy)Hope isn’t pretending everything is okay.Hope is believing God is still wo...
12/05/2025

Holding Onto Hope (Even When Life Feels Heavy)

Hope isn’t pretending everything is okay.

Hope is believing God is still working — even when you can’t see it yet.

From a psychological perspective, hope is a protective factor.

It strengthens resilience, regulates the nervous system, and helps the brain look for solutions instead of shutting down.

Hope says:

👉 “This moment is not the whole story.”

👉 “There is a future beyond what I feel right now.”

👉 “I am not stuck — I am moving through this.”

Spiritually, hope is an anchor.

📖 The Bible doesn’t promise a life without hardship — but it promises a God who stays.

•“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” — Hebrews 6:19

•“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing.” — Romans 15:13

•“Even in darkness light dawns for the upright.” — Psalm 112:4

•“Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.” — Isaiah 40:31

🌿 When You’re Struggling to Feel Hope

You’re not failing. You’re human.

Try this:

âś” Ground yourself in truth:
What do I know about God’s character in this moment?

âś” Reach for connection:
Hope grows when we aren’t carrying things alone.

âś” Name your fears:
Unspoken fears grow louder. Spoken fears lose power.

âś” Remember past faithfulness:
If God has carried you before, He will carry you now.

✨ The Good News

Hope doesn’t require perfect faith.

Just a willing heart.

God does the rest.

Hold onto hope this week — even if it’s small and meditate on God’s truths about who you are and who He is. ❤️

As we enter Thanksgiving week, it’s a beautiful time to pause and notice what God has done — not because life is perfect...
11/26/2025

As we enter Thanksgiving week, it’s a beautiful time to pause and notice what God has done — not because life is perfect, but because gratitude shifts our hearts, minds, and nervous systems.

đź“– Scripture & Gratitude

The Bible repeatedly tells us to practice thanksgiving, not as a holiday… but as a way of living.

•“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.” — Psalm 107:1

•“In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:18

•“Enter His gates with thanksgiving.” — Psalm 100:4

Gratitude isn’t denial of hardship — it’s choosing to see God’s presence in the middle of it.

đź§  Research shows that practicing gratitude:

• Lowers anxiety and depression

• Improves sleep

• Regulates the nervous system

• Reduces stress hormones

• Increases resilience

• Strengthens relationships

• Shifts the brain toward hope instead of fear

Gratitude literally changes the brain’s wiring, strengthening neural pathways of peace.

Gratitude is worship.

Gratitude is regulation.

Gratitude is grounding our hearts in God’s goodness, even when life feels uncertain.

🍂This week, notice one thing each day — big or small — that reminds you God is with you.

Write it. Say it. Pray it.

Gratitude doesn’t erase hard things.

But it invites God’s peace into them.

So often, we want to hide the hard parts of our story — the trauma, the mistakes, the regret, the wounds, the sin, the s...
11/21/2025

So often, we want to hide the hard parts of our story — the trauma, the mistakes, the regret, the wounds, the sin, the seasons we wish never happened.

But denying our story doesn’t free us… it keeps us stuck in the very places God wants to heal.

Owning your story isn’t weakness.

It’s courage, truth, and spiritual maturity. 🪴

And as Christians, we don’t just “write a new ending”…
We invite God to redeem it.

đź“– Scripture tells us:

“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” — John 8:32

Healing begins with truth — truth about what hurt us, truth about how we’ve been coping, truth about where we need God’s grace.

“He makes all things new.” — Revelation 21:5 ❤️

When we bring our story into the light, Jesus steps into it with transforming power. đź’ˇ

Owning your story looks like:

• Acknowledging what happened
• Naming your emotions
• Seeking healing instead of hiding
• Inviting God into the broken chapters
• Letting Him reshape the narrative

🌱 This week’s encouragement:

Your story doesn’t disqualify you.

Your story is where God meets you, heals you, and empowers you to walk in freedom.

When you stop denying the story, God can start rewriting the ending.

This morning at Broadmoor Baptist Church
11/21/2025

This morning at Broadmoor Baptist Church

At Broadmoor Baptist Church!
11/18/2025

At Broadmoor Baptist Church!

🌿 When Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Tries to ForgetSometimes anxiety, irritability, or emotional overwhelm show up...
11/14/2025

🌿 When Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Tries to Forget

Sometimes anxiety, irritability, or emotional overwhelm show up — even when life seems “fine.”

That’s because the body often holds on to stress and trauma long after the moment has passed.

🧠 Your nervous system doesn’t lie.

It sends signals when something inside needs care, safety, or healing.

Signs your body may be holding unresolved stress:

• Feeling on edge for no clear reason

• Tight chest or knots in your stomach

• Difficulty relaxing

• Emotional reactions that feel “too big”

• Fatigue, headaches, or tension

• Avoiding certain people or places

This doesn’t mean you’re broken.
It means your body is trying to protect you.

📖 “He restores my soul.” — Psalm 23:3
God doesn’t just heal the mind — He heals the heart, the body, and the places we didn’t even realize were hurting.

✨ This week’s reminder:

Pay attention to what your body is saying.

It may be pointing you toward the next layer of healing God wants to walk with you through.

Call us today to set up an appointment. 318-868-6554

Upcoming groups at Broadmoor Baptist Church.Who do you know that could benefit from one of these? Send it to them today!...
11/11/2025

Upcoming groups at Broadmoor Baptist Church.

Who do you know that could benefit from one of these? Send it to them today! ❤️

When You Feel Emotionally DrainedSometimes, it’s not just tiredness — it’s emotional exhaustion.You’ve been strong for t...
11/08/2025

When You Feel Emotionally Drained

Sometimes, it’s not just tiredness — it’s emotional exhaustion.

You’ve been strong for too long, carrying more than anyone knows.

But here’s the truth:

Even Jesus withdrew from the crowds to rest and pray (Luke 5:16).

If the Son of God needed quiet moments to recharge, so do we.

💛 It’s okay to pause.

💛 It’s okay to say “no.”

💛 It’s okay to rest and let God hold what’s too heavy for you today.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

— Matthew 11:28

Emotional burnout often shows up as irritability, numbness, or feeling disconnected.

Rest and boundaries aren’t signs of weakness — they’re part of healing.

Address

4110 Youree Drive
Shreveport, LA
71105

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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