Peter's Blog
I have found that my life experiences shaped what I believe about myself. I realized that many of the things I believed about myself were based on wrong conclusions and false beliefs, due to trauma in my life. The freedom I have found has been a result of seeking truth and choosing to believe what is true about me. Often my clients will ask me during a session, "Do you have any of this in writing?" This blog is my attempt to share the universal truths I have discovered. Revelations 12:11 says that they overcame by the Blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony (story). God's grace has been abundant in my life and my story has become strong. I invite you to experience God's grace and write a powerful story of your life.
Intimacy
Our connection with one another is slipping towards a more impersonal, less vulnerable, and unrealistic form of interaction and connectedness.
Building Intimacy and Trust
In today’s electronic age of communication through social media, Twitter, Facebook, and texting, many couples struggle to find the kind of intimacy that fulfills their dreams and desires. Our connection with one another is slipping towards a more impersonal, less...
PTSD and Social Support
There is a great concern in the months and years ahead of an overburdened mental health system in light of the current pandemic and its ramifications still be fully felt. Community social support may be all some will need and it might also be the first interactions to getting individuals to more intensive help that they need as awareness grows.
Acceptance in Dealing with Changing Behavior
Carl Rogers, the American psychologist and founding member of client-centered therapy, once said, "The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." The strong feelings and conclusions we form often keep us stuck in the false beliefs...
Attachment Theory
Attachment is an emotional bond to another person and is described as a “bond or tie between an individual and an attachment figure (Prior & Glaser, 2006, p. 15).” In its simplest explanation, attachment theory involves...
The Power of Sharing Feelings
I was at a shopping mall recently and observed an elderly couple walking together hand in hand. I wondered how long had they been married and what their life journey must have been. I hoped that some day my wife and I would be as old as them...
Grief and the Holidays
The holiday season is a difficult time for many people. It does not always bring tidings of comfort and joy but of regret, sorrow and loss. For those who have experienced loss they feel the pain and grief of that loss particularly at the Holidays. Grief...
Changing Behavior – Part II
The Belief Check In (BCI) identifies what is motivating our behaivors and changes the ones that are maladaptive in our life. The first part of the BCI helps us identify feelings and the core beliefs they are attached too. We find freedom when we are able...
Changing Behavior
Changing Behavior - Belief Systems Therapy Life is made up of experiences and the conclusions we draw from them. Emotions attached to repeated and similar experiences forms beliefs. If the meaning we give these experiences is grounded in what...
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa
Over the holiday’s I heard the classic Christmas song “I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.” The original recording by Jimmy Boyd was recorded on July 15, 1952 when he was 13 years old. The song describes a scene where a child walks downstairs on Christmas Eve to see...
Intimacy
Our connection with one another is slipping towards a more impersonal, less vulnerable, and unrealistic form of interaction and connectedness.
Building Intimacy and Trust
In today’s electronic age of communication through social media, Twitter, Facebook, and texting, many couples struggle to find the kind of intimacy that fulfills their dreams and desires. Our connection with one another is slipping towards a more impersonal, less...
PTSD and Social Support
There is a great concern in the months and years ahead of an overburdened mental health system in light of the current pandemic and its ramifications still be fully felt. Community social support may be all some will need and it might also be the first interactions to getting individuals to more intensive help that they need as awareness grows.