This week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Craig Foust of Life Care Counseling. Craig is a local therapist, who works with couples and teens facing a variety of challenges including substance use, infidelity, divorce, mental health issues, and extreme life stressors. I enjoyed talking with Craig and sharing some of my background, …
Abundant Life Counseling St. Louis
Julie Williamson is the Founder and Therapist of Abundant Life Counseling St. Louis LLC. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, and Registered Play Therapist. She enjoys working with adults facing the challenges of family of origin issues, women’s issues, healthy dating relationships, emotional abuse, depression, and anxiety.
A Different Way of Loving Ourselves
I’ve always been a pretty sensitive person. When I say “sensitive,” what I mean is that I’ve always had a pretty strong awareness of how I’m feeling at a particular moment and how another person may be feeling, even if I can’t articulate it. As a result, throughout the course of my life, I’ve picked …
Why We Need Other People
My idea of an ideal evening? Good food, good friends, and good conversation. I’ve noticed that I feel most myself and most energized in these settings. There’s a reason for that – and it’s not just because I’m an extrovert on the Myers-Briggs! I’ve had conversations with clients and friends–who are introverted–about our longing as …
Living Life to the Full (Anxiety Not Withstanding)
My original idea for this blog post was to talk about how one can thrive and live life to the fullest even in the midst of anxiety. I wanted to provide practical tips and tools for those who struggle with anxiety to use in everyday life to increase their enjoyment of life. I’m realizing that, …
How to Stay Informed Without Losing Your Mind
For the past couple of years, I’ve had several clients present with a common cause of anxiety: the news. It’s not surprising that, given our polarized political climate, when we open the News app on our phones, we see conflict and bickering among those in power. It’s also not surprising that, given the trend of …
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Chances are you’ve heard about Seasonal Affective Disorder (or SAD) – the period of depression that some people tend to experience just after Christmas and that seems to linger until spring. Maybe you’ve even diagnosed yourself with it or attributed someone’s bad mood to it! But what is it exactly? And have we been using …
Out-of-the-Box Ideas for Self-Care
Self-care…we’ve heard of it, we know we should do it, but sometimes it can be so dang hard to implement! Why is that? If you’re anything like me, then you tend to practice self-care at one of two times: 1) on that extremely random and rare day when you have nothing else going on (like, …
Vitality
Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that you are encouraged about the year ahead! I know that I am! Exciting things are happening at Abundant Life Counseling St. Louis! Our first PICK group is launching this month, and I’m so excited about the folks who are joining us! I’m …
Setting Intentions for the New Year
I gave up setting New Year’s resolutions a long time ago.They were never really that great (mostly about changing some aspect of my body rather than self-acceptance and appreciating the healthy body I’ve already got), I never really stuck to them (I’m not sure any diet I ever tried made it past January), and I …
Tips for Surviving Holiday Blues
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! But what if it isn’t? Many folks find themselves with a case of the blues during the holiday season for a variety of reasons. It can serve as a reminder of grief, for those who sat around our Christmas tree last year, but are no longer with …