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The Importance of Hobbies
One of the first questions you get asked when meeting someone new is “what do you like to do?” And if you are at all like me then at one point or another you have probably thought “Well, with what little free time I have, I enjoy sleeping. But I don’t think that’s the...
September: National Suicide Prevention Month
As we edge closer and closer towards fall, I wanted to take an intentional moment to name what this month is in the mental health community. September is National Suicide Prevention Month, with Suicide Prevention Day falling on Saturday, September 10th. This month...
What You Can Find in a Works Counseling Center Office
Therapy is a wonderful thing to utilize and can be such a safe experience, but starting therapy can be scary. Not only is looking for a therapist difficult, but the firsts can always be uncomfortable, no matter how good the thing we are starting can be. In this blog,...
5 Tips for Beginning Therapy
When starting your first therapy session you may be thinking “Where do I even begin?”. It can be nerve wrecking when you first start therapy because you may not know what to expect or how much you should share. Hopefully this list can give you some pointers and ease...
The Enneagram, Therapy, and You: Enneagram Eight
Hello! I am Shelby, a licensed professional counselor who loves all things enneagram, and works with clients at The Works Counseling Center located in Nashville, TN. How has your August been? This is a month that is often filled with transitions; going back to school,...
Holy Heartache
I was thinking about God Like, maybe She’s a painter--Imagine Her touching the brush To the tip of Her tongue, dragging it through blackberry morning Daubing globs of purple-black onto the edge of the sky Delighting in whimsy, chuckling that when we see sparkles We...