by Ms. Christy | Aug 14, 2017
Acorn Counseling Education Services is committed to strengthening our community through education via our email list. One of our favorite ways to educate Denton, Corinth and the surrounding areas is to provide easy to understand, evidence based information about...
by Ms. Christy | Aug 10, 2017
Parents in the past have talked about tough talks without being clear. You know the obscure metaphor of the birds and the bees? I’ll bet you have examples right now of metaphors and obscure references adults used to teach you about important topics that still confuse...
by Ms. Christy | Aug 3, 2017
Mom waits nervously in the car. Today is the day she has been planning for ages: the day she has a tough talk with her child about the big family secret. They have a date set up and Mom has planned this out meticulously. She wonders if she has waited too long and how...
by Ms. Christy | Jul 31, 2017
We use negotiation for lots of obvious things–garage sales, jobs, buying large items like cars and homes. However, if you look closely, finding negotiations is easy: from divvying up chores, to where you will spend Christmas this year. This article describes...
by Laura Lanier | Jul 19, 2017
I hear it all the time: “I need to get my emotions under control!” or “How do I stop feeling this way?” At times, it may seem like if you could just control your emotions, most of your problems would be fixed! You try all kinds of methods for...
by Laura Lanier | Jul 11, 2017
How often do you find yourself on your smart phone, scrolling through Facebook or playing Candy Crush, with no memory of having picked it up or why you felt the need to be on it? Or how often do you realize, in the middle of driving to work, that you have no...
by Laura Lanier | Jun 26, 2017
Fun fact about counselors: We don’t want you to keep coming to us forever. Not that we don’t want to see you – ending a counseling relationship is as bittersweet for us as it is for our clients – but we don’t want you to need to see us....
by Ms. Christy | Jun 20, 2017
FREE CEU WORKSHOP AT ACORN COUNSELING WEDNESDAY JULY 26, 2017 11:00-12:30 1430 ROBINSON RD, #430 CORINTH, TX 76210 You are cordially invited to a free one-hour CEU workshop on a new technique for grief and trauma that doesn’t require the client to relive the stressor....
by Ms. Christy | Jun 19, 2017
Fidgets are all the rage and I’ve caught the bug. So I did what any professional play therapist does and I bought all the toys and played with them. For research, of course! Procedure Ok, if I’m a social scientist [and therapists are], I have to tell you the procedure...
by Laura Lanier | May 30, 2017
“You are what you eat.” I don’t know about you, but I’ve never considered myself to be a plate of chilaquiles and two scoops of ice cream. This old adage that the food you eat becomes you may seem far-fetched when stated so blatantly, but...
