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Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Aug 25, 20213 min read
Feel All the Feels – Then Resolve to Do what is Right Anyway
Emotions are God-given. They can provide critical pieces of information unavailable to your logical mind.
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Aug 18, 20213 min read
Gather the Troops
Make no mistake about it – divorce is war. Gather the troops, a.k.a. Prayer Warriors.
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Aug 11, 20212 min read
Honoring God During Divorce
You married until death do us part - Only to find yourself become a statistic. How to honor God in your divorce.
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Aug 4, 20212 min read
Impact of Trauma on Couples
Odds are at least one person in every couple has experienced trauma. Often, wounded people are drawn to other wounded people.
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Jul 28, 20212 min read
Marriage: The Dance of Addiction
Within the confines of marriage, addiction becomes a mistress of sorts and fragments the relationship.
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Jul 21, 20212 min read
Relational Issues
You are everywhere you go. You impact every interaction you have. You are the common denominator & that’s a good thing!
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Jul 14, 20212 min read
Conflict Resolution
Conflicts arise when selfish desires collide (see James 4:1-2), or as June Hunt (2013) says, “We assume that what we want is what we...
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Jul 7, 20212 min read
Why People Cheat
There are as many reasons why people cheat as there are people who cheat. However, there are trends, i.e., personal risk factors,...
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Jun 23, 20211 min read
Boundaries
Boundaries say “yes” as often as they say “no.”
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Jun 16, 20211 min read
Assertiveness
Assertiveness is not Aggressiveness
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Change Your Relationship by Changing Your Behavior
Behavior Modification to Improve Interpersonal Skills
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Jun 2, 20212 min read
Learned Helplessness
Moving past trauma and maladaptive coping strategies, like learned helplessness, into the future you want to create.
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
May 26, 20212 min read
Avoidance Coping Through Addiction
Stop Avoiding Your Reality – Create the Reality You Want.
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
May 19, 20212 min read
Avoidance Coping
Avoidance is a healthy response – until it isn’t.
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
May 8, 20212 min read
Maladaptive Coping Strategies
Moving past trauma and maladaptive coping strategies into the future you want to create.
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Apr 28, 20213 min read
How to Forgive Yourself
If we don’t forgive ourselves, we lower the bar each time we make an excuse and adapt our beliefs to our behavior.
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Apr 22, 20212 min read
How to Forgive Others
In my post What Is Forgiveness , the difference between emotional forgiveness and decisional forgiveness was addressed. Now, we move on...
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Apr 13, 20212 min read
What is Forgiveness?
What forgiveness is, how we forgive others, and how we forgive ourselves.
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Mar 24, 20212 min read
Infidelity and PTSD V
Infidelity and PTSD - Crippling Effects of Isolation Caused “Feelings of Detachment or Estrangement From Others.”
Angela Startz, MAHSC, CMCLC
Mar 16, 20212 min read
Infidelity and PTSD IV
PTSD symptoms in the faithful spouse.
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