by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | May 29, 2024 | Recovery, Therapy
I didn’t always get what I needed out of therapy. When I was in my twenties, I saw a Christian counselor who was not trauma-informed at all. Therefore, our sessions were a waste of time. It was not until I found Melissa, a licensed mental health counselor who...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Jan 3, 2024 | Stress, Pets, Stress Management, Therapy
My holiday break wasn’t as it normally is — a rest — because our dog Manny (a four-year-old English bulldog) got seriously ill and had to be hospitalized several times. He swallowed a ham bone a few days before Christmas, and it messed him up, big...