Met your Prince or Princess, had an epic wedding, and then had babies shortly after the second year of marriage. Happily ever after is more difficult to create than you ever dreamed, and not all families start in that traditional way. Whether your family is traditional, blended, large or small, in your heart you had hopes and dreams of how your family would play together and grow together.
You and your spouse feel like roommates trying to maintain the routine, rather than lovers and partners. Parenting is draining and difficult - your children seem out of control. Crying yourself to sleep at night wondering why your stepchildren hate you after all you do for them. Even your ex is driving you crazy.
You and your spouse feel like roommates trying to maintain the routine, rather than lovers and partners. Parenting is draining and difficult - your children seem out of control. Crying yourself to sleep at night wondering why your stepchildren hate you after all you do for them. Even your ex is driving you crazy.
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Michelle* was just a couple weeks post-partum and was standing at the kitchen sink full of dirty dishes, holding her son. Her elementary-aged daughter was sitting at the kitchen table huffing about doing her schoolwork, and her husband just arrived home from a 12-hour shift. She hadn't managed to get out of her pajamas from that morning, and her hair was in a messy bun.
At Abba's Heart Counseling, every clinician has their own family history or marriage story. We each know the hurt and pain of a broken family, but we also know the power of a healthy family. Our personal life experience is one of many reasons that drives our desire to counsel and heal families and marriages.
Next on the Jerry Springer Show: A woman claims she didn't have an affair but is pregnant. I know this sounds like it could have been an episode on the infamous talk show but, in reality, it is the birth story of Jesus Christ. Book after book in the Bible displays dysfunctional families throughout history.
Bang! Roar! yells 8-year-old Tommy* as the sand goes flying and the dinosaurs violently crash into each other. Tommy enthusiastically continues to explain the world he created in the sand tray with great gusto: The big dinosaurs are fighting over the little dinosaur. The little dinosaur is scared and buried himself in the sand.
Every parent is warned about the teen years, but even the best of warnings will not adequately prepare you or your teen when something goes awry. Every day they come home, go to their room, and shut the door. Repeatedly knocking to interact with them, they open the door with a huff and an eye-roll or a rude response.
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Lauren Usma
Jan 14, 2021
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