by Sonder Counseling | Oct 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
By: Kelsey Wooten, LPC I live in the St. Louis area, and have seen someone’s t-shirt read “I have OCD obsessive cardinals disorder.” This is just one example of how a serious mental illness is used in a joking manner. Other examples include: “I’m so OCD”...
by Sonder Counseling | Sep 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
By: Kelsey Wooten, LPC On a recent road trip I listened to “Crying in H Mart” by Michelle Zauer. I highly recommend this book, and even more so the audio version. To hear the Zauner’s voice makes the story all the more personal, and you get to hear the correct...
by Sonder Counseling | Sep 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
By: Kelsey Wooten, LPC Labor day is the unofficial end of summer, and is usually spent soaking up the sun at the pool or on a patio eating a hot dog – but why does the holiday exist? On June 28, 1894 Labor Day was signed into law during the industrial revolution...
by Sonder Counseling | Aug 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
By: Kelsey Wooten, LPC Growing up we had a cat named Bailey – he is a constant in my childhood memories. A memory that sticks with me is that every year on Christmas morning as we unwrapped gifts we would throw the wrapping paper in the middle of the room and...
by Sonder Counseling | Jul 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
By: Kelsey Wooten, LPC Back before social media ruled our world, the news was broadcasted on the radio, printed in newspapers, or people tuned into the morning or evening news. Unless it was “breaking news”, we had time off from the consumption of information. For...
by Sonder Counseling | Jul 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
By: Kelsey Wooten, LPC Have you ever heard someone say “try putting yourself in their shoes” when trying to understand how someone is feeling or why they did something? They are referring to empathy. What is empathy? The definition from oxford dictionary is “the...
