Tools for Navigating Transitions in Your Family and Your Life

A blog for parents, families, and individuals going through life transitions

Should I Commit to Weekly Therapy? Yes, and Here Are 6 Reasons Why!

Are you standing at the crossroads of your journey, questioning whether weekly therapy sessions are worth the commitment and investment? We understand the uncertainty that lingers wondering if will therapy REALLY work?  As counselors, we believe in the service we provide! Why? Because we have seen people change and improve as they have the time and space to share their life’s journey uncensored with a professional.

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SO YOU’VE STARTED COUPLE’S THERAPY… NOW WHAT?

Some of the most common issues driving couples to seek couples therapy with us at Sparrow Counseling in Birmingham, AL are problems with communication, trust, intimacy, loss, and life transitions. When relationships experience stressors like these, planning romantic, fun trysts can seem overly complicated and frustratingly fragile, leading to yet another night of sitting side by side, surfing your phones. 

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I’m Over It: How Unprocessed Grief Can Harm Your Relationships

At Sparrow Counseling in Birmingham, AL we know grief can unknowingly live in the body for years. It takes work to go back to those hard memories and allow us to mourn those losses. In relationships, our core memories and experiences define how we see things. Because of this, unprocessed grief can lead to repeating coping skills that have been present for a long time like how we communicate, how we behave, and how emotionally available we are with others.

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Finding an Anxiety Therapist in Birmingham, AL

If you find yourself worrying about things you can’t control, second-guessing yourself and your decisions, feeling afraid about the future, being unable to complete tasks, feeling overwhelmed, and becoming physically ill, we would like to help you find someone to talk to.


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