Insights from SCA Staff

Signs You Your Mental Health Is Being Affected by Covid

The Covid crisis is affecting everyone to a smaller and larger extent – here are some signs that the lockdown and global health crisis are affecting your mental health and you need to take measures to counter those effects: Your sleeping or eating patterns have...

Burnout in Ministry

Doug Feil, MS; licensed professional counselor; executive director What do you know about burnout? Many professional caregivers have experienced it to some degree, and people in ministry are particularly vulnerable. Let’s explore what it is, why ministry people are...

What If We Can’t Work It Out?

Joel MacFarland, LCSW; clinical staff member One priority at Southwest Counseling Associates is to help couples sustain their marriages through periods of distress. Too often, we hear of couples being told by a secular therapist that their problems cannot be solved...

Depression Causes and Treatment

Doug Feil, MS, LPC; Licensed Professional Counselor; Executive Director What Is Depression? Depression is a pervasive problem in our society. Surveys done by the NIH show that one in five Americans are clinically depressed at any moment in time. Depression is harmful...

Going to the Core of Anger Management and Getting Rid of Your Anger

A lot of anger management techniques focus strictly on coping with the anger and allowing it to flow away more softly rather than exploding in your face. That is a valid and helpful approach for the most part. However, if you really want to get rid of your anger, you...

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