Middle Tennessee Counseling
  • For Clients
    • Counseling with Samuel
    • Counseling with Charla
    • Life Coaching with Stephanie
    • How to Find a Good Therapist
  • Our Services
    • Individual Counseling
    • Couples Counseling
    • Coaching, Retreats, & Self-Directed Work
    • Clinical Supervision
    • Join Our Team
  • Resources
    • Vocational Retreats
    • The Listening Room
    • Plant Sequoias Newsletter
    • Recommended Reading
    • 15 Day Relationship Challenge
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact

Theory

Life Process Quotes Theory

Laundry List of Adult Children of Alcoholics

You don’t have to have parents who were alcoholics to develop any (or a lot) of these characteristics. All of us grow up in homes with imperfect parents. We develop coping mechanisms from growing up in these sometimes “crazy” family systems. Many of these coping mechanisms are listed below. If Read more…

By Samuel Rainey, 3 years ago
Communication Couples Life Process Organizations Parenting Theory

Just One Step

I often get the question, “what can I do to change my relationship with wife/friend/co-worker?” (This usually means – “how can I change the other person?”) The answer to the first question is really simple: Just take one step. One small act of kindness. One gift of a compliment. One Read more…

By Samuel Rainey, 4 years ago
Communication Couples Theory

Two Words That Don’t Belong in Marriage

On average, women speak around 25,000 words per day. Men clock in at around 10,000 words per day on average. This is pretty fascinating in and of itself, and is great knowledge to have as you and yours navigate communication. Regardless if this is true of you and yours or Read more…

By Samuel Rainey, 9 years ago
Communication Couples Life Process Parenting Quotes Theory

A Year Ago on 5 Minute Sherpa

March, 2012 Seeing the Real You It’s human nature to care what others think of us, but this nature can get us into trouble. If you care what others think, more than you think you ought to, then it’s a good chance you don’t know you. When we come to Read more…

By Samuel Rainey, 9 years ago
Communication Couples Life Process Parenting Quotes Theory

2012 Most Read/Shared Posts

One of my goals for 2012 was to write more. Beyond writing weekly for the online publication Start Marriage Right, I was able to share some thoughts and writings here on my counseling site. Below are the top 5 shared and viewed posts from the past year. Stop Trying to Read more…

By Samuel Rainey, 9 years ago
Life Process Theory

Beyond the Seen

http://youtu.be/0D-LsS4MuZk We’re all trying to make it in a grown up world. We’re all Tom Hanks’ character in the movie “Big.” Nothing more than a boy stuck inside a 30, 40, or 50 year olds body. It’s time to grow up. It’s time to stop living life as though it’s Read more…

By Samuel Rainey, 10 years ago
Communication Couples Life Process Parenting Quotes Theory

First Half Reading

One of my goals this year is to read more books. Of the dozen-plus books I’ve read so far, here are four that I suggest everyone read: Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction A dad reflects on his son’s addiction to drugs (meth). As a parent, this Read more…

By Samuel Rainey, 10 years ago
Life Process Quotes Theory

Excuses, The Human Condition, and Truth

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.” ― Flannery O’ Connor  On my way in to the office this morning, I heard a report from the Sandusky sex-abuse trail that a psychologist has deemed Jerry Sandusky as having a personality disorder. I believe they are Read more…

By Samuel Rainey, 10 years ago
Communication Couples Life Process Parenting Quotes Theory

New Writing Venture

It’s been a couple of weeks since I last posted here, and I wanted to give a link to a new writing venture that I’ve undertaken. I’ll still be posting here, but I will be focusing my writing on relationships at Start Marriage Right. Thanks for stopping by.

By Samuel Rainey, 10 years ago
Life Process Theory

The Sexual Commodity of Beauty

The rise of self-promotion and narcissistic endeavors is ever growing. The public sharing of ones life is the modern day equivalent to having access to 500 million pen pals. We have less and less face-to-face interactions with people due to the popularity of twitter, facebook, and texting. And in this Read more…

By Samuel Rainey, 10 years ago

Posts navigation

1 2 Next
  • About Us
  • Join Our Team
  • Contact
  • Finding a Good Therapist
Individual, Marriage, and Family Counseling and Coaching for Nashville and the surrounding areas. If you're experiencing a clinical emergency and need immediate help, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255 ‍Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741