What Is a Faith Transition and Why Is It So Hard?
If you’ve recently found yourself questioning beliefs you’ve held your entire life, you may be going through one of the most disorienting experiences a person can face. It doesn’t have a lot of public language around it. Your friends might not understand it. Your family might be frightened by it. And you might not even […]
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) in St. George, Utah
Hope and Healing Are Possible Accelerated Resolution Therapy, often called ART, is an evidence-based therapy that helps people heal from trauma, anxiety, and emotional pain in a direct and compassionate way. Many clients are surprised by how quickly meaningful change can happen. Old memories lose their emotional charge, the body calms, and life begins to […]
Elevated Counseling and Wellness in St. George Utah
In April of 2022, I transitioned into a group practice setting in new offices and I’m so excited. New space and new offerings with great people, I’ve created Elevated Counseling and Wellness and we’re already up and running I’m just doing a blog post about it now on this page. Elevated Counseling and Wellness is […]
Breath Work: Balancing Your Nervous System
Breathing is a vital part of life and a fundamental aspect of physical and mental health. Feeling fried emotionally or do you find you are edgy and irritable much of the time? I encourage many of my clients to engage in a practice of breath work to setup their body and mind for balance and […]
How Your Nervous System Responds To Trauma
The Process in Your Brain You react to threat in micro-seconds, processes within the brain unconsciously activates rapidly in a pattern to protect you in a moment of cerebral overwhelm. Our brains are each hardwired to protect us from harm. We generally move into fight, flee, or freeze states. It’s at these moments when we […]
Understanding The Conceptualization of the Self
The Ego Alan Watts, a philosopher and thinker gave a speech some time ago about the false idea of who we are. What he said in his speech was pretty rich in some ways yet also profound as you think about who you are, what do do, and how complicated yet beautiful life can be. Alan […]
3 Steps To ‘Fair Fighting’
All couples at one time or another will find themselves in arguments and at times “fighting”. Yes, even the healthiest couples do have conflict and verbal battles from time to time, the question is about whether or not their combative moments are in fact healthy or not. It’s important to note that couples that don’t […]
Self Esteem: Understanding Your Worth and Value
Let’s face it much of our early childhood development is impacted by the way others love, listen, and interact with us. Most of us learn early on in our development to consider what other people say, to listen and then make decisions based on their facial expressions, words, and actions … here’s the problem … […]
How Do I Build Confidence in Myself?
By Justin Stum, LMFT | Licensed Counselor & Therapist How Do I Build Confidence in Myself? Confidence is one of those things that a lot of people assume you either have or you don’t, like it’s some personality trait you were born with. In my 23 years of working with people as a therapist in […]
Breaking Bad Habits : Step by Step
So if you’re like most people you have habits, likely lots of them. We are creatures of habit is the old saying. We are habitual because our brains, not our core selves, are in fact wired to be habitual. Let me explain, have you ever wanted to sit in the same area of a classroom […]