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Happy Pride Month!

Counseling Connect is gearing up for the month of June with their second annual drag show benefit in collaboration with Moon Hollow Brewing Company, Community Pride in Blacksburg, and the Downtown...

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Support the Mental Health Access Improvement Act

It is important that Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists are allowed to become approved providers for Medicare. Here is why this issue matters (from the...

You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Loved

Here is Obi, the therapy dog. He is not perfect. And he is loved. In a previous blog post, we talked about core beliefs and the consequences that negative self talk can have on your overall mood and...

Core Beliefs and How They Color Our Perception

We all see the world from our own unique perspective and the way we interpret events and situations has a lot to do with our core beliefs, the fundamental views and assumptions we make about...

Reviews about Rae Burgess

5/5 Rae has been most helpful during my time . I can feel a significant improvement in my mood most days and I feel I have better tools to manage my anxiety and depression. My confidence has increased...

Loneliness: A Sign That Your Social Needs Are Not Being Met

We, as human beings, need social connection in order to lead a physically and emotionally healthy lifestyle. As loneliness and isolation are becoming more common in our society, it is increasingly...

Seeking Safety: Help for Trauma and/or Addiction

At Counseling Connect, we draw from many modalities and always try to match interventions with the needs and goals of clients. Because we work frequently with people that have trauma and/or addiction...

Building Healthy Relationships

Building relationships is perhaps the most difficult and most necessary aspect of leading a fulfilled and balanced life. So many of us struggle to establish and maintain the supportive connections...

Diamonds in the Ruff: From Shelter to Service

As a provider of Animal Assisted Psychotherapy and advocate of human and animal wellness, Counseling Connect, PLLC is very excited about the creation of a new non-profit (503(c) organization, Diamonds...

The Pet Practitioner: The Basics of Animal Assisted Psychotherapy

The foundation of Animal Assisted Psychotherapy is the human-animal bond. This relationship has two levels; the first is the connection between the handler/counselor and the therapy animal, which...