Blogs

What is Child Therapy and What to ExpectSeparation anxiety, tantrums, moodiness and defiant behaviors are all typical developmental challenges that nearly all children experience at certain points during childhood and adolescence.  These same behaviors can also be...

Trauma and How to Treat ItWhat is trauma? Trauma has many names, can take many forms, and is no respecter of persons. At a surface level, trauma looks like the child who is afraid to go to sleep at night because of having nightmares about the “bad man who hurt me” or...

A Conversation with LaShelle Hill, Texarkana Therapist for Chenal Family Therapy By: Rachel Pinto, MS, LPC I recently had the opportunity to talk with LaShelle Hill, LPC, who is a counselor at our Texarkana clinic. I completely admire LaShelle’s kind, empathic, and...

A Conversation with Texarkana Therapist and Clinical Director, Sarah Umphries By: Rachel Pinto, MS, LPCHere at Chenal Family Therapy, we are most interested in hiring employees who are dynamic personalities and who are uniquely invested in the work they will do for...

4 Signs You May Need Couple's Counseling By: Sarah Umphries, LPE-IOften couples come to Chenal Family Therapy PLC seeking counseling as a last ditch effort to save their relationship.  By this time they have been through months, if not years, of off-and-on conflict,...

5 Communication Techniques to Help Your Marriage By: Dr. Gail Lane, LPC, LMFTConnection.  Alignment. Being in tune with one another.  Feeling the love. Stars aligning. Flow. Jeehawing (as my grandmother puts it).  Whatever you call it, it can sometimes be hard to get...

Four Reasons You Should Never Ignore Your Grief By: Rachel Pinto, MS, LPCThe truth that we all know, and that we all hate, is this: grief is a part of life. By adulthood, nearly 75% of the population of the United States has experienced what those of us in the...