How a Spiritual Life Map Can Help You Find Meaning in Your Pain

There are no sufficient answers to the problem of suffering that anyone would find comfort in. when going through suffering, the emotional turmoil is at times enough to throw us off balance. For most Christians, the struggle is not only to make meaning of the situation but also to see God and his power in their lives. Therefore responses such as; falling off from faith, discouragement, and becoming nonaligned in religious matters are common while non-coping to others is common. The reason for such occurrences is the failure to look back and see how God has worked out difficult situations in our lives over the past. An integrative therapeutic tool titled ‘spiritual life map’ can serve to bring out a comprehensive analysis of significant events in our lives helping while…
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Rebuilding Self-Esteem After Trauma: Overcoming Learned Helplessness

On various occasions, everyone experiences some sense of control in their life; where they can run and keep things the way they want them. However, repeated negative encounters such as; childhood trauma, job layoffs, loss of family members, illnesses unemployment, victimization, etc. can generate an automatic negative response which deprives an individual of the supposed power leading to helplessness. Learned helplessness is a behavior that is engaged in by people when they encounter a difficult situation and they learn to see it as their way of life without control over it.The crucial matter is dependent on how individuals interpret the events rather than the occurrence of the events. Typically, the interpretation of the negative events can predict the future for most people in statements such as; it will never be…
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Understanding the Profile of a Batterer: What You Need to Know

Violence and abuse are in most cases the common habits that some people use to gain control over others. Burgeoning research has shown that 80% of human beings have once in their lifetime encountered relationships with a batterer; a significant other, or a partner. To live with such a person is psychologically exhausting and dangerous as victims end up dead or develop mental disorders. A profile of the batterer is filled with unpleasant events of the past, and present which have not been resolved for a long time. Some of the psychological reasons given for the behavior are; witnessing abuse as a child, pathological jealousy of others, negative competition, poor socioeconomic status, and low level of education. The usual cycle of abuse begins with tension building; most victims over time…
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The Importance of Scripture in Hearing God the Father’s Voice as Your Counselor

The Importance of Scripture in Hearing God the Father’s Voice as Your Counselor

It is an incredible occasion to explore the wonderful attribute of God the Father as a counselor in our lives. More often than not for some of us, we triflingly touch on this truth, yet graciously and consistently it runs in our lives. An important reference is the nature of the goodness of God in his sovereignty; it is abounding for all the believer and nonbeliever. You may have heard such statements on various times such as; I don’t know much about God but on this one He showed up,  my intuition can be so correct in dangerous situations, How do I know that I know my gut? Or my Spirit? and so on God the father cognizes the human soul or psyche; firstly as the creator and secondly as…
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Volunteer work

we focus on giving back to the community through volunteering our services to the disadvantaged and vulnerable. We work with established children’s homes to provide a two day empowerment seminars, individual, counseling and donations, volunteer to public hospitals, prisons, juvenile prisons, and rural areas for counseling For you to join this group you must have a training from shoulder to shoulder counseling center. The volunteer services take place twice in a year Contact our offices for more information
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What we offer

our areas of specialization in helping and counseling are in the following individual growth, college and high school students with concerns related to anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem. personal, Relationship Issues, Anxiety or Fears, Borderline Personality, Chronic Impulsivity, Chronic Pain or Illness, Depression, Emotional Disturbance, Entitlement, Loss or Grief, Self Esteem, Trauma and PTSD
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Opening Statement

The shoulder to shoulder counseling center offers Christian and professional counseling since 2012. The counseling services are facilitated by fully trained certified professional counselors registered with the national bodies of counseling in Kenya. We aim to help and support all clients who come to us to cope and effectively deal with life challenges and difficult situations that they may encounter in life. All our professional counselors and consultants emphasize psychological frameworks, competence in counseling skills / techniques and continued supervision and training.
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