Jerry Kinard, DrPH, DHA

Birds win. #FlyEaglesFly

I'm rooting for Shedeur.

The Eagles' offense needs to bring the same energy that the defense has been bringing over the last couple of weeks.

Jahmyr Gibbs is a beast.

"Relating to oneself with self-compassion does not mean one
lowers standards for behavior; rather, one meets the changes needed for improvement with patience and gentleness instead of self-condemnation" (Neff, 2003).

"Embarking on the journey to become a counselor is an equally exciting and stress-provoking experience" (Coaston & Lawrence, 2019).

I just got approved for Internship II at Liberty University. One step closer to licensure.

When you understand what people value, you have a key to what motivates them" (Miller & Rollnick, 2023).

"Good listening is something you can practice almost anywhere" (Miller & Rollnick, 2023).

"It is deep empathic listening that matters, and it begins with a genuine desire to understand the person’s experience" (Miller & Rollnick, 2023).

"Conversely, children who receive unpredictable or negligent parental responses may develop an anxious attachment. A style characterized by a “clingy” posture towards the attachment figure, in an effort to maintain the caregiver’s attention (Beeney et al., 2017).

"Individuals with avoidant attachment often emotionally isolate in order to survive, and they develop a strong resistance to intimacy and do not rely on others to meet their emotional needs" (Compton & Schoeneberg, 2021).

"Children who are reared in an emotionally impoverished relationship with a parent may develop an avoidant attachment style, which often evolves into challenges with intimacy in adulthood" (Van Petegem et al., 2013).

"Empathy is a person’s ability to emotionally resonate with and communicate compassion, connection, and understanding of another person’s affective experience and lived reality (Bayne & Hays, 2017).

"A trauma clinician may be highly trained and competent in the most advanced trauma treatments, but without the professional dispositions and demeanor that facilitate a positive therapeutic alliance, those clinical skills will likely prove to be ineffective" (Compton & Schoeneberg, 2021).

"Across all types of presenting problems, clients who successfully complete treatment frequently describe their clinician as caring, respectful, understanding, and interested" (Luedke, Peluso, Diaz, Freund, & Baker, 2016).

My prayer for you today is that the same way that God gave David rest from all his enemies, may He provide you with rest from every enemy that comes against you. (See 2 Sam. 7:1)

Caseload is light today. I have only one client this morning.

"He keeps his promise a thousand times, and yet the next trial makes us doubt him."-Charles Spurgeon

"The best way to know is to listen" (Miller & Rollnick, 2023).

Contemplating pursuing the Juris Master's in Health Law at Liberty next year.

"When you don't know what to say, say nothing."-Dr. Dana Matthews

One of the differences I noticed between practicum and internship during faculty group supervision is that everyone thinks they are an expert counselor.

"Multiculturalism in trauma work does not mean
that we must cast aside our own cultural values, but, rather, we make space to honor both our
client’s culture in session as well as our culture outside of session" (Compton & Schoeneberg, 2020)

"Clinicians must remember that cultural conversations and cultural integration in trauma work begin with them" (Compton & Schoeneberg, 2020).

"Lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens report significantly
higher incidents of abuse, bullying, and victimization, and, consequently, they are five times more likely to experience suicidal ideation in comparison to their heterosexual peers"(Gibbs & Goldbach, 2015).

"Research consistently shows that men typically encounter up to four times more potentially traumatic events than do women within a lifetime, but, in comparison to men, women are twice as likely to develop PTSD" (Christiansen & Elklit, 2008).

“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—“ Galatians 3:13 ESV

“We all struggle with sin.” -Dan Allender

We are all broken. The pieces might not look the same. We are broken still. Christ alone can heal our broken pieces.