The Therapist's Invitation

Part two of our ongoing series this month about the steps of encouragement. This week Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin explore step number one: Validation.

Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin introduce a new way at looking at Encouragement through four steps: validation, affirmation, encouragement and edification. Join them as the lay the foundation for this series on encouragement.

Often times we will interact with a friend and not know what to say, or how to help, or if there is any hope for the situation. Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin talk on today's episode about how we can offer support in the midst of a hopeless situation.

Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin discuss several books that can be so helpful in the process of growth and learning! Join us!

Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin discuss the importance and definition of fellowship. Did you know that the brain doesn't fully develop unless it is in relationship with another person? Find out what it means to be in fellowship with others.

Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin talk about all of the organizations they have partnered with over the past few years. This episode highlights those partners: Mayfield Counseling Centers Education for a Lifetime Who Can Relate Alive to Thrive Storyteller Creative Safe2Tell Springs Mental Health Summit Dr. Leaf Perkins Motors Overdrive Raceway Praying for Superpowers

Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin share and discuss the importance of practicing presence and what that means.

Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin discuss why teenagers and young adults seem to be pursuing "insta-fame." Join this discussion about what fame is all about, and how we can fulfill the need that fame promises to fulfill and never does.

This week Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin discuss what it means to be living in a world that is constantly online. What we do online, stays online, even when we think it has been deleted, and so we believe we have to be more careful about what we are putting on social media platforms and how we communicate through online platforms. Join us!

Today Dr. Mayfield, Nancy Beers, Trever Shirin, and Rita Petersen discuss the value they have found in Equine Assisted Therapy. This episode was recorded at Prarie Springs Farm in Colorado Springs. If you would like more information please contact us at 719-452-4803 or email Candid@MayfieldCounseling.com

So which is better; homeschooling your child or sending them to a public school? Let's have a conversation about what homeschooling is, what public school is, and how we may be able to determine which is best for our children. Join us!

Roo is Planned Parenthood's new AI that answers kids questions about sex and their bodies. Join Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin as they discuss why they believe Roo exists.

Life changes can be positive or negative, and they always come with some amount of baggage. Join Dr. Mayfield, Stacey Hind, and Trever Shirin as they discuss what life changes are and how to prepare or react to them.

Why is counseling stigmatized? And why do we dislike the word "stigmatized" so much? Join Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin in this interesting conversation about why therapy is looked at the way it is today.

It can be really intimidating to talk about drugs, sex, bullying and all sorts of other topics with our kids. Let us encourage you this morning to start small, and have meaningful conversation that may be hard.

Who Can Relate is a suicide prevention curriculum developed by Education for a Lifetime and Mayfield Counseling Centers that focuses on three main questions: Who needs you, who loves you, and where do you find your value? We believe that if a student can answer those questions well they are low risk for suicide. Join us as we talk about this program!

What if we have been thinking about trauma in the wrong ways? What if we could have a better conversation about what trauma is and how it could be affecting our children? Join Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin as they discuss this very important topic.

We all have heard about meditation, whether it is through friends, family, pastors, or television and movies. So, what is meditation? Is it climbing up a mountain early in the morning to sit in silence for three hours before walking back down the mountain? Is it sitting in silence and trying not to think about anything? Dr. Mayfield and Trever Shirin discuss our misperceptions of meditation and so...

Dr. Mayfield is now under contract to write a new book concerning teen suicide and self-harm. We wanted to discuss it just a little bit on the show and keep you up to date on a new resource for parents of teens struggling with mental health. Check out Alive to Thrive: https://www.focusonthefamily.ca/content/alive-to-thrive-a-biblical-guide-to-preventing-teen-suicide.

2018 has been quite a year! There have been a lot of highs, and a lot of lows, and we are grateful that you have been with us through it all this year. We've so enjoyed interacting with you and discussing important topics around mental and emotional health and are looking forward to an amazing 2019!

Today we discuss whether or not we can choose to feel emotions or if we only feel what we feel because of the world around us. Join us for this important discussion about agency over our emotions.

Dr. Mayfield, Trever Shirin, and Shayne Stuart discuss Gary Chapman's "The Five Love Languages" and how it is a revolutionary tool for relationships and will change the way you interact with friends and family. I've you've already read his book and know a lot about the gifts there is still some solid information for you in this episode and we hope that you will join us.

Trying to find a meaningful gift for someone who means a lot to you? Feeling stuck and overwhelmed about what to get for someone? We hope that this episode of Candid will help you in that moment as we talk about what a good gift is, and how we can give meaningful gifts to people that we've had good conversations with.

Dr. Mayfield, Trever Shirin, and Stephanie Tinney talk about the importance of singleness and how to do it well, and how communities can support singleness better.

Dr. Mayfield, Dr. Bixler, and Trever Shirin discuss ADHD, the ins and outs of why it has become what it has become and how our perceptions of this disorder might be different than reality.