Chelsey Fjeldheim, Author at Courage Speaks Counseling

Retreat coming soon!

January 24, 2022

A new retreat, “The Unfolding,” offers a 3-day, 2-night reunion with yourself. This immersive experience is designed to help participants reconnect with their true selves, fostering healing and growth in a nurturing environment.

Love and the Therapeutic Relationship

October 6, 2021

Clients often wonder if it’s okay to express love toward their therapist. The therapeutic relationship can evoke deep feelings, and navigating these emotions with respect and openness leads to healing. Trusting these feelings enhances the connection and emotional growth in therapy.

Live from a place where your choices and actions are driven by you

Why is it always about your childhood?

June 30, 2021

From where you are now you may be able to look back on the troubling events from your past and have an understanding, a logical

Understanding triggers

June 6, 2021

When something happens that the brain decides is unsafe it stores every aspect of the memory—images, smells, tastes, touch, sounds, thoughts, body sensations etc. Should

When therapy doesn’t work out

June 2, 2021

It is far too frequent that I hear about how unhelpful peoples therapy experiences have been. Here are a few tips for having a better

Am I messed up enough for this?

March 24, 2021

What many clients feel when starting therapy: “I don’t know if I am messed up enough to be here.” “I haven’t had anything really that

Why Aren’t We Awesomer?

March 17, 2021

I was recently reminded of a TEDx Talks done by Michael Neill years ago. The title is “Why Aren’t We Awesomer?” This is a video

Group Therapy

February 24, 2021

We will be looking at your present life through the lens of your childhood. We will be doing experiential exercises including Hypnosis, Tapping, EMDR, and

Conscious Connections

October 8, 2020

After working as a therapist for over 5 years I have noticed some very ineffective and inefficient things happening. I, also, have a very simple

You can’t make other people happy

September 9, 2020

You can’t make other people happy.
If they aren’t happy it’s because of something within themselves. If you aren’t happy it is because of something inside of you. Maybe you have had negative experiences that have created beliefs about yourself or the world that then make you feel unhappy. Maybe you are drawn to do something that no one else supports you in so you don’t do it. Maybe you don’t feel like you have the power to make your own choices and so you feel stuck in a life you don’t want. Maybe you’re scared of failing so you don’t try.