Stories

Brittany’s Story

"My life leading up to scheduling my first appointment with Insight Counseling was pretty strained. It was not my first time in counseling—I had been in counseling for maybe two years prior to that, but I wasn't receiving what I needed. I had to take a break from work, consulting, training, and the business as a whole. Everything just had to be put on hold, which caused me a lot of mental distress. I needed help managing all of that."
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Vesper’s Story

"It was 2020, to say the least, and life was very confusing. I was having way more alone time than I had ever had, really, so I was having a lot of ruminating thoughts that were kind of eating me up. I needed help, but the major reason I decided to find a therapist was due to having a lot of questions attached to my gender, or lack thereof, really, as well as a few other things. Finding out that Insight Counseling has an income-based fee scale was a game changer for me."
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Chelsea’s Story

"At the time, I had been looking for a new therapist. I tried doing things on my own for a little bit, which went okay, and then I started really struggling again. I was looking up therapists in the area, and that's when I came across Insight. I thought, 'Okay, this will be good.' I really liked the Christian aspect of the counseling because that helped, being a Christian myself. I know that in the church, there's a lot of stigma about mental health, so it really helped that I was able to talk about that with the therapist."
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Brandy’s Story

"I personally have dealt with a lot of high stress at work and then experienced some changes in my personal life. I was having trouble identifying my emotions, regulating my emotions, and really setting healthy boundaries for myself. I really wasn't sure where to start, but I had two prior positive experiences with counseling, and I thought, you know, that is at least a starting place. That led me to reach back out."
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Brandon’s Story

"I had moved, I had just gotten married, and I had just started two new jobs, two part-time jobs. There was just a lot of change in my life in a really short period of time. Working in a church like that, I would kind of consider it very much a helping profession. So, you know, focusing on other people and pouring into people, I was having some stress and anxiety about dealing with that chaos, and I needed a space to kind of speak that and breathe."
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What does success in therapy look like?

A client experiencing emotional dysregulation due to life transitions seeks help. Struggling with anger, sadness, and fear, the client feels stuck between responsibilities at home and dissatisfaction at work. Through compassionate dialogue, they discover alternative coping strategies and resources, enabling them to explore new paths forward.
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Cassie’s Story

"Two years ago, from the outside, my life looked absolutely incredible. But behind it all, I was suffering a lot. All of a sudden, my life shattered in one night. I was being emotionally abused, and I thought that God could help him and save him, and that therapy could save him and help him, and that I could ultimately help this man stop being abusive."
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Tiffany’s Story

"Before I started counseling, I had a history with depression since childhood, and I had also kind of been in this cycle of having mental breakdowns. I was recently married and had a baby, and so that was really challenging for me. Having a husband and a child, you really can't go into that shell anymore, and I think just the pressure of having that responsibility caused the breakdowns to happen more frequently. So, I decided it's time to get some help, and I looked into counseling and found Insight."
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Mary’s Story

"I was 31 when I attempted suicide, twice. I didn't plan it, and I didn't understand what was happening in that moment. I just knew I wanted that pain and that hurt to just stop, to feel some relief and some peace. And thankfully, God sent small interruptions to snap me out of it. And the next morning, I went to work. But it wasn't until I was in a meeting, crying in a corner, that I thought, 'Help is not negotiable.' And within a week, I was working with an incredible therapist who started this recovery process by addressing my nature and my nurture."
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Leslie’s Story

My marriage of 27 years was collapsing. My husband and I could no longer communicate, and a good close friend of mine told me about Insight. I felt really inspired, touched by the Holy Spirit, to give it a try. I felt emotionally paralyzed and very stuck dealing with the problems in our marriage, which led to incredible frustration. Dealing with it on our own only made the situation worse.
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Kayla’s Story

"I was drinking a lot, but not like alcoholic levels. It was manageable, of course, just when I went out, I didn't know my limit. I would always pass my limit. So pretty reckless. My partners were not good partners. And yeah, I didn't really have a relationship with my mom."
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Tayllor’s Story

"I am 100% on the therapy and counseling training. I think that anyone can benefit from counseling, no matter what life stage you're in. If you have family issues or if you have issues with transition, I think having someone in your life who you can speak to, someone who's an advocate for you, who is on your team and has your best interest at heart but has zero connection to the people around you, is something that is incredibly special and helpful and healing."
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Katie’s Story

"I’d been a single mom for 12 years, and as a single mom, I really put everyone, including my child, first in my life. Without having a significant other to share everyday stress and life challenges, life can kind of weigh on you. I was self-employed and uninsured, and I didn't think that therapy was a luxury that I could afford."
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Denise’s Story

"I had been stuck for a few years in some thinking patterns and feeling some regret about certain life choices I had made. Honestly, that poem that talks about 'hope deferred,' oh my gosh, I felt like I was at the bottom of the barrel, just about, with feeling hope, so almost hopeless. I was going day-to-day, you know, still operating, doing what I needed to do, but the light wasn't really on."
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Holly’s Story

"I didn't realize until I was in my early 20s the dysfunction of my family and what effect it had on me growing up. Anxiety started to really build, and I began to understand what it was as it was creeping in. It started to affect my relationships with family and friends, as well as my more intimate relationships."
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Jake’s Story

"For a lot of my life, my battle was learning how to deal with my own inner demons. When you mix drugs, alcohol, and unhealthy fellowship, you have a really negative cocktail. It was unhealthy relationships, drugs, alcohol, and isolation. What I was lacking was the importance of fellowship."
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Carolyn’s Story

"I've always been a pretty high-stress, high-anxiety person. I feel a lot of pressure to be doing things constantly. There's a lot of demand, and there's not a lot of structure in my life. I felt like I needed help, having some extra outlets to be able to express those frustrations and be able to make them into something constructive."
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What does success in therapy look like?

A new perspective that freed him from depression and negative thinking by Dr. Dwight Hughes, LMFT I'll pull from a recent story. This is a pastor who came about 8 weeks ago, and his presenting issue was depression. Of course, he wasn't sure that he was depressed; his wife sent him, and he came willingly. By the 8th session, he comes in, and not only does he come in, but he brings his wife along with him. I saw them…

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The Integration Podcast Sponsored by Insight Counseling Centers

Insight Counseling Centers is proud to sponsor The Integration Podcast, a place to discuss difficult but relevant topics, where issues of spirituality, psychology, the arts, and society all intersect. The Integration Podcast is hosted by Hannah Feliciano and Eric Schaefer. The inaugural episode features an interview with therapists Carol Smith and Dwight Hughes on the topic of spiritually-integrative mental health counseling. Listen to the episode above, and find more information at theintegrationpodcast.com. You can also listen and subscribe to The…

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Ashley’s Story

"Before counseling, I was in a really unhappy place. I had moved to Nashville from Clarksville, so it was a pretty easy move. I was amazed at how downtrodden I became after coming here to Nashville. I developed poor relationships with people and partners. I think it was just one of those times of life where all the weight of what's been going on, up to that point, just came crashing down."
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Maggie’s Story

"The nonprofit that I worked for when I moved up here, the program that I was participating in, they actually provided us with an option to go to therapy for a discounted rate, which was seriously an answer to my prayer. Growing up, being in my 20s, it's like for me, I just don't have parents who I can call and say, 'Hey, how do I fix this flat tire on my car? Or do I say yes to this job? Do I go to grad school?' All this stuff just floating around and all these decisions that I felt like I was supposed to know."
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Bernie’s Story

"I have had a long-standing, very difficult relationship with my daughter. Being codependent, you sort of divide yourself, and I really began to see that I was dividing myself, my time, my thoughts between my daughter and my husband."
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Holding Hope

One client, Beth, came to Insight Counseling Centers referred by a good friend who saw that she was struggling with depression. Beth had been on medication that seemed to no longer be working. Her history with depression included suicide attempts many years earlier while experiencing post-partum depression after the birth of her first child.
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