by Roger Jones | Jun 1, 2021 | WGA Blog
Just a few weeks ago, we received the news that WGA’s Office Manager, Nancy Dryden, would be leaving our staff. We are sad to see her go! Nancy has been a huge asset to our team for the past 20 years. Plus, she has become a really close friend over that time. We will...
by Roger Jones | May 11, 2021 | WGA Blog
In my last blog, I introduced the topic of contempt and how we can use it to cope with painful experiences. We do this by either placing the focus of our anger onto ourselves (self-contempt) or by placing it onto others through the symbols they represent. I shared...
by Roger Jones | Apr 13, 2021 | WGA Blog
If you’ve been reading our articles for any length of time, you have probably noticed some references to Dan Allender and his book The Wounded Heart. WGA periodically offers a specialized focus group for those dealing with the effects of abuse called Survivors of...
by Roger Jones | Mar 15, 2021 | Addiction, WGA Blog
It is fairly simple to make some changes in our lives. We do it every day. We change jobs or get a new car or move to a new home. Maybe we enter a new relationship. These can be significant changes that may or may not be easy, but we make them anyway. Then there are...
by Roger Jones | Feb 16, 2021 | Addiction, WGA Blog
In my last article, I opened up the topic of Coping Mechanisms and talked about some of the ways we cope with stress and just life in general in negative ways. I posed a number of questions to help you to analyze the behaviors that you are coping with and cast a...
