Light Counseling Blog

By the Light Counseling clinical team. Clinical perspective from Zach Clinton, PhD, LPC. Partly, yes. Studies of twins, siblings, and adopted children suggest genes account for as much as half of a person’s risk of addiction, according to the National Institute on...

Why the Church Struggles to Talk About Pornography By the Light Counseling clinical team. Clinical perspective from Zach Clinton, PhD, LPC. Most churches will name pornography as a sin from the pulpit. Far fewer create a room where a person can admit they are stuck in...

Hooked vs. Addicted: When Does a Habit Cross the Line? By the Light Counseling clinical team. Clinical perspective from Zach Clinton, PhD, LPC. Being hooked on something and being addicted to it are not the same, and the difference matters more than most people...

The Root of Addiction By the Light Counseling clinical team. Clinical perspective from Zach Clinton, PhD, LPC. Almost no one dreams of ending up there. Nobody pictures themselves at the bar every night, or opening the same tab every night, or reaching for the same...

Are You in Love, or Addicted? By the Light Counseling clinical team. Clinical perspective from Zach Clinton, PhD, LPC. Love and addiction can feel like the same thing from the inside. Both are intoxicating. Both give you a high. So the intensity of the feeling won't...

By the Light Counseling clinical team. Clinical perspective from Zach Clinton, PhD, LPC. The most useful thing anyone ever said about breaking a bad habit is short: the way you overcome one is by finding something better to do. Jordan Peterson put it that way, and it...

“Count it all joy my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect that you may be perfect and complete lacking in nothing.” (James 1:2-4, ESV) Have you...

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” -2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV   Spring is finally here. One clear sign of this is the bulbs my husband and I planted last fall are starting to sprout through the dirt. Once the flowers start blooming in...

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12, ESV)   I was caught up in the...

Many adults reach a point where they begin to question long-standing patterns in their lives—feeling socially out of sync, overwhelmed by sensory input, or unsure why everyday tasks seem to require more effort than expected. You might find yourself asking: Why do...