Empower Counseling PLLC

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📍Augusta, GA + Boise, ID
👉🏼 Therapy that supports children, teens, adults, and couples feel heard, supported, and ready to thrive.

✨ You don’t have to navigate life’s challenges alone.

06/04/2026

People-watching with a therapist is all fun and games until she starts making you consider context, compassion, and everyone’s emotional capacity.

06/02/2026

This part stopped me.

When a teen is overwhelmed, self-harming, panicking, shutting down, or falling apart, most parents naturally want to fix it. We want to say the right thing. Give the right advice. Distract them. Get them out of the house. Make the pain stop.

But Serenity shares something so important in this episode: sometimes what helped most was not someone giving advice. It was someone sitting with her. Letting her cry. Letting her feel it. Not trying to drag her out of the moment too fast, but also not leaving her alone in it.

That is hard for a parent. It feels scary. But this conversation gives such a helpful window into what a struggling teen may actually need.

This episode of The Empower Hour with April and Serenity is now out.

Content note: This episode includes discussion of teen drug use, self-harm, suicidal ideation, su***de attempt, and psychiatric treatment. If you or someone you love is in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. In the U.S., call or text 988 for the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline.

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06/01/2026

Some conversations are hard to have, but they can also be the ones that help another parent feel less alone.

In this special episode of The Empower Hour, April sits down with her 19-year-old daughter, Serenity, for a deeply honest conversation about teen mental health, drug use, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, treatment, and hope.

Serenity shares what it felt like from the inside, what she wishes parents understood, and what helped her keep going when things felt really dark.

For the parent who is scared, confused, or wondering what they might be missing, this episode is tender, honest, and important.

The episode is now out on The Empower Hour.

Content note: This episode includes discussion of teen drug use, self-harm, suicidal ideation, su***de attempt, and psychiatric treatment. If you or someone you love is in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. In the U.S., call or text 988 for the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline.

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Tomorrow’s Empower Hour is a really special one.April sits down with her 19-year-old daughter, Serenity, for a deeply ho...
05/31/2026

Tomorrow’s Empower Hour is a really special one.

April sits down with her 19-year-old daughter, Serenity, for a deeply honest conversation about suicidal ideation, self-harm, drug use, and what it looked like to walk through a season April never saw coming, even as a counselor.

It is personal. It is vulnerable. And it is shared with so much care.

This episode is especially for parents who think, “I would know if my child was struggling.”

Sometimes you don’t.
And that does not make you a bad parent.
It means you’re human, and kids can hide pain really well.

Serenity is now on the other side of that season, and she and April are sharing this story in hopes that it helps even one family feel less alone.

New episode tomorrow. Please listen with care.

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05/28/2026

The most inconvenient time for self-awareness to show up is right after you finally get comfortable in bed. 😬😂

One minute you’re trying to go to sleep like a normal person. The next minute your brain is reviewing every piece of advice you gave today and quietly asking, “So are we doing any of that ourselves?”

For the record, therapists are human too. They can talk about rest, boundaries, hydration, coping skills, and self-care, and still end the day staring at the ceiling like, “Interesting. Anyway.”

Sometimes the helper also needs the reminder!

05/27/2026

There is nothing more humbling than trying to tell your therapist friend something “respectfully” and realizing she can hear the judgment before you even finish the sentence!

You came in with a story. You had your defense ready.

“I’m not judging, but…”

And then she hits you with the calmest, most inconvenient truth possible.

“You are.”

Sometimes friendship is having someone who loves you enough to call out the difference between concern and commentary. And sometimes you just need to admit, “Fine. I am judging, but with concern.”

05/27/2026

There is nothing more humbling than trying to casually tell your therapist friend about the questionable decision you’re about to make and realizing she already knows you know better. 😫😂

You came in for a little enabling. Possibly even a “do what makes you happy.”

Instead, you got the face.

Not judgment. Not a lecture. Just the silent, deeply inconvenient reminder that you are, in fact, responsible for your own choices!

The worst part? She didn’t even have to say anything!

Follow Empower Counseling for more painfully accurate moments that call us out a little too well! 😂

05/25/2026

Nobody tells stepmoms this enough: love in a blended family may not feel instant, and that does not mean you are failing.

In today’s episode of The Empower Hour, Jessica Koptis of talks about the pressure women feel to immediately love their stepkids the exact same way they love their biological children. But families are not copy and paste. Every home, every child, every history, and every bond is different.

Sometimes love grows like a plant. It has to be watered. It has to be nurtured. It needs time, patience, consistency, and honesty.

Jessica also shares about her guide, The Glue, for women who are done carrying everyone else’s emotions.

Listen to the full episode of The Empower Hour on all major podcast platforms. And if this conversation helps you, please share it with a friend, follow the show, and leave us a review. It helps more people find these conversations.

05/25/2026

To every Gold Star family carrying the weight of Memorial Day: you do not have to make your grief look brave for anyone.

Some days bring more than one feeling at a time. Pride and heartbreak. Gratitude and anger. Tears and laughter. Silence and stories. That does not mean you are grieving wrong. It means you loved someone deeply, and that love still has a place in your life.

You are allowed to say their name. You are allowed to tell the same story again. You are allowed to leave the room, skip the event, cry at the table, laugh at a memory, or sit quietly and say nothing at all.

Grief does not always look soft. Honor does not always look public. Remembrance does not have to be polished.

This Memorial Day, we remember those who gave their lives in service to our country, and we hold space for the families who still carry their love every day.

05/22/2026

You know that moment when someone says or does something and your whole brain goes, “Ohhh. Okay. That’s who we are.”?!

It doesn’t even have to be some huge dramatic scene. Sometimes it’s the way they talk about someone who isn’t in the room. Sometimes it’s how they act when they don’t get their way. Sometimes it’s how fast they turn cold when you stop being useful to them.

And once you see it, you can’t really unsee it.

So naturally, we need the stories.

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1223 West Augusta Parkway Ste 1
Augusta, GA
30909

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+12082688454

Website

https://gbj.com/augusta/health-medical/empower-counseling-pllc, http://www.empowe

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