Blue Chair Counseling

Blue Chair Counseling Blue Chair Counseling is a newly established counseling office located in Maryville, IL.

07/29/2026

🦌🌕The Buck Moon reminds us that growth isn’t always comfortable.

Just as a buck grows new antlers each summer, we all experience seasons of change that require patience, resilience, and trust in the process.

Healing often means letting go of old patterns, setting healthier boundaries, and making room for the person you’re becoming.

This evening, take a moment to look up at the moon and ask yourself:

✨ What have I outgrown?
✨ Where have I become stronger this year?
✨ What do I want to continue growing?

Growth isn’t about becoming someone new—it’s about becoming more fully yourself.

💙🪑Blue Chair Counseling
Healing begins with a conversation.

07/16/2026

🤖 Happy AI Appreciation Day!

Whether we realize it or not, most of us use AI in some way every day. It can help us brainstorm ideas, answer questions, stay organized, and even make it a little easier to ask for help.

At Blue Chair Counseling, we think AI is a great tool—but it’s just that…a tool.

It can’t notice the tears you’re trying to hide, hear the hesitation in your voice, or sit with you through the moments that feel too heavy to carry alone.

That’s where people come in.

Therapy is built on trust, connection, and feeling truly seen. Technology can support the process, but healing happens in relationship.

So today we’re appreciating both: the innovation that makes life a little easier and the human connection that helps us grow.

💙🪑We’re glad you’re here.

Global Forgiveness Day đź’™Forgiveness is one of the most misunderstood concepts in mental health.Forgiveness is not preten...
07/07/2026

Global Forgiveness Day đź’™

Forgiveness is one of the most misunderstood concepts in mental health.

Forgiveness is not pretending something didn’t hurt.
It is not minimizing trauma.
It is not giving someone another opportunity to harm you.

Forgiveness—when and if you’re ready—can be about releasing the hold that pain, resentment, or anger has on your life. It doesn’t require reconciliation, and it doesn’t erase the need for healthy boundaries.

For some people, the person who needs forgiveness most is themselves—for not knowing then what they know now, for surviving the only way they could, or for carrying shame that was never theirs to begin with.

And if forgiveness doesn’t feel possible today, that’s okay too. Healing isn’t measured by whether you’ve forgiven. Sometimes the next right step is simply acknowledging your pain, practicing self-compassion, and moving forward one day at a time.

At Blue Chair Counseling, we believe there is no “right” timeline for healing—only your timeline.

đź’™ Wherever you are in your journey, you deserve compassion.

06/21/2026

What if the thoughts you believe most about yourself are only shadows on the wall?

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave reminds us that sometimes what feels like absolute truth—“I’m not good enough,” “I always mess things up,” “Things will never change”—may actually be beliefs shaped by past experiences, pain, or fear.

Therapy can help us step outside the cave, challenge old narratives, and see ourselves with greater clarity, compassion, and understanding.

Growth isn’t always comfortable. Neither is walking into the sunlight for the first time. But healing often begins when we’re willing to question the stories we’ve always believed.

✨ What “shadow” are you ready to challenge?

06/10/2026

Sometimes healing doesn’t come from one big change — sometimes it’s the small things that slowly bring life back to us.

A pinch of cinnamon in coffee. Fresh basil in dinner. The smell of garlic cooking in the kitchen. 🌿

On Herbs and Spices Day, consider the ways simple sensory experiences can ground us in the present moment. Smell, taste, texture, warmth — these are small reminders that we are here, alive, and connected to our environment.

Mental health care is not always dramatic breakthroughs. Sometimes it’s creating moments that feel safe, comforting, and nourishing.

06/01/2026

Hello, June đź’š

June 1st marks the beginning of a month dedicated to raising awareness, reducing stigma, and fostering understanding around trauma and mental health.

Healing doesn’t happen all at once. It happens in the small moments—when we ask for help, set a boundary, challenge an old belief, or choose to keep going despite the hard days.

This month, we honor the courage it takes to heal, grow, and show up as your authentic self.

Whether you’re navigating trauma, anxiety, grief, relationship challenges, or simply feeling overwhelmed, know that support is available and you don’t have to do it alone.

Take a seat. Let’s talk.

đź’™ Blue Chair Counseling

05/06/2026

May is Mental Health Awareness Month🌸

A gentle reminder that functioning isn’t always the same thing as feeling okay.

People can be carrying anxiety, grief, overwhelm, burnout, relationship pain, or loneliness while still showing up every day with a smile on their face.

Be kind to others.
Be honest with yourself.
And please know you do not have to carry hard things alone. 💙🪑

🌿 A little something fun from us…We’ve got complimentary Blue Chair Counseling stickers available! 💙They’re perfect for ...
04/12/2026

🌿 A little something fun from us…

We’ve got complimentary Blue Chair Counseling stickers available! 💙

They’re perfect for adding to your water bottle, laptop, planner, notebook… wherever you need a tiny reminder that you’ve got support. 🌻

✨ And, who knows? We may have more goodies in the future… 👀 🤫

03/05/2026

Today is Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day.

In trauma work, we often talk about “parts” of ourselves — the ways the mind organizes experiences to help us cope and survive overwhelming situations.

What may seem confusing or misunderstood from the outside is often a very intelligent survival strategy developed by the brain.

When we increase understanding, we reduce stigma — and create space for compassion, healing, and integration.

💙🪑

02/18/2026

🔋 Today is National Battery Day.

If you’ve been feeling low, foggy, irritable, or just “off” — it may not be a character flaw.
It might just be a low battery.

We live in a culture that praises productivity but forgets maintenance.

Rest is not laziness.
Boundaries are not selfish.
Saying no is not failure.
Needing support is not weakness.

Even rechargeable batteries need to be unplugged before they can recharge.

What helps you refill — not just escape — but truly recharge?

At Blue Chair Counseling, we believe tending to your energy is part of tending to your mental health. 🤍

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2921 Maryville Road, Suite B
Maryville, IL
62062

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm

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