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Guidepost Counseling for Wellness Supporting mental health for all ages in Shasta County, CA. We offer compassionate care for individuals, couples, and families. Your wellness starts here.

Specializing in ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship challenges. LMFT #86403 Everyone has battles to fight and struggles to overcome during their lifetime. Whether you struggle with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, marital distress or any other issue, you should know that there is hope for a better tomorrow. You might initially hesitate to reach out for help and support for personal matters but when you do, feel confident that you are taking a courageous first step towards restoring your heart, restoring your relationship, or restoring your life. You may be going through something overwhelming right now, your life seems chaotic and confusing. Perhaps your relationship has encountered a rough patch, which has left you feeling angry, hurt, or hopeless. There may be several reasons you have found yourself on this page, but whatever that reason, my hope is that you will give yourself the opportunity of talking it through with a professional who cares. Change is possible, if you allow it. If you’re ready to get back on the path that led to the happier times in your life, then you’ve come to the right place. Contact me today so we can work to get you back on course. Please call me for a free 15 minute consultation. We’ll determine together if I am the therapist for you. If not, I will help you to find someone with the skill set to help you with what you need.

10/28/2026

That familiar moment when your head hits the pillow and your brain decides it’s time to solve every problem you’ve ever had. Give yourself permission to put something down until tomorrow.

10/24/2026

Just because a thought repeats itself doesn’t mean it’s true. Anxiety can make unlikely scenarios feel convincing. We can train our brain to create space between a thought and a reaction.

10/23/2026

Healing isn’t always a dramatic transformation. Sometimes it’s pausing before responding, recognizing a trigger, or choosing a healthier response in a moment that used to overwhelm you.

Not only do we ask the question, we take the time to truly listen to the answer.
10/20/2026

Not only do we ask the question, we take the time to truly listen to the answer.

10/20/2026

Read that again.

You don’t have to finish everything on your list.

You don’t have to make sure everyone else is happy.

You don’t have to push yourself until you have absolutely nothing left.

Rest is not a reward for being productive enough. It’s a basic human need.

And learning to recognize when you need to slow down is an important part of taking care of your mental health.

There will always be something else that needs doing.

You’re allowed to matter, too

10/18/2026

When you’re emotionally exhausted, even the smallest things can feel enormous.

Answering a text. Making dinner. Finishing a task. Having one more conversation.

And sometimes, instead of recognizing how much we’re carrying, we criticize ourselves for not doing more.

But exhaustion isn’t always something a good night’s sleep can fix.

Sometimes it comes from prolonged stress, emotional overload, grief, anxiety, or constantly putting your own needs last.

You don’t have to wait until you’re completely overwhelmed to ask for help.

Your mental health deserves attention before you reach your breaking point.

Guidepost Counseling for Wellness provides compassionate, professional mental health counseling in Redding, California. ...
10/16/2026

Guidepost Counseling for Wellness provides compassionate, professional mental health counseling in Redding, California. Our practice supports individuals, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, grief, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, and life transitions.

We believe mental health care should be welcoming, supportive, and tailored to each person’s unique needs. Our goal is to help clients build healthier relationships, develop practical coping skills, and move toward greater emotional well-being.

At Guidepost Counseling for Wellness, we’re here to help you find your way forward.

10/15/2026

Healing isn’t about pretending the past didn’t happen.

It’s not about forgetting, forgiving before you’re ready, or convincing yourself that something painful wasn’t really that bad.

Sometimes healing means understanding what happened.

Sometimes it means recognizing patterns you’ve carried for years.

Sometimes it means learning how to feel safe, trust yourself, or build relationships differently.

And sometimes it means having a place where you can finally talk about things you’ve kept inside for far too long.

You deserve the opportunity to heal at your own pace.

Guidepost Counseling for Wellness is here to walk alongside you.

10/12/2026

Anxiety has a way of making every possibility feel like a probability.

The worst-case scenarios. The conversations you replay. The things that haven’t happened but already feel overwhelming.

Here’s your reminder: Just because your mind creates a thought doesn’t mean that thought is true.

You can acknowledge a worry without giving it control over your entire day.

Learning to recognize anxious thought patterns and respond to them differently takes practice. And sometimes, it takes support.

That’s what we’re here for.

10/07/2026

“Sadness. Anger. Self-blaming. Tears. Sleepless nights…”

Yep. Sounds about right.

Therapists hear about the heavy stuff every day.

The things you’re angry about.
The things you’re grieving.
The things you wish you had done differently.
The thoughts keeping you awake at 2 a.m.
The things you’re embarrassed to admit are still affecting you.

You don’t have to clean it up before you bring it to therapy.

You don’t have to figure out which feelings are “reasonable.”
You don’t have to wait until you can talk about it without crying.
And you definitely don’t have to carry all of it by yourself.

Bring the sadness.
Bring the anger.
Bring the tears.
Bring the messy, complicated parts.

That’s what therapy is for.

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150 E. Cypress Avenue Suite 200A
Redding, CA
96002

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6am

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