Northshore Family Counseling, LLC

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Northshore Family Counseling, LLC Serving the Northshore of Louisiana and Gulf Coast of Mississippi by providing Biblically sound, trauma-informed counseling services

Clinically Competent, Biblically Sound:

Our mission at Northshore Family Counseling is to provide clinically competent, biblically sound Christian counseling for residents of the North Shore. Our desire is to be a resource for families, couples, individuals, and churches that will help heal the body, soul, and spirit of each person that comes through our office. Our range of services include:

* Individual Therapy
* Couples Therapy
* Family Therapy
* Child therapy
* Group Therapy

Visit our website to book an appointment with one of our counselors! Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

💚 OCD Awareness Week 💚OCD is more than wanting things to be clean, organized, or perfect.Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (...
10/14/2026

💚 OCD Awareness Week 💚

OCD is more than wanting things to be clean, organized, or perfect.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition that can impact how individuals experience thoughts, emotions, and everyday life.

For someone living with OCD, this may look like:

🌿 Experiencing unwanted, intrusive thoughts that create significant distress.

🌿 Feeling compelled to seek reassurance, check, or repeat behaviors to reduce anxiety.

🌿 Struggling with uncertainty or feeling an overwhelming need for control.

🌿 Engaging in mental rituals, such as reviewing conversations or replaying situations.

🌿 Feeling shame or guilt about thoughts that don't align with personal values.

OCD is not a personality trait or a preference. And intrusive thoughts do not define someone's character.

This OCD Awareness Week, we're encouraging greater understanding, compassion, and conversations that help reduce stigma.

At Northshore Family Counseling, we believe healing begins with feeling seen, heard, and understood. With appropriate, evidence-based treatment and compassionate support, individuals living with OCD can develop a healthier relationship with uncertainty and experience greater freedom in their daily lives.

💚 You are more than your thoughts. You are more than your diagnosis. And support is available 💚

Change the Narrative 💛 | World Su***de Prevention DaySometimes the most meaningful thing we can offer another person is ...
09/10/2026

Change the Narrative 💛 | World Su***de Prevention Day

Sometimes the most meaningful thing we can offer another person is connection.

A conversation. A check-in. A reminder that they matter and that they don’t have to carry what they’re experiencing alone.

On World Su***de Prevention Day, we join communities around the world in working to change the narrative around su***de, replacing silence and stigma with compassion, understanding, and hope.

If someone in your life has been struggling, reach out. You don’t need to have the perfect words. Simply being willing to listen can matter more than you realize.

And if you are struggling, reaching for support is a meaningful first step. You deserve to be heard, supported, and cared for.

💛 More compassion.
🌿 More connection.
☀️ A brighter tomorrow.

If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis or thoughts of su***de, call or text 988 to connect with the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline.

***dePreventionDay ***dePrevention

Somatic Experiencing® Beginning I Training Starting Soon!Join the Somatic Experiencing® Professional Training: Beginning...
09/08/2026

Somatic Experiencing® Beginning I Training Starting Soon!

Join the Somatic Experiencing® Professional Training: Beginning I to learn the foundations of nervous system regulation, trauma physiology, and body-based approaches that support resilience and healing.

Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) is an internationally recognized, body-oriented approach to understanding and resolving the effects of trauma and chronic stress. Whether you're a mental health professional, healthcare provider, educator, first responder, bodyworker, coach, or another helping professional, SE offers practical tools that can be integrated into a variety of professional settings.

We're especially proud that Northshore Family Counseling's Clinical Director, Ilsa Araki, M.A., LPC-S, SEP, BASE-P, CFRC, NCC, will be serving as Lead Assistant, alongside Kearstin Sanders Morgan, PLPC, who is helping coordinate the training.

📅 October 2–5, 2026
📍 New Orleans, LA Online Cohort

Ready to register?
✔️ Create an account with Somatic Experiencing International (SEI).
✔️ Visit the SEI Events Calendar and register for the New Orleans Beginning I Cohort.

⏰ Registration closes September 28 at 3:00 PM.

Sometimes, what looks like a “behavior problem” is actually a child’s way of communicating something they don’t yet have...
09/02/2026

Sometimes, what looks like a “behavior problem” is actually a child’s way of communicating something they don’t yet have the words to explain. 💛

Big emotions, friendship struggles, anxiety, shutdowns, or changes in behavior can all be signs that a child is having a difficult time navigating what they’re experiencing.

For children, therapy doesn’t always look like sitting on a couch and talking about feelings. Through developmentally appropriate, play-based approaches, children can build skills for:

🌱 Understanding and expressing emotions
🌱 Managing big feelings and stressful situations
🌱 Building confidence and self-esteem
🌱 Strengthening social and relationship skills
🌱 Developing healthier ways to cope

At Northshore Family Counseling, our play therapists and play-informed clinicians create a supportive environment where children can feel safe, understood, and accepted while developing skills that support them at home, at school, and in their relationships.

If you’re wondering whether your child may benefit from additional support, we’re here to help you find the right fit. 💙

🌿 We’re Growing Our Team!Northshore Family Counseling is looking for a compassionate, motivated clinician to join our Sl...
09/01/2026

🌿 We’re Growing Our Team!

Northshore Family Counseling is looking for a compassionate, motivated clinician to join our Slidell team!

For more than 20 years, NSFC has served the Northshore community through trauma-informed, holistic care. We believe excellent client care begins with clinicians who feel supported, connected, and equipped to do their best work.

✨ We’re currently seeking:
LPC • LCSW • LMFT

We also welcome PLPCs, LMSWs, and PLMFTs who are within six months of full licensure.

💙 Why join NSFC?

• W2 employment with comprehensive benefits
• Flexible hybrid scheduling
• Fully furnished professional office space
• Dedicated administrative support
• In-house billing & credentialing
• Weekly clinical consultation & peer collaboration
• Ongoing training and continuing education
• Opportunities to develop clinical specialties and leadership skills
• A supportive, collaborative team culture that values clinician wellness

We’re especially interested in clinicians who are available for Saturday in-office appointments, along with a combination of in-person and telehealth services during the week.

At NSFC, you don’t have to build your career alone. We want our clinicians to have the support, resources, autonomy, and relationships they need to grow, while focusing on what matters most: providing meaningful care to their clients.

🌱 Build meaningful relationships. Grow professionally. Make a lasting impact.

If you’re looking for a trauma-informed, faith-based practice where you can continue developing as a clinician while being part of a connected and supportive team, we’d love to hear from you!

📩 Apply today or share this post with a clinician who might be a great fit for our team.

Email your resume: [email protected]

Apply via Indeed: https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=d59dd54e5b82f7a7

Play Is a Child's First Language 🧸Children don't always have the words to explain what they're experiencing. Instead, t...
08/31/2026

Play Is a Child's First Language 🧸

Children don't always have the words to explain what they're experiencing. Instead, they may communicate through:
• play
• behavior
• movement
• imagination
• emotions

Play Therapy and AutPlay® Therapy are play-based approaches designed to support neurodivergent children and children experiencing emotional, behavioral, developmental, or social challenges.💛

Through carefully selected play activities, children can strengthen emotional regulation, communication, flexibility, social skills, and confidence, all while engaging in ways that feel natural to them. 🫶

At Northshore Family Counseling, we believe every child deserves to feel understood, supported, and celebrated for who they are.

Therapy meets children where they are and builds upon their unique strengths. 🌱

Meet Our EMDR Trained Clinicians 🌿Finding the right therapist matters, and EMDR doesn’t look exactly the same for every ...
08/28/2026

Meet Our EMDR Trained Clinicians 🌿

Finding the right therapist matters, and EMDR doesn’t look exactly the same for every person.

At Northshore Family Counseling, our EMDR-trained clinicians bring different specialties, backgrounds, and therapeutic approaches to their work. This allows us to provide individualized care for clients navigating experiences such as:

• Trauma, PTSD & complex trauma
• Anxiety & chronic stress
• Grief, loss & life transitions
• Military & first responder experiences
• Relationship & attachment concerns
• Neurodivergence & identity-related experiences
• Challenges across adolescence and adulthood

Our clinicians integrate EMDR within a holistic approach to healing, recognizing that emotional wellness is connected to the mind, body, relationships, life experiences, and the strengths each person already carries.

Different specialties. Different perspectives. One shared commitment to compassionate, individualized care.

If you’ve been considering EMDR, one of the clinicians pictured here may be the right fit for you.

📍 In-person & telehealth options available
💻 Reach out to NSFC and let us help connect you with a clinician who fits your needs.

Could EMDR Be Helpful?You don't have to think about a painful experience every day for it to continue affecting your lif...
08/26/2026

Could EMDR Be Helpful?

You don't have to think about a painful experience every day for it to continue affecting your life.

Consider whether you...

• avoid certain places or situations

• feel "stuck"

• experience intense emotional reactions

• struggle trusting others

• notice old memories feeling surprisingly present

EMDR helps the brain process experiences that may remain unprocessed after overwhelming events.

Many people describe feeling less emotionally overwhelmed while still remembering what happened.

Healing doesn't erase your story. It helps your story stop defining your present.

Our therapists are here for support. At Northshore Family Counseling, LLC, our goal is to help you find safety in the "now". Click below to request an appointment:
https://northshorefamilycounseling.com/request-appointment-northshore-family-counseling/

🎉 A Milestone Worth Celebrating! 🎉Please join us in congratulating Madison Thompson on completing the clinical hours req...
08/25/2026

🎉 A Milestone Worth Celebrating! 🎉

Please join us in congratulating Madison Thompson on completing the clinical hours required toward becoming a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)!👏✨

From her Internship to her LPC status at Northshore Family Counseling, Madison has demonstrated a genuine commitment to creating a safe, collaborative, and judgment-free space where clients can explore their experiences, thoughts, and emotions. She enjoys working with adolescents and adults and has a particular interest in school/career counseling and family systems, integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with other approaches to meet each client’s individual needs.

Reaching this milestone represents countless hours spent not only providing care, but also growing through supervision, professional development, and the many experiences that shape a clinician along the way.

We are so proud to celebrate Madison’s hard work and dedication as she takes this exciting next step in her professional journey. 💙

Congratulations, Madison! Your NSFC family is cheering you on, and we are grateful to have you as part of our team!

When Your Brain Knows You’re Safe, But Your Nervous System Doesn't KnowSometimes people say,“I know it’s over… so why do...
08/24/2026

When Your Brain Knows You’re Safe, But Your Nervous System Doesn't Know

Sometimes people say,

“I know it’s over… so why does it still feel like it’s happening?”

Traumatic and overwhelming experiences can sometimes remain unprocessed, causing reminders of the past to trigger emotions, thoughts, or physical reactions in the present.

You may notice this as:

• feeling on edge even when you’re safe
• strong reactions to certain sounds, places, or situations
• intrusive memories or images
• avoiding reminders of what happened
• negative beliefs about yourself that are hard to shake
• feeling emotionally “stuck” despite understanding what happened

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a structured, evidence-based approach designed to help the brain process distressing experiences so they no longer carry the same emotional intensity.

EMDR isn’t about erasing memories or pretending something didn’t happen.

It’s about helping the past feel like the past, instead of something your mind and body have to keep responding to as if it’s happening now.

EMDR therapy includes preparation, developing resources and coping skills, identifying patterns connected to past experiences, and processing memories at a pace that prioritizes safety and stability.

Healing doesn’t mean forgetting your story.
It means your story no longer has to control your present.

At Northshore Family Counseling, we believe healing happens through compassionate relationships, clinical excellence, and honoring each person’s unique journey.

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1258 Brownswitch Road, Suites C
Slidell, LA
70461

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm

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