Jay Nickel, LPC

05/12/2022

My latest Blog Post

Pastoral Counseling involves, in addition to the skills and practices of professional counseling, a sensitivity to, and appreciation for your faith and spirituality. In addition, it involves a pastoral counselor’s awareness of, and fidelity to, their own spirituality, and to find the healing spiri...

02/01/2022

I’ve decided to embrace my ‘pastoral counselor’ identity more publicly by sharing some of the key steps in my formation:
- Prayerful and intentional career change process changing from high-tech professional to professional counselor/therapist (2000)
- Training as a Spiritual Director (2002)
- Pastoral Counseling degree from SSW (2005)
- Pastoral Counseling Chaplain at Methodist Hospital, San Antonio (2005-2006)

While I don’t identify as a “Christian Counselor” with all the baggage that phrase carries, I do identify as a Christian and understand my work as a counselor as part of my calling and ministry.

03/03/2019

https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/583780/?__twitter_impression=true

Sharing in someone else’s sorrow is an opportunity to dispense generosity.

02/07/2018

Encouraging people to get out and walk.

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11/19/2017

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The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses   Have you recently lost a loved one or ended a relationship? Do you want to let go of the pain & guilt from the past?…

09/06/2017

Parenting is a life long journey filled with unspeakable joy and sorrow. No matter where you are in your parenting journey, with littles or with grown adults who have left the nest, come join us in this two day, interactive opportunity to grow in your parenting skills so that you empower your kids t...

05/30/2017

Our kids don't stop learning and neither do we. Come join our fun one day class. I'm looking forward to it.

We are all on a journey of learning to love and be loved. One of the best ways to grow in this journey is to learn your love language and the love languages of those that you do life with, whether it's your partner, kids, friends or work associates. In this workshop, we use Dr. Gary Chapman's 5 Love...

05/24/2017

Come join us! For tickets and more info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-languages-building-powerful-relationships-with-our-kids-and-others-tickets-3452292...

05/17/2017

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My goal is to provide you value for your time and money. I start to address your concerns right away. In the words of my Brief Therapy professor, Dr. Jim Bentley, PhD., “I go for the cure in the first session. Sometimes it works!” Of course he was being playful, using words like ‘cure’ but I take ……