Compassion & Wellness Counseling, LLC

05/13/2026

05/06/2026

Accepting Aetna and Cigna through Headway.

Laura Gillom, Licensed Clinical Social Worker. MSW (Master of Social Work), University of Southern Mississippi. Accepts Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Quest Behavioral Health.

05/04/2026

Mental health moment: The body doesn't forget what the mind refuses to process. "The body keeps the score." Dr. Bessel van der Kolk 💚💚

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04/01/2026

Shared from Aniya Pettaway:

Some of y’all hear “therapy” & immediately think something is wrong with you.

That right there is the problem.

Therapy is not just for people with diagnosed mental health disorders. It’s for people who want to understand their patterns, regulate their emotions, improve their relationships, & stop repeating the same cycles over & over again.

From a clinical standpoint, mental health exists on a spectrum. You don’t need a diagnosis to benefit from support. Research consistently shows that psychotherapy helps with emotional regulation, stress management, behavior change, & overall functioning, even in people without a formal disorder (American Psychological Association, 2012; Wampold & Imel, 2015).

So when y’all say “just go to therapy” like it’s an insult… you’re actually proving the point.

Because a lot of the conversations happening in here, how people respond to food, stress, control, other people’s opinions, even how y’all communicate, those are behavioral patterns, and behavioral patterns don’t just magically change because you decided to drink tea & cut out sugar.

That’s not me being shady. That’s me being real.

Holistic health includes the mind. If you’re doing all this work on your body but refusing to look at your thoughts, triggers, coping styles, & emotional patterns… you’re not doing holistic work. You’re doing selective healing.

Everybody doesn’t need therapy forever. But a lot more people could benefit from it than y’all like to admit.

Be honest with yourselves.

03/23/2026

03/04/2026

What is Bipolar Disorder?

Do you or someone you know suffer from bipolar disorder (sometimes called manic depression)? WebMD provides an overview of this disorienting condition that causes extreme shifts in mood.

03/04/2026

"It's easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." 🤔 Frederick Douglass

Unhealed childhood trauma contributes to an inability to establish and maintain healthy relationships in adulthood.

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02/25/2026

Someone recently asked me, "How can you charge so little for therapy?" My response, "This is my calling. I want to normalize therapy and make it affordable for those who NEED it and can't afford it. It that's you, call me to schedule an appointment.

01/29/2026

Limited social interaction during bad weather can lead to increased feelings of loneliness and isolation from the community. Offering three free virtual sessions. (662) 506-5143

01/17/2026

"Children deserve a healed version of their parents, not the broken one."