Jeannie Ingram, LPC-MHSP
Jeannie Ingram is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Coach, and Consultant. In her role as psychotherapist, she specializes in couples therapy as a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist and Getting the Love You Want Workshop Presenter. In workshops and in therapy, she helps couples move beyond destructive, painful arguing to improve communication, restore their connection, live and love in more positive, fulfilling, satisfying relationships.
Jeannie assists individuals who need help improving ineffective patterns or managing life transitions to find positive change or growth.
She has a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and a Masters in Counseling from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, as well as a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy from Capella University. Jeannie helps couples reconnect in her private practice in Nashville, TN, and through her Getting the Love You Want and Start Right, Stay Connected Couples workshops in the Southeast.
She loves cooking, writing, hiking, kayaking, and sailing. Most of all, she is dedicated to helping couples and individuals find joy, meaning, success and connection through the practice of mindful, purposeful living and loving.
Thanksgiving is an emotional time. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they see only once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often. – Johnny Carson
Yes, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. For many, this thought is mixed with anxiety. As in, “oh boy, what will happen this year”?
Why does he always have to talk politics, knowing someone will be insulted? Why can’t we just get together, you know… to be *thankful*?
Oh the irony of a holiday called Thanksgiving that also somehow brings out the worst in a family. Why is this? And perhaps more importantly, what can we do about it?
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Topics:
Healthy Relationships,
Appreciation and Gratitude,
Forgiveness,
Healthy Connection,
Healthy Communication,
Imago Relationships
Considering divorce? It’s understandable.
You've experienced relationship struggles, and it's become a frustrating place to live. Your partner is obviously capable of showing generous love to the dog or cat as you witness the affection you long for. You can't remember the last time your partner asked about you, your day or expressed any interest in any aspect of your life. It’s been years since you fell in love and now, at best you feel like you’re living with a roommate, and at worst, you’re “sleeping with the enemy”.
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Topics:
Healthy Relationships,
Conflict Resolution,
Marriage Issues,
Appreciation and Gratitude,
Finding Love Again,
Forgiveness,
Relationship Therapy,
Couples Therapy,
Healthy Connection,
Healthy Communication,
Imago Relationships,
Relationship Vision,
Intentional Dialogue,
Celebrate the Differences,
Defense Mechanisms,
Divorce,
couples workshop,
therapy
Is anything more painful than betrayal? Perhaps not, at least on the topic of relationships. Though common (one fourth to one half, depending on who you ask), this type of rupture is excruciating, and often fatal to the relationship.
Most often, the betrayal seems insurmountable at first. Reactions are understandably strong and absolute; e.g., “I could never be with you again”. “I will always be angry and resentful”.
Healing and recovering from an affair does take time, but it is possible if both people are willing to do the work. How long it takes depends on a number of variables, but I have found on average that two years is a fair estimate. Obviously, for some, it takes longer, and others dig deep and work it out sooner. Much of it depends on motivation and willingness to listen and understand.
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Topics:
Marriage Issues,
Finding Love Again,
Forgiveness,
Relationship Therapy,
Couples Therapy,
Recovering from an Affair,
couples workshop,
therapy
