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In treating addictive behaviors, I recommend to my patients attending a 12-step group.  There is value to have ongoing supportive accountability through a 12-step program.  As a psychologist, I work with individuals who are struggling with addiction.  The first step in dealing with an addiction is for the individual to recognize that they have become…

When searching for Christian counseling near you, it is important to understand that not all counseling labeled “Christian” is the same. Many individuals seek help only to discover that their therapist’s approach does not align with their biblical beliefs. A key distinction must be made: there is a difference between a counselor who is a…

Integrating spiritual beliefs with clinical psychological principles creates a comprehensive path toward emotional and relational health. At his practice in Dublin, Ohio, George O. Schulz, Ph.D., provides a space where your relationship with God and your mental well-being are treated as interconnected. By offering Christian counseling both in person and online throughout Ohio, George O.…

As Christians, how should we respond to people who hold deeply rooted beliefs different from our own? Differences show up everywhere—within marriages, families, friendships, workplaces, and daily interactions. We live in a divided world where people disagree about morality, politics, religion, gender, and values. Society includes a wide range of perspectives: conservative and progressive, religious…

George Schulz, Ph.D. provides Christian Counseling in Dublin, Ohio and geographic areas near Columbus, Ohio. Christian counseling offers a faith-based path for couples struggling with destructive communication patterns identified by Dr. John Gottman as the “Four Horsemen”: criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling. Stonewalling occurs when one partner emotionally withdraws, shuts down, or disengages during conflict,…

Contempt develops criticism and defensiveness and reflects a sense of judgment, moral superiority, or disrespect toward another person’s thoughts, emotions, behaviors, or character. It is commonly expressed through sarcasm, ridicule, eyerolling, mockery, or insinuations of character flaws or moral deficiency.  Rather than resolving conflict in a mutual way, contempt fuels attack and counterattack, eroding emotional…

As a Christian psychologist, I invite you to practice this brief Christ-centered meditation to restore calm and reconnect with God’s presence. Gently scan your body from head to toe, noticing areas of tension or ease. Breathe deeply and remind yourself that you are a spiritual being having a physical experience, created and loved by God.…

Chose an object that is 4-5 feet from you and stare at that object or an area of the object that is approximately a ½ inch in diameter in size. When you have the urge to blink while staring at the object slowly close and open your eyes keeping your eyes focused on that object…

What are the ways that you reduce stress?  Consider this: just taking a walk-in nature can be helpful to reduce anxiety/depression. A study published in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Science in June 2015 entitled Nature Experience Reduces Rumination and Subgenual Prefrontal Cortex Activation suggested that just taking a 90-minute walk through a…

People generally come into counseling or therapy because of an event(s) in their life where the degree of emotional pain or stress has reached a point where they have decided that they are no longer able by themselves to find an adequate resolution of their situation without the involvement of someone trained to help them…