Lynette Hoy NCC, LCPC
Lynette Hoy, NCC, LCPC, is a Marriage and Family Counselor and National Certified Counselor, author and speaker. She is the Executive Chair of the Chicagoland CBWC: Connecting Business Women to Christ organization. Lynette is co-founder of CounselCare Connection, P.C. providing online & office counseling for individuals, couples and families. Lynette regularly presents marriage, assertiveness, grief and divorce recovery, anger and stress management seminars.
See her web sites: www.counselcareconnection.org, www.cbwc.net. Lynette's newly released book, What's Good About Anger? can be ordered at: Amazon or www.counselcareconnection.org.
How do I make custody easy on my children?
My partner and I have two children. Our daughter is four and our son is a year old. We are separating and he wants to keep our children for six months and then have me keep them for six months. I feel that will be difficult for the them. I am moving to the west [...] Read More >
How do I overcome a spending addiction?
Could you please direct me to information on overcoming spending addictions? It seems that if I get stressed or bored I will either turn to food for comfort or go out and spend excessive amounts of money (approximately up to $500 worth of clothes or things we don’t need). Usually I end up returning most [...] Read More >
How do I recover from abuse?
I am 25 years old and have been in therapy for about four years now but I am still not feeling good about myself. I really don’t know how to make myself feel good for a long period of time. In fact, I can remember only feeling good about myself for no more than three [...] Read More >
How to overcome sexual abuse
I have suffered deeply since I was born. I was sexually abused and neglected by my mum and dad. Later I got married and was raped by my husband and his friends, which resulted in me having a termination. I am 21 years of age and now left with anger in all aspects of my life. [...] Read More >
How’s Your Stress Level?
Stress is one of our society’s greatest dilemmas. We feel it every day… pressure, strain, tension, sometimes burnout. What is it that causes stress? What makes it so prominent today? How can we get out from under its heavy load? Stress is that feeling you experience when life is closing in on you with too [...] Read More >
I always get depressed over the holidays
This is supposed to be a season of joy and happiness, but I don’t feel it. Is it common to get depressed over the holidays? What can I do about it? Advice: Many people suffer from bouts of depression or the blues at different times during the year. During the holiday season people encounter memories [...] Read More >
I always get depressed over the holidays
Is it common to get depressed over the holidays? This is supposed to be a season of joy and happiness, but I don’t feel it. What can I do about it? Advice: Many people suffer from bouts of depression or the blues at different times during the year. During the holiday season people encounter memories [...] Read More >
I am scared to leave my homosexual lifestyle
I’m quite fearful, honestly, to leave my homosexual lifestyle behind because it’s the only lifestyle I’ve lived that is comfortable and makes me feel good about myself and loved. Advice: First of all, I understand that thinking about leaving the homosexual lifestyle is pretty scary for you right now since you feel comfortable and don’t [...] Read More >
I am so jealous of my husband’s ex-wife
I am so jealous of my husband’s ex-wife. When they met, she was 27, he was 46. She was sexy in every way. I on the other hand have endured an abusive marriage for 18 years. I do not feel attractive. My husband and I are 52 and 50. His ex-wife is now 34. How [...] Read More >
I can’t stand being married
I dearly love my husband, but I can’t stand being married. I married the love of my life two months ago. After we were married I moved to live with him, about 45 miles away from “home.” I don’t see my family nearly as often as I’d like. I kept my job in the town [...] Read More >
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