Center for Relational Care

As we approach Father’s Day and recognize Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, it is important to remember the unique and, often, overlooked ways mental health issues among men present themselves.

1 in 5 men experience mental illness, but only about 40% of those men receive mental health services.

Men express their distress differently than women, often through anger, irritability, and substance abuse.

Men often suffer in isolation.

At CRC we believe we can turn this tide through relational connection. Creating a space for men to share about their feelings and stressors opens a door out of isolation and into relief.

One of the best things you can do for the men you love is ask deeper questions. Check in with them, show up with presence and curiosity, and keep trying, even if it’s uncomfortable at first.

Another way to love the men in your life well is to encourage them to talk with a professional. Together, we can reduce the stigma around masculinity and mental health.

Introducing CRC's new training for therapists, pastors, caregivers, and anyone interested in providing rich, relational care to those they serve, based on neuroscience and God's truth!

"Relational By Design: A Neurotheological Framework of Care" is CRC's newest offering to our community. In this two-day training, you will be learning about God's magnificent design of the brain, exploring how to delight in others as God delights in you, and discover how to be rooted in your authentic Spirit-led self as you walk with others through pain and suffering. You'll learn tools that facilitate lasting healing and transformation and help you embody God's beautiful relational design to others.

If you want to deepen your skills and knowledge to support the healing of individuals, marriages, and families around you, please join us on August 28th and 29th! We can't wait to grow and live out God's relational design with you!

Early Bird Cost: $349 (register by June 30) | Standard $397
Open to anyone in a helping role.
Register at relationalcare.org/bydesign

How would you describe parenting in the adolescent years?

As sweet as these budding years between childhood and adulthood are, many moms of teenage daughters describe this season as emotional, distant, frustrating, confusing, and overwhelming.

At Center for Relational Care, we hear you. Parenting a teenager is like navigating turbulent seas, and we want to provide you and your daughter support for the ride. Introducing our newest workshop geared towards building and improving your mother-daughter relationship! This experience allows you and your daughter to come together for learning, communication growth, and relational bonding exercises that you can build on for years to come.

Wherever you and your daughter find yourselves in your relationship, it's never too late to build a new foundation or repair some cracks. Please join us for this one-day workshop and grow closer than ever!

Register at relationalcare.org/parenting-workshops

Calling all moms + teen daughters!!

Want to make the most of this summer? Want to make a long-lasting investment in your relationship?

CRC has a brand new workshop designed around the specific issues moms and teen girls face in their unique relationship. This workshop will teach you how to truly HEAR each other and make your bond enjoyable and safe, even when there are big emotions! This time will be fun, engaging, deepening and informative!

Facilitated by Rebecca Parks, LMFT and Nina Biner, LPC-Associate, Supervised by Katie Compton, LPC-S.

Register today at the link in our bio. We would love to support you in this delicate season and equip you for making the next years together the best yet!

Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! We’d like to kick off by letting you in on what we believe about humans and healing.

In the therapy world, professionals use words like “theories” and “modalities” to describe the basis for how we practice, what we believe about how healing happens, and why we make the the decisions we do with clients.

At CRC, our services are influenced by a Christian worldview, as well as relational, neurobiological, attachment, and trauma-informed lenses. And our skilled staff offers a diverse range of interventions and approaches under those umbrellas.

If you’d like to learn more about what our therapists offer or get scheduled with one today, visit the link in our bio or call 512-492-6200!

April's book of the month is aptly titled -- Meet April by April Martin!
Learn all about the holidays we recognize in the month of April, from April Fool's to Earth Day!

After reading, engage your child in discussion with these processing questions:
1. What were April’s favorite parts about the month of April? What are your favorite parts and things to do in the month of April?
2. Which of the activities April completed in the book would you like to try?
3. How can we care for our Earth everyday?
4. What did April learn about teamwork? Who could you work with on a project or goal during the month of April?

Happy reading!

Talking about s*x with your kids can feel uncomfortable—but it doesn’t have to be.
Join us for “Talking the Talk”, a virtual workshop designed to help parents confidently have honest, faith-filled conversations about their bodies and s*xuality.
This workshop will equip you with practical tools to build trust, answer tough questions, and create ongoing conversations that reflect truth and care.
🗓 Thursday, April 23

⏰ 12–1:30 PM (Virtual)

💻 Workshop Fee: $45
Register here:

🔗 www.relationalcare.org/parenting-workshops
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