Our Guest: Bridget Kidd
Originally from Miami Florida, Bridget is a product of the foster care system. Bridget was later adopted by a wonderful family with two older boys and one dog who desired a little girl to complete their family. Her adoptive family moved to Georgia during her elementary school years where she graduated from high school and earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Georgia. Following undergrad, Bridget began law school at Regent University where she first discerned her calling to be a counselor causing her to switch to the school of counseling. Bridget earned her master’s degree in counseling from Regent and began her career working with youthful offenders in Houston Texas before moving back to Virginia Beach to work in the Therapeutic Foster Care System. She provides Intensive In-home and Outpatient counseling to children, adolescents, and adults suffering from depression, anxiety and mood disorders.
Bridget’s desire is to help those in need of hope and healing through mental health counseling, crisis intervention and case management services. She is a LMHP, holds a CSAC license and has helped numerous adolescents and adults suffering from addiction and dual diagnoses. Bridget has advanced training in CBT, DBT, MI, play therapy and ADHD treatment for children and adolescents. She has been married for 30 years to her wonderful husband Rich with whom she shares three adult children. In her free time, Bridget enjoys Saturday brunches with her girlfriends, working out, and cheering for the Georgia Bulldog football team.
Key Thoughts and Scriptures:
Deuteronomy 31:6 NIV Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
- God has promised to be with us, to never leave us.
- God allowed Bridget to experience some things so she could learn who she was and whose she was.
- When we submit ourselves to God, then He makes a way even when the door seems closed.
- “I didn’t realize I had all these issues that I soon discovered that I have. so it began a process of healing in my life.”
- The masters in counseling that Bridget got at Regent was preparing her for the call that God had on her life, but also was very healing for her.
- When you suppress your feelings too much and don’t express them appropriately or set appropriate boundaries, it can come out in anger or in different ways that are not healthy.
2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
- Fear is related to anxiety and anger.
Philippians 4:6-7 NIV Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- If you have the peace of God in your heart, it will help you through those anxious times.
Romans 12:2 NIV …be transformed by the renewing of your mind…
When the unthinkable happened, Bridget realized that God had not abandoned them but had been with them through it all.
Psalm 91:11 NIV For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways
- God heals and redeems.
- He helped Bridget to truly forgive so it wouldn’t be a stronghold in her life.
- Forgiveness isn’t usually just a one -time decision.
- Cognitive behavior technique reframes your mind.
- When negative thoughts creep in, you can change those thoughts.
2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV …we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Philippians 4:13 NKJV I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
- Reframing negative thoughts to a more positive outlook not only renews your mind, it encourages your spirit.
- God used the difficult times in Bridget’s life to give her perspective and empathy.
- She learned that God is always with her, that He’ll never leave or forsake her.
- Even in the very difficult, challenging times and experiences, God tends to bring beauty out of ashes.
Isaiah 61:3 NKJV …To give them beauty for ashes…
The Proverbs 31 Woman
- The Proverbs 31 woman inspires Bridget because she focuses on all aspects of her calling.
- God keeps giving Bridget the grace and the strength to keep doing her counseling while also ministering to her family.
- Like us, the Proverbs 31 woman’s life is multifaceted.
- God has created us for so much more. Satan will try to hem us in and hedge us into a small space, but God’s space is open and big and always new.
Isaiah 41:10 NIV So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- When we seek to walk with the Lord, He will never leave or forsake us.
- Even when Bridget was angry at God, He didn’t leave. He understood.
Hebrews 13:8 NIV Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
1 Kings 8:57-58 NLT May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us or abandon us. May he give us the desire to do his will in everything and to obey all the commands, decrees, and regulations that he gave our ancestors.
Links:
- Website: https://www.hopebridgecounseling.org/
- AGLOW
- God Will Make A Way by Don Moen
Books:
- Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer
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