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The goal of a first therapy session is for you and your therapist to get to know each other. You will likely discuss why you’ve decided...

Internal Family Systems (IFS) provides a way of looking at our Beliefs, Emotions, and Behaviors through the lens of internal Parts. This...

American culture teaches us to be strong and independent and to rely on ourselves. We’re taught that no one respects a person who is...

Everywhere you turn these days you hear someone talking about Mindfulness. It’s become such a buzz word. I sometimes hear clients groan...

Many years ago, a woman approached me in a public space and called me a Glutton and basically told me that I should be ashamed of myself...

Counselors must understand what potential barriers exist for our clients at "individual, group, institutional, and societal levels".

Wait, you told me you had no experience with trauma! He responded: “I didn’t think of that as trauma. I just thought that’s the way it is”.

As a little White girl, I watched Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking on television and found him so charismatic. I was deeply moved...

The STOP skill can help people who are losing sleep from worrying about the Coronavirus and its impact on our lives.

Secrets are like opportunistic vines in a garden. They wind their way up and around every part of our psyche until they become unavoidable.

post-traumatic growth means we are not defined by what other people have done to us

When I was invited to join a group counseling practice, the owner, an African-American psychologist, asked that all her team read the...

Do you dread the holidays? Even in the days of Covid and social-distance or video gatherings, can the thought of seeing your family cause...

Bad therapy experience left you cold? Don't let it prevent you from seeking therapy again. A Good Fit is important.

When was the last time your family sat together and talked and played a game? Do you find yourself wishing your family could connect...

Kelly McGonigal, in her 2019 TED Talk https://www.npr.org/2019/08/02/747384008/kelly-mcgonical-can-we-reframe-the-way-we-think-about-stre...

If you find yourself, as I sometimes do, falling into a pattern of negative thinking, I invite you to start a practice of Gratitude in your

“I’m too busy!” “I can’t find anyone in my area.” “I’m a caregiver, I can’t leave my kids…patient…parents alone.” “I don’t get home...

The dictionary defines resilience as: · the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties · the ability of a substance or object to...

Advantages of seeing a therapist online are many, especially for those with unpredictable schedules.