Welcome the New Year with a plan for Joy and Fulfillment!
It’s time to say good-bye to 2015! Often the start of a new year prompts reflection, and the setting of resolutions – usually things we...
"You scowl because you have indigestion and fourteen people feel inadequate."
As a couples therapist, the question of “fault” comes up quite frequently. Couples in distress are typically wondering – which one of us...
Relationships are life's best seat belts
This past week I had the privilege of attending a 4 day training in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) with Susan Johnson who wrote...
Why look at the past in psychotherapy?
“Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with...
Surviving the joys and pains of family during the holidays
Murray Bowen (family systems theorist and family therapist) famously coined the term “differentiation”. Being differentiated means being...
Happy World Mental Health Day!!
Today is World Mental Health Day, and the theme of this year’s day of awareness is Depression and its impact globally on the lives of...
Do things that terrify you
This September has been like “back to school” for me for the first time in literally a decade! I started a new position as a staff...
Is it me? Taking things too personally may be hazardous to your self-esteem!
I hope you are all enjoying these last few weeks of summer! I have been going through many changes these last few months, and will be...
Nick Offerman's 10 Tips for Prosperity
Happy Independence Day I hope you are all enjoying the summer so far! So, I’ve had this blog post in the hopper for a few weeks. My...
Building awareness - postpartum psychosis
May is Maternal Mental Health awareness month, and of course, this coming Sunday is Mother’s Day, a day to stop, and practice gratitude...