Mar 25, 2021 | Child & Teen Counseling, Couples & Marriage Counseling, Individual Counseling
The English language generally uses the words sympathy and empathy interchangeably. The truth is that these words hold very different meanings from each other. The origin of the word sympathy is translated from German to “felling with” while the word Empathy...
Dec 31, 2020 | Child & Teen Counseling, Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
Although teens are experiencing many emotions in this tumultuous time, I want to address the increased disassociation I am seeing in my teen clients. Dissociation is a break in how your mind handles information. Teens (and others) experiencing dissociation may feel...
Nov 6, 2020 | Child & Teen Counseling, Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
In my family, 2020 started with glad busyness, full of life’s hopeful plans amid increasingly pressurized job environments. When coronavirus came to Colorado, plans were postponed and much of what we had counted on for security and stability moved beyond our reach. ...
Oct 16, 2020 | Child & Teen Counseling, Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
As a therapist I have been trained in understanding that all people have emotional needs. I have learned that our emotions are designed to alert us to specific needs. Often we have life experiences that wound our understanding of these needs. In my previous blog I...
Oct 9, 2020 | Child & Teen Counseling, Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
…and am I having one during a worldwide pandemic? An existential crisis can arise any time we question whether our lives have meaning, purpose or value, and we are negatively impacted by our contemplation. Anyone can experience an existential crisis…at any age. ...
Jul 31, 2020 | Child & Teen Counseling, Couples & Marriage Counseling, Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
Whether I’m dealing with ordinary life transitions, difficult relationships, pain, injustice impacting my family, unexpected opportunities, or the need to change, I may cope by slipping back into the patterns of a younger me. The problem with blocking out the pain is...
