Mar 26, 2024 | Child & Teen Counseling, Family Counseling
The question of a therapist working with more than one child from the same family gives important insight into the dynamics of therapy. It is a question that I get asked a lot, so let’s explore it together. In my experience, families are often pressed logistically...
Dec 12, 2023 | Addiction, Individual Counseling
Years back, I was talking with a therapist and he said, “I live at the intersection of abuse and addiction.” I had yet to hear something so concise on the formation of addictions. Abuse may not always be involved, but there will inevitably be some level of neglect or...
Jan 18, 2023 | Couples & Marriage Counseling, Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
The Body Keeps the Score – How trauma is stored In the popular book “The Body Keeps the Score,” the Author Bessel Ven Der Kolk speaks about trauma in a way that no one had heard before. He put it into terms that people could see themselves in, which gave...
Dec 15, 2020 | Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
You might be thinking how can one possibly consider this time in 2020 a time for gratitude and reflection. Well, allow me to remind you of just a few positive aspects of this unprecedented time in our lifetime: 1. If you are reading this, you have survived thus far....
Dec 4, 2020 | Couples & Marriage Counseling, Individual Counseling
You made it through Thanksgiving, but the rest of the holidays seem daunting. It’s the first holiday season since your marriage ended. It’s always been a complicated time of year but this year…. emotions are complicated, logistics are complicated, finances are...