As I’ve dived deeper into my psyche in therapy as well as in one intensive psychotherapy training after the next, I’ve also learned...

It’s holiday season during quarantine and we are about to be inundated with body and food shaming. Even a global pandemic is not enough...

These days, social media allows us to share our beliefs and causes to a large audience at any time. Certainly, it has its advantages, but...

Focusing only on the positive aspects can be a trap. “I want to move but, I have a really great job here.” “I’m sad a lot in this...

The goal of building resilience and grit is not so that you can further endure destabilizing (often referred to as ‘toxic’) people and...

There are a lot of reasons we avoid conflict, the obvious being that it just doesn’t feel good. It can also be an outdated strategy from...

The more complicated, difficult, oppressive, and taxing life is for you: the more time & energy you need in self-care practices that...

We can change the distorted beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world through active, intentional mindful awareness of our internal...

Healing is collaborative, dynamic and multi- faceted. Psychotherapy is the part of the pie that I collaborate with my clients on. In...

A client once said she had been frustrated at times in therapy because she expected to come in and just ‘rip open all my trauma’. Of...

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a therapeutic protocol used in the treatment of mental and emotional trauma....

When you think about someone experiencing trauma, incidents such as a violent or sexual assault or a terrible car accident might come to...