To be in community, we don't get to say or do anything we want without attending to the consequences of how it affects others.  When I say or do something hurtful to someone else, it can evoke feelings of shame and/or guilt.  Shame and guilt are two of the most basic and distressing emotions we can experience.  Brene Brown defines...[ read more ]

As an emotion, anger gets a bad rap in our culture. We are supposed to avoid being angry. We associate anger with aggression, violence, domination, and oppression. People who are angry are often judged as irrational or mean, and in a gender biased way, especially if they are women. In the world of therapy, we say that someone is "reactive"...[ read more ]

If you have moved your practice to teletherapy to heed the call of social distancing, what are some of the benefits you've seen as a result? What unexpected results pleasantly surprised you? Check out this article and leave your comments below. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/millennial-media/201901/13-benefits-teletherapy-therapists

Clients can experience many benefits to conducting therapy online. Check out the following article and contact me if you would like to begin your therapeutic journey online. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/millennial-media/201901/14-benefits-teletherapy-clients

“Never think that you already know all. However highly you are appraised, always have the courage to say to yourself-I am ignorant.”- Ivan Pavlov

The spread of COVID has created a rapidly evolving situation that has drastically changed our daily lives and made planning for the immediate future both more important and harder. In Part 1 of this post, I talked about how to cope with the stress of this situation, as well as how to talk to your children about COVID and help...[ read more ]

Our world is rapidly changing. Restaurants and stores are shuttering their doors temporarily, schools have shut down, and governments are encouraging people to shelter in place. This rapid change has brought vast changes to our daily routine and uncertainty to our future. In Part 1 of this blog, I talked about self care, how to talk to your children about...[ read more ]

Many parents out there are scrambling as schools close and the CDC and other public health agencies are recommending social distancing to reduce the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus in the U.S. Social distancing is an important step to keep yourself and your family safe. The Washington Post has a good visual demonstration of how social distancing helps...[ read more ]

"As for the future, it remains unwritten. Anything can happen, and often, we are wrong. The best we can do for the future is prepare, and savor the possibilities of what can be done today." Todd Kashdan