I have a laundry list of good intentions right now, to be perfectly honest. And maybe as a therapist I’m not supposed to admit to the general public that I don’t always do well to follow through on my good intentions, but there it is. Many of these good intentions have fallen by the wayside […]
Why do we edit our own stories?
Why do we edit our own stories…in therapy? Yes, I’ve been there. I’ve sat on the therapy couch and shared a carefully curated selection of my life story. I’ve taken my time getting to the parts that feel the most shameful, ugly, embarrassing or secretive. I have edited my own life, even though I know […]
Couples Counseling Part 4: Why premarital counseling is a great idea.
I was having a conversation with someone the other day (that had absolutely nothing to do with couples or counseling) when she said something that lit up like a neon sign in my brain. She was in the middle of working on a dissertation for her PhD in which she was looking at what happens […]
Couples Counseling Part 3: “I never said that!”
Ah, the “he said/she said” (or he said/he said; I said/you said; she said/she said…you get my point) argument. It must be as old as time itself. Or at least as old as relationships. I can only imagine how many hours of couples counseling have been racked up with couples debating exactly what was said […]
Couples Counseling Part 2: Valentine’s Day…Observed
Happy Valentine’s Day? Ah Valentine’s Day. The much maligned holiday. Or loved? Divisive at the very least. I don’t want to be all grinchy, because I admit that I don’t have an issue with Valentine’s Day this particular year of my life, but I can say that there have been years I could have easily […]
Couples Counseling, Part 1: Why I love working with couples
There are two areas in my practice that I am particularly passionate about at this point in time: working with couples and working with people whose lives have been impacted by cancer. (Quick but important side note: if you are reading this and looking for a therapist but do not fit into one of the […]
Comedy and Tragedy
Hello! And welcome to what may just become my new blog. I resisted this idea of writing a blog for a while, until all of the sudden it sounded like the best idea ever. And so it begins. Time will tell! To introduce myself, I figured I would start with some self-disclosure. I was a […]