What should I know about couples counseling?
Couples counseling can help improve the health and longevity of a relationship. During counseling, couples engage in therapy sessions and work with a trained therapist to address and resolve unproductive issues within their relationship.
Discovering Women’s Sexual Health
Sexual health is achieved when we understand who we are as sexual beings and are open to exploring sexual desire without feeling the need to shut off or deny a part of ourselves.
What we shouldn’t say to someone with depression.
We want to help our loved ones as best we’re able. And we want to say the right things. With that in mind, here are a few thoughts on ‘what not to say’ when someone has depression.
Are you depressed or simply not motivated?
Depression is a serious matter, but how can we tell if we’re actually depressed or simply lacking motivation?
What everyone should know about sex therapy
Sex therapy is a specialized form of counseling that focuses on issues related to sexual function, sexual satisfaction, and communication within a sexual relationship. Here are a few things everyone should understand about sex therapy.
Thoughts on the Therapeutic Process
Similar to how there are no “hacks” to getting in good physical shape quickly, the same is true for mental health.
When should you seek out a sex therapist?
Sexuality is an important part of the human experience. It plays a large role in our overall well-being and satisfaction. However, like everything else, things don’t always go smoothly or according to plan.
3 Exciting Benefits of Couples Counseling
Couples counseling – often referred to as marriage counseling - is a type of therapy that helps couples improve communication and resolve conflicts in their relationship. Here are 3 important benefits of couples counseling.
What is anxiety?
In its simplest form, anxiety is described as an emotional and psychological state characterized by feelings of nervousness, worry, and unease. Is it normal?
Support after Infidelity
I am starting a support group for partner’s betrayed by infidelity of a spouse, because I know what it’s like to experience it. Fifteen years ago my ex-husband’s infidelity changed almost everything about me.
11 Lessons from Telehealth
Telehealth has reminded me that when I let go of the things I fear losing, I allow them to transform themselves and me. In this context, I am letting go of my closely held model of therapy and my self-protective need to feel good at it.
Empathy informed action toward restorative, racial justice
Empathy helps us hone into the real problems that must be addressed. But it is a dereliction of our duty and a violation of our ethics to empathize without the necessary action steps required to change the circumstances that hurt them in the first place.
COVID-19 Update: In-Person Services (5/19/20)
However, I know that some are in need of in-person services; delaying their in-person care will be detrimental to their mental health, and I am prepared to see a handful of them in person starting Saturday, May 23.
Update 3/27/20: General Mental Health and a COVID-19 Discount
I am announcing my return to General Mental Healthcare treatment, for a time. Concurrently, I am offering a discount to those in financial distress (existing and new clients).
COVID-19 Update 3/20/20
As the new reality of our world continues to swirl and change, I’ve been struggling to know what to do and how to handle it all. I am sure you feel similarly.
COVID-19 Update
All existing clients are already set up for Telemedicine sessions via the online portal. We can start using this service immediately if necessary.
On Being Brave: COVID-19 Edition
Being brave makes a difference not because it solves every problem or eliminates risk, but because it turns risk into hope. There is no hope without bravery and no change without small acts of hope.
Rise Above Fear
But when wrestling with fear today, I squared my shoulders and said to nothing in particular, “This year is the year I rise above fear.” It’s a simple statement with no real meaning other than it helped me remember that in 2018 I proved to myself that love sooths fear.
Fall in Love with Love
Love is a thing that exists outside of us, it impacts us, it draws us together, it heals us, it sustains us, it inspires us.
Speak the Truth Out Loud
Sex therapy and relationship counseling are founded on the ideas that looking at your partner and telling them the truth of your own experience not only changes the equation but it creates a foundation from which to work. That foundation is connection.