Mental Health Best Practices
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“It doesn’t happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time.” –The Velveteen Rabbit I started going to the therapy as a teenager, for issues with Anxiety and… Read More
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I turned forty this year. The number has a decidedly permissive flavor to it. I’ve never really been interested in doing things in a particularly conventional manner, but I’d be… Read More
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A somewhat personal story… Several months ago my husband and I pulled off a rather miraculous feat and paid off the last of my student loans, taking us fully out… Read More
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I was at lunch with a group of friends the other day when I announced that I’m over the whole notion of self-care. It is no longer interesting to me,… Read More
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In the therapy world, our ears become attuned to our own distinct language, one that we sometimes forget is our own. We throw around terminology like “transgenerational trauma” and “stress… Read More
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Therapists come up with all sorts of terminology to name this and that – we work with the same problems and ideas repeatedly, and need images and language to describe… Read More
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Like many of my colleagues that feel deeply connected to the practice of psychotherapy, I believe that I was built for this kind of work. When in the therapy room,… Read More
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I recently received a text citing a friend doing something that was hard for him, and struggling with it. “It’s ok, though,” said the text, “he’s powering through it.” “Blech,”… Read More
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I kill all things green. This is my truth around gardening and, though I’m deeply unhappy about it, it’s factual. If you give me a plant I will kill it.… Read More
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One of my friends tells her story of growing up with a mother with “issues” rather matter-of-factly, but the details are pretty grim to listen to. “She would stop talking… Read More