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Are you worried about your teenager?
Are you worried about your teenager? You are not alone. Parenting teenagers is not easy. The changes that are going on in their brains can be a challenge to navigate. Recently, you’ve likely seen...
How To Talk To Kids About School Shootings
That I am writing this has me verging on tears. “How to talk to kids about school shootings” are words that should never need to be said. And yet here we are.. This question came up often this week....
Emotional Intimacy and Why It Matters in healthy relationships
Emotional Intimacy is at the core of healthy relationships. It bring relationships meaning and depth as it is the window that allows us to feel like our partner fully gets us and that we get them....
EMDR Intensives and What to Expect
A View from both sides of the couch Currently, in my practice, I am able to offer EMDR in both weekly EMDR sessions and EMDR Intensives. About ten years ago, I got trained in EMDR (Eye Movement...
Why Can’t I Move On?
Recently, a theme appeared in my office. “Everyone is telling me I need to move on. “ “They want me to get over it.” “I feel bad talking about it anymore with my friends.” “I feel like I’m supposed...
What Stories Do You Tell Yourself?
The stories we tell ourselves are powerful. Go for a walk. If you think about how nobody cleans up after their dogs, you will see dog poop everywhere you go. Conversely, if you think about how...
5 Mistakes Parents Make with Teenagers and Gender Identity and/or Sexual Identity
During and after the pandemic, I saw an overwhelming surge in teenagers struggling with issues of sexual and gender identity. I also saw a huge increase in the parents reaching out for support...
Adulting and the Struggle to Launch
College is over. We expect the career we have dreamed of to open up and present itself. This was the promise, right? Do the work, get good grades, go to college and it will all be okay. And then...
Burnout and Secondary Trauma: When Caring Hurts
Trauma is a slippery friend. Sometimes, it’s clear and easy to recognize. And sometimes, we don’t realize that the symptoms we are experience are symptoms of trauma at all. When people feel...
4 pitfalls of people pleasing and the one person it does not please
People pleasing looks “nice” but it doesn’t work for a lot of reasons. Many years ago, I had a dream that sums up people pleasing beautifully. I was young and I wasn’t a therapist yet so I didn’t...
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