I’m no stranger to anxiety. As a seasoned psychotherapist and a parent of two teenagers, anxiety has been a consistent theme in my life. Learning how to navigate my own struggles with anxiety, and the anxiety of my clients has greatly informed my lens towards the...
Learning How to Embrace Our Aloneness as a Way to Manage Our Loneliness Loneliness, a condition characterized by a feeling of isolation and lack of meaningful interpersonal connection, has become a worldwide epidemic. The American Psychiatric Association notes that...
Perspectives towards mental health and mental health treatment have certainly shifted over the 2+ decades I have been in the field. Once a practice deeply stigmatized and kept on the down low, seeing a therapist and attending therapy is much more commonplace and...
In 1992, a very close friend of mine was rushed to the hospital for slitting their wrists while away at college. 5 years later they came out to me as gay and shared how their suicide attempt was related to the profound shame they felt within about their sexuality. In...
Mental health awareness has been growing in recent times and it seems ads for online therapy services are everywhere you turn. While it is becoming more socially acceptable to attend therapy, and the proliferation of teletherapy services has increased, it can be hard...
Over the decades of working with people from a variety of industries, I’ve heard countless stories and accounts of tense, challenging or plain miserable work conditions stemming from ineffective, poorly trained, unsupportive or just bad leadership. It’s an...
