So often we read about how therapy aims to teach us self soothing or self-regulation skills. These days with third wave therapies being...

Over the last couple decades I have been working with women struggling to navigate intimate partner violence. Recently I have noticed on...

We identify as the same or as the other. This process in identity formation is evolving and dynamic with our sense of self being...

The ultimate goal in life is to cope and be able to wake up in the morning and be as productive as possible. This can be extended into...

Over the last few months I have noticed a disturbing narrative that argues strongly against having specific resources available for women...

One's inner world is experienced on many levels- it may be experienced through our physical senses, such as heightened heart rates,...

Mindfulness meditation tends to practice these notions of noticing ones wandering thoughts or feelings, without necessarily internalizing...

I was reading an article earlier today called "The Untranslatable Emotions" which had me thinking deeply about the power of language in...

This century has embraced the mind-body connection which in turn have shown the enormous benefits of somatic type therapies. The latter...

Where does this notion of tying up loose ends before we can move forward in our lives come from? Is this in fact even realistic? Life is...

What is resilience and how does it relate to trauma? Resilience involves facing a significant threat that has the potential to produce...

Over the last few years the health and wellness world has been addressing the narrative of trauma and it's impacts. We have heard the...

How often does one see "strength based therapy" on a psychotherapist website, or when reading psychotherapy biographies; it almost always...

I recall many years ago seeing clients that were navigating the death of their loved ones, and at the time a referring psychiatrist...

Over the years I have partnered with clients navigating relationship challenges in their intimate partnerships, with their friendships...

To have a same you need an other. To have a black, you need a white. To be an outsider, you need an insider. Hegel proposed this notion...

Yesterday a twenty year old women described her situation at our first therapy session- "I was a behavioral child", "a troubled teen" and...

Over the years I have women coming in for support with statements like "I don't know why I am so anxious all the time!" or "I cannot...

In every family there are certain members that hold more power than other family members. How does power play out in the family? Power is...

It is not uncommon in a family unit for its individual members to form sub-alliances with one another. In simple terms this may look like...