The Blog
Why People Seek Therapy: Dispelling the Myth That Therapy Is Only for “Serious” Topics
Though misunderstood, therapy improves mental health. Therapy is not just for serious mental health conditions, as many believe. Individual, group and family therapy can treat stress, anxiety, and depression. Licensed therapists and other mental health professionals...
Reasons to Invest in Pre-Marital Counseling: Making Sure You Start Married Life on the Right Foot
Deciding to invest in pre-marital counseling is one of the most valuable decisions you’ll make. The benefits of pre-marital counseling will long surpass any money spent on a cake or dress. Many couples invest months (and often years) preparing for the special day of...
Breaking the Cycle: How Couples Therapy Can Help End Repetitive Arguments
Are you in a relationship, with a two-step-forward, one-step-back dance of the same old arguments? It's not showing signs of strengthening your relationship, is it? Hey, don't worry, it's a common phenomenon. What's more, is that it's often preventable with the right...
Feeling Rejected by Your Partner or Stuck in Blame?
Is there an argument you keep on having or an issue that never goes away no matter how many times you try to solve it? John Gottman’s extensive 30-year study on couples found that 69% of relationship issues are perpetual and not solvable. That’s right! Most issues between couples arise from personality differences or
Being Patient and Persistent Through Difficult Times
One of the more difficult aspects of my job as a Mental Health Clinician is watching individuals suffer and struggle through intense and somewhat chronic-feeling life situations, while desperately “treading water”, doing everything they can just to survive.
As I’ve worked with these individuals, I often find myself thinking and asking questions…
Emotion Coaching: How to raise a resilient child (and ultimately a happy child)
When parents are surveyed about what they want most for their child, the answer is usually happiness. It’s perfectly reasonable and something we can all admit we want for ourselves. But there’s one inherent problem in making this the goal for your child…...
