Resilience

Growth process and wishing for an easier future

 Growth process and wishing for an easier future

Some people come to therapy to unload their current distress. It might be an awful situation, or a pattern of relationship drama that keeps repeating itself. I might see them for a few sessions and then they disappear, only to reappear months later with another problem. 

Your Personal Board of Directors

Your Personal Board of Directors

Do you ever have times in your life when you don’t know what to do

In my therapy office I hear people struggling with all kinds of problems.

Often, they feel pulled in different directions.

It might be the desire to start a business but unsure if they can tolerate a possible failure.

Perhaps doing what is best for them isn’t what’s best for a family member.

Sometimes it looks like ending a relationship that isn’t working anymore while fearing grief that may come with the loss.

Trauma Therapy for Trauma-Based Anxiety

Trauma Therapy for Trauma-Based Anxiety

People who have survived trauma often feel like life is more difficult for them.

They may feel like it’s impossible to let their guard down and be themselves around others. They may struggle to be authentic or show weakness.

Lost Opportunities in Friendship Building

Lost Opportunities in Friendship Building

When a relationship ends, it can be tempting to want to be alone and lick our wounds, so to speak. 

For optimal psychological health, we need time alone and time in connection with others.

Human beings thrive in meaningful relationships.

Understanding Anxiety

Understanding Anxiety

Our brain’s primary job is to keep us safe, and it does this by scanning for danger.

When the fight/flight/freeze pathway is activated, a cascade of changes happen in your body without any pause to think or evaluate.

Are You a Lie-Invitee?

Are You a Lie-Invitee?

Are you a lie invitee?

It can be helpful to ask yourself what it might be like to be in relationship to you.

How do you react to disagreement or differences of opinion?

5 Steps to Self-Trust

5 Steps to Self-Trust

When people recognize they need to work on their stuff , it can often start with needing to build self-trust.

What does that look like?

Child Abuse Trauma Recovery

Child Abuse Trauma Recovery

The developmental psychologist Emmy Werner wanted to understand the significance of difficult childhood experiences on adult functioning. She studied this question by following a group of children over 30 years. 

Here is what she found:

Adverse childhood events (ACE) impact the trajectory of well-being in adulthood.