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The therapeutic relationship is unique in many ways, not the least of which is that the client and therapist enter into it with a mutual, ultimate goal of it ending it.  The broad plan is that [...]

We are likely all familiar with the idea that what we resist persists, yet many of us struggle with actualizing this concept in our lives. Even if we objectively want change, we may fear letting [...]

Last month’s blog introduced Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), an action-oriented psychotherapeutic approach grounded in traditional behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and [...]

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): A Primer New clients often ask me “what techniques do you use?”  They want to understand more about the journey they are about to embark on.  Like many [...]

Have you been procrastinating duties deliberately, isolating yourself from people, giving people backhanded compliments, remaining silent, or dismissing people? Well, you may not believe it; [...]

Many people enter therapy with a request to manage their emotions. They might not like or understand what is coming up for them, and earnestly seek ways to tame their emotions or to make some of [...]

Loss is a difficult and inevitable part of life. Grief is part of the healing response to loss. Grief is typically considered on a personal scale – an individual or a small group of people [...]

As I write this, our country and our world are in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a pervasive sense of fear of the present and anxiety about what the future might hold. Amidst this [...]

Every relationship that we enter into has boundaries. We may not consciously recognize these dynamics at play, but boundaries represent what we are and aren’t willing to let in. They signify [...]

According to Dr. John Mendiola at New York City’s Mindbody-Therapeutics (https://mindbody-therapeutics.com/) “this breakthrough treatment has little to no side effects, 70-80% success rate, [...]