Posted: March 29, 2023
67% of couples in therapy have had a violent episode, half before they fully committed to each other. Some research suggests half of all couples experience Interpersonal Violence (IPV), with 80% of those being situational. While not amazing, there’s work that can be done to...
Posted: March 29, 2023
Adults with ADHD often struggle less from a lack of effort and more from a brain that handles attention, motivation, and time differently. The strategies below work with those differences instead of against them. Below are a few challenges ADHD brains commonly face, a bit...
Posted: May 17, 2022
Over the last several decades, people’s attitudes around mental health counseling have shifted significantly — and thank goodness for that! It wasn’t too long ago that people were afraid to talk about seeing a therapist because they worried about what people might think. Or, they...
Posted: November 8, 2021
Self-Talk Have you ever paid attention to how you speak to yourself? You know… the internal dialogue that happens in your mind automatically and sometimes without your full awareness? That, my friends, is self-talk. Like when you royally screw something up – nice going pea-brain....
Posted: November 2, 2021
Ever heard of a little thing called Positive Psychology? This philosophy aims to shift the focus of psychology away from mental illness and pathology to studying what makes life worth living. The goal is to work with patients in a more constructive way. i.e., helping...
Posted: June 29, 2021
One of the most common questions I get comes out basically like this, “I’ve never done therapy before, I don’t know what to expect, what is it like?” Often they have an idea of an older guy in a tweed jacket, pulling his pipe away...