Not Just Another Therapist
All of us have the innate ability to heal and be free from any troubling condition. This includes the little things like loneliness and confusion as well as the big things like addiction and grief; it’s all life. Tackling these issues alone is very difficult and goes against our nature. Together, we can identify the …
My favorite client is the one who comes in my door and lays out their whole life in the first 15 minutes…then when asked “So, what’s wrong?” says “I don’t know. I’m not even really sure why I’m here.” That’s real. So often, we display genius when it come to getting through the day even …
Walking my dog on the open space last night, I went into a sort of trance in which I reviewed all the problems in my life. It was a brilliant moment: I saw how all these issues connected, saw the solutions, realized what I needed to do and how and with whom. This was great! …
Posts in this section will address the usual and unusual hot topics in mental health and treatment, but there won’t be a lot of “clinical” language. I’ll be translating all that cool stuff from an fMRI scan and the DSM-5 into language that hopefully addresses your life experience. Rather than focusing on the neurobiology of …