While in graduate school, a professor once asked my class this simple question, “When should the therapy termination process begin?”. Termination is the word we generally use in the mental health field to describe the completion of therapy. The answer to my professor’s question...

Fear is something we all experience. It is a healthy and necessary response to situations that pose a threat to our health and safety. However, at some point many of us learned to fear things that didn’t actually put us in physical harm-we became...

Ever heard of fight or flight? If you have ever experienced trauma you know that when people are in highly stressful situations they tend to fight, flight or freeze. I don’t have time to go into all of the science behind why some people...

Last week I had the luxury of a few days off. I indulged in a glossy magazine as I often do on vacation and ended up reading a hilarious article on yoga. What I did not know until I reached the end of this...

We can be our own worst critics at times. Am I right? Why is it that we can be there for a friend and offer kindness, advice, support, and compassion but when it comes to ourselves, we do the exact opposite? We beat ourselves...

I recently read a book entitled Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, by Lori Gottlieb. It’s the true story of a therapist’s experience attending therapy for the first time. It was a relatable and entertaining read that touched on many of the real experiences...