Recently, I have spoken with a number of people who reached out seeking therapy for the first time. We all have coping skills for dealing with life’s...

Imagine an alien accidentally teleported to your neighborhood and started exploring your favorite stomping grounds. What would they …see? …hear? …smell? …taste? …feel? What conclusions would they...

Let’s be real, a lot of us are feeling super stressed right now. During our everyday lives, we handle stress and anxiety in different ways. However, on...

Over the last decade, therapy has become more common and less stigmatized in popular culture. Millennials and Gen Z are talking more openly than their parents’ and...

Fear and Security: Queer Cohabitation in Quarantine  Since the call to social distance began over a month ago, I have been working remotely with a number of...

   My mind does not share the quiet and stillness one normally would expect with today’s social distancing and quarantines. It is filled with a whirlwind of...

A priest, a rabbi, and an atheist walk into a… Some jokes may not flow as well as they used to before COVID-19.  Even if bars were...

In these uncertain times, it is easy to feel intensely anxious and stressed. Will I lose my job? Are grocery stores safe? Will my relationships suffer? What...

Regular shame vs. core shame. Everyone experiences shame. It’s the excruciating feeling that signals we fell short of who or what we wanted to be in the...

The basic human condition is to search for safety and connection in relationships. It is an evolutionary means of survival that has been programmed into our DNA....

Pain is a given in life. We lose people, become disappointed, and encounter rejection. Yet there is something to be learned in all these situations that makes...