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It is clear that there remains a perception that a person needs to have some sort of calamity or personal crisis to warrant going to therapy. Many clients report during their initial phone consultation that family and friends do not always understand why they’re seeking support. “Why are you airing your dirty laundry to a …

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After a year of internalizing the message, “Stay at home. Do not socialize. Keep 6-feet apart. Wear a mask,” how do we suddenly become comfortable re-adjusting again to a more familiar, integrated way of life? Many clients have recently expressed anxieties and fears over what life will look like as more people get their vaccinations, …

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The Strengths and Limitations of Diagnoses Numerous people have asked me about their diagnosis during the course of therapy. Sometimes it’s very direct: “So, what’s wrong with me?” Other times, less so: “Well, a lot of my friends and family say that I’m a narcissist; that I’m selfish – I mean, I don’t think I …

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For many of us, winter is the time in which our seasonal depression presents a cold, sweaty hand to that of our more perennial depression. Vitamin D and sun lamp at the ready: Here we go again. But of course, this year is different, and there is a far less familiar presence in the form …

Snowed In: Lies we tell ourselves in COVID Winter Read More »

When I first heard the phrase ‘you are not working from home, you are home working through a pandemic,’ I felt a weight lift from my chest. My breathing deepened, slowed, and calmed. My tense body succumbed and uncoiled. I believe I heard this phrase about 100 days into working from home. Now, about 200 …

You’re Home Working Through a Pandemic Read More »

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 day to day stressors, but with the impact of the pandemic, many of these people are finding it more difficult than ever to deal with the many uncertainties …

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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 draw about their new environment? Would they be able to pinpoint the country? state? city? street? The answer is…maybe.   Anthropologists believe that “place” is shaped by our …

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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 an anxiety scale of 1-10, a lot of us start around a 2 or a 3 on most days rather than a 6 or a 7. Right now, …

Learning to Check In with our Stress and Anxiety Levels Read More »

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 grandparents’ generations did about their experiences with depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses. This destigmatization has certainly saved lives. But lessening the stigma against it does not make …

Therapy is not…. Read More »

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 partnered LGBTQIA+ (hereafter queer) patients, most of whom are isolating with their significant others. In some instances, this has been a fairly smooth transition, with both partners …

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