There’s no place like home.
I lived in a house in California until I was 5. Then I lived in another until I was 18. Then I spent the summer with my long-distance boyfriend in Georgia before starting my freshman year of college in Ohio. [...]
8 Things I Learned at Transcending Boundaries
This past weekend, I attended an event called Transcending Boundaries whose stated purpose is to “serve our ever-evolving communities, including bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, asexual, intersex, polyamorous, and kinky persons, as well as allies, those who prefer [...]
Emotionally Focused Therapy: a modality for couples
Last weekend, I attended a teaser-training about Emotionally-Focused Therapy, the latest "craze" in couples counseling. I've been curious about it for awhile, because it's one of those buzz words that keeps popping up in therapist circles, and I finally had [...]
Transgender Issues 101
Happy Independence Day! Today, we celebrate the independence of our country from Britain, which includes, among other things, the assertion that all people are created equal! Well, ok, the Constitution says it’s all men, which was definitely the initial intention [...]
Change for the New Year
“How do people change?” I was at my group interview for graduate school, and my interviewer, Dr. Stan Charnofsky, the head of the department to which I was hoping to gain admission, had just asked us this question. The eight [...]
Managing Holiday Stress
A friend of mine made a Facebook post a few weeks ago about how therapists get a “December bonus” every year because so many people experience extreme holiday stress. And while he’s very much correct in this observation, it got [...]
Family Systems in Practice
When I was in graduate school, we learned that families are systems that affect each other. When one “piece” of the family changes, the others adjust to accommodate those changes so that the family maintains a balance and its needs [...]
Bibliotherapy: A Complaint Free World
I complain a lot. I would have said I “used to” complain a lot, but it has become abundantly clear through a new project I have undertaken that this is not entirely the truth. Let me explain how this realization [...]
What’s in Store for a Gryffindor?: The Nature of Bravery
I have a story to tell you with a great moral. Allow me, please, to be a little bit of a nerd for a moment, and then I’ll get to the psychology of it all. I promise. Anyone familiar with [...]