Brene Brown so beautifully discusses the importance and the healing that results from choosing to be vulnerable. If you are like most of us, this is an extremely difficult and frightening thought. I have come to the same conclusions as Brene in my own practice and this is one of...

We all have aspects of ourselves that help us to live in a changing and often unpredictable world. These parts of us manifest differently in each individual, but we all have them. They typically are represented by certain emotions, such as fear, anger, joy, strength, shame, etc. You might have...

It is 2011, and we are approaching the second week of the New Year. Did you write resolutions for the year? A pledge to visit the gym 5 days a week perhaps? Maybe get out of the house and enjoy nature on the weekends? To get 8 hours of sleep...

Psychotropic medications are designed to help people with psychological concerns. There are many different types of medications that target different symptoms like anxiety, depression, attentional deficits, perceptual disturbances, obsessive behaviors, sleep disorders, etc. Like medications, counseling also serves to alleviate these same symptoms. There are many different techniques that counselors...

Some paraphrase of this quote has been uttered by many friends, clients, and even myself at some point during the past several years. It seems wasteful to try something when we recognize that it might work for OTHERS but, not definitely not for US. Why take the time to do...

A few weeks ago, I spent some time with a 3 month old baby and put him in front of a mirror. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but I did think that he would find interest. After all, it seems that most people are interested in looking at...

Time for a change. This is my new web site, the purpose of which is to provide you with more resources and information about counseling.