Intimate Standoffs
Are we trying to change the right things in our relationships? Couples therapy can help you understand why you and your partner can’t break your conflict patterns.
You are more beautiful for having been broken.
Healing is not the pursuit of perfection. Wholeness of our being does not mean the erasure of our scars. Our uniqueness, our authentic self, is revealed by the cicatrices collected on our journey through life. The wounds we suffer and heal speak to our strength. You are one-of-a-kind, trying to be anything else is torment.
The Truth About Passive Aggression
Feigning indifference is one of the tools in the passive aggressor’s toolkit. It's a way of showing disrespect with the intent of making the other person feel unimportant. This is so common in adult relationships that is has become normalized.
Wrongful Convictions: Letting Go of Negative Self-Beliefs
Why is it so hard for us to let go of the negative beliefs we hold about ourselves? Why, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, do we cling to convictions that we are bad, weak, flawed, unlovable, worthless, or not good enough?
Thoughts on Diagnoses
While a diagnosis is a cluster of symptoms that cause someone distress, it rarely gets at the underlying issues creating and maintaining the distress. My work, as I see it, is about identifying and alleviating the root causes of distress.