The Past in the Present
Elena sat on the couch, phone resting on her thigh, barely breathing as she watched the three gray dots pulse at the bottom of her screen. Daniel was typing. Then not typing….
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Healthy Boundaries, Happy Relationship
Maya stood at her kitchen counter, staring at the text message from her partner, Adam. “Can you take care of the groceries again this week? I’m swamped at work.” She tightened her…
Podcast: Exploring EFT in Couples Counseling
“Emotional connection among human beings is like oxygen.” – Dr. Sue Johnson In a recent heart-to-heart conversation with Jenn Pinkerton on her podcast REDHEADREVEAL, we explored the depths of Emotionally Focused couple’s…
When your body speaks, listen.
Jeff stood at the cliff’s edge. As he looked down, he couldn’t believe how steep and deep the gorge was. He had never seen a place that evoked such awe and fear…
Controlling Your Anger with a Hiss
Everybody gets angry. It’s a normal, biological protection mechanism that gets triggered when we believe we’re being mistreated or that the world is operating against us. It is also an expression of…
What Your Anxiety Is Trying to Tell You?
Just like the doorbell rings to alert us to the arrival of a guest, anxiety tells us that some core emotion buried within us is pushing to be expressed. Take, for example,…
To err is human. But now, you must apologize.
Sheila was backing out of her parking space, at the grocery store and accidentally hit another car. Bob screamed at his boss, for making him work late on Friday night, date night….
Beating up on yourself this holiday season? Stop! Give yourself the gift of self-compassion.
Amelia, a struggling young actress, plopped down on my sofa. She’d never been to see a therapist before, but she had to find out why she was so depressed. “I’m a great…
Mending fences: How to heal shredded relationships after a damaging presidential election
Rob and Mary have supported each other through health crises, career ups and downs, the raising of five children. But even they have one subject that they cannot discuss without thoughts of…
Attachment styles — the ties that bind or break
Little Betty loved her parents. And while they loved her, too, they didn’t seem to have time for her. They were always rushing. They were always running out the door. Betty learned…
Could it be me? When our own fears and hurts threaten our relationships.
“We are never so vulnerable as when we love, and never so hopelessly unhappy as when we lose the object of our love.” ~ Sigmund Freud Haley met Eric on a sunny day…
Be kind to yourself — blaming, shaming and criticizing never help
When Grace entered individual therapy as an adult, she told me a story that dated back to her first day of kindergarten: She had felt terrified that morning. The classroom was so…
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