We are all so much more than the sum or our parts or the body we are born in. Who you are in your soul is the truth, regardless of the lies your body may tell you or the world. Just because you were assigned…

Cognitive distortions are exaggerated or irrational thought patterns that typically support and reinforce negative thinking. When someone has grown up in an abusive, unhealthy, or toxic environment, this is a common cognitive distortion. Often this is a direct result of being told that the person…

It is much too easy these days to spend time looking at social media and reality tv shows and thinking that everyone else is living a much better, more fun or more fulfilling life. However, this is not true and usually only serves to make…

Courage can be a hard thing to find when you have experienced abuse, marginalization, and aggression for who you are or who you love. That is one of the things that I think is so amazing about the growth of social movements like Black Lives…

Today I am reflecting on how many people I meet, both in my life and in my work that really minimize abuse when it does not leave a mark on the body. I some folks minimize or dismissing their partners’ controlling and emotionally withholding behavior.…

Big news….my practice is moving!   And if I can be totally honest and vulnerable about it, I have mixed feelings. This move was not in the plan, but at Thanksgiving I learned that the people I am renting from were moving and although I…