Courage is something I see every day in the people I work with, and it is not usually the courage that is applauded in the movies. It is much quieter and more profound. It is the courage to try and try again to get better.…

I often hear people lament that they are not further along in life. They are as mature as they think they should be or healed as much as they should be. I understand the desire to be better and to have achieved our goals already.…

Often when I work with clients they struggle to come to terms with things that they have said and done in the past. But the reality is that we often make mistakes and do the wrong thing as we have not learned any better. Do…

In working with clients who have had abuse, neglect and chaos while growing up I find that secrets and silence are two regular themes. There is a perception that silence keeps them safe, but what is not spoken tends to eat away at the soul.…

Feeling heard is powerful. Coming out to the right people is important in order to maximize the chances of being heard, believed and understood. But even so there are no guarantees and it is often a scary process with serious consequences. But once there are…

Often when people come into therapy, they express some version of this hope, that they can simply forget what happened to them, go back to the way they were before. This is not possible. It is possible to heal so that they are no longer…