Psychoeducation

This week is Transgender Awareness Week, which culminates in Friday’s Transgender Day of Remembrance. This Day of Remembrance is when we remember the trans and gender diverse individuals lost to violence over the past year. As the visibility of trans folx has increased so has…

This applies to all difficult or unpleasant emotions. Most of us would do well to learn this strategy for these emotions as they are meant to inform us and our choices and decisions. These emotions are ours whether we want them to be or not.…

This is so true, isn’t it? Healing and growth are totally like this. This is why, periodically stopping to actually look back and admire how much growth has happened is incredibly important. That is why bringing attention to those small changes as they occur in…

The holidays are hard for many people. It is inescapable, all of the focus on family, family togetherness, family gatherings, love of family….it’s in commercials, TV shows, movies, social media, at the grocery store, on the radio, on billboards, it is everywhere. But what if…

It comes as a surprise to some of my clients that as we process their traumatic experiences, they sometimes find that they are able to remember positive experiences as well. This is not a guaranteed experience, but it happens often. The idea is that these…

Often when EMDR is talked about, it is as if it is a fancy technique and not a complete therapy approach. EMDR therapy is occurring from the moment you pick up the phone or send an email to reach me. It informs my thinking about…