Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has become a primary tool in the treatment of trauma and related mental health conditions. Developed in the late 1980s by Francine Shapiro, EMDR has been extensively researched and endorsed by mental health...
Looking in the mirror, we often notice that we’ve inherited Mom’s eyes or Dad’s hair color. We can usually pinpoint which physical traits came from which side of the family. Typically, we resemble our parents or other family members, which can be...
We live in a culture where things are expected to go one way, and generally, if they do not go that way, we find ourselves wondering or thinking something is wrong with us. We have some very high expectations about how things should go. This can look like a tendency...
I was chatting with someone the other day about the ups and downs of daily life. She asked me how long I had been a therapist, and I responded for almost 20 years ( it indeed does not seem that long, and I do not feel that young). She mentioned that she had found...
