When I reflect on the time I spent working with inner city Allentown School District kids, I can’t help but think about the resilience they had. After school was dismissed, they came to the Salvation Army, where [...]
When I first began practicing psychotherapy in 2001, there was so much I didn’t know. I was naive in believing that in order to be in a healthy relationship, we need to start by possessing a healthy [...]
The U.S. Surgeon General recently declared an “Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation.” https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf In his opening address of the report, Dr. Murthy urges us to understand the potential consequences of not investing in our social well-being. He [...]
During my pregnancies, my husband and I chose to wait until birth to find out the sex of each baby. A midwife myself, I found these “surprise” births to feel extra-joyous for all involved. When my first [...]
Before you become a licensed mental health therapist, there is a lot of time dedicated to self-reflection. This is meant to help you understand what you bring to the table, or to the therapy room. I was [...]
With Spring approaching, many things are on the horizon: warmer weather, National Sons day, National Women’s Month, National Disability Awareness Month, and, as explored in this blog, National Family Day. How do we define family? Well, it [...]
What is trauma? Seriously, I’m asking. What is it for you? It is different for everyone who answers that question. Trauma is defined in the mind of the person who uses that word. In all honesty, that [...]
“Why me?” to My Why There is a technique used in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) called “reframing.” Reframing is the act of identifying automatic thoughts and replacing them with more reality based thoughts. This technique can be [...]
Let today be the day you give up who you’ve been for who you can become. - Hal Elrod. New Year, New Me … a phrase that we all hear all too often between the week of [...]
Lose Your Mind, Find Your Body I regularly put drums into the hands of adults that would not consider themselves to be musical. But well before I begin teaching “non-musicians” how to make improvised, cohesive group music [...]
