Life Beyond Therapy

Change is hard. We want to change how we handle things, how we talk to people, how we treat ourselves....

When people are considering psychotherapy/counseling, they usually ask me “How long do you think it will take?” People who have...

PTSD is a psychological term for “post-traumatic stress disorder.” I consider PTSD to be the emotions we feel after we...

Finally, as 2020 shuffles to a close, it looks like (some) things are getting better: No more Trump and his...

We’re in uncharted territory, brothers and sisters. None of us has ever lived through a pandemic before. And the news...

As I write this, the election is about a week away and I’m swimming in a sea of emotions: hope,...

I recently returned from a two-week road trip. I drove through Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon and California, mostly on...

I have long admired Stacey Abrams. When she lost the Georgia governor’s race to a very unethical election supervised by...

Are you feeling lonelier these days? Is the pandemic exacerbating those feelings? Luckily, the physical state of being alone has...

  When you’re having a meal with someone, it’s easy to say: “Please pass the salt.” You calmly ask for...

With COVID-19 hanging around so long, it’s tempting to believe that all-too-many aspects of daily life have changed. However, one...

“You know the five stages of grief — denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance?” asked Dr. Emily Landon, a coronavirus expert...

With COVID-19 spikes, quarantining, telecommuting, home schooling, unemployment, Trump’s latest stupidity, local businesses forced to shut down and an ever-present...