Life Beyond Therapy

Anxiety is part of life. We’re all afraid of bad things happening. But, for some people, our anxiety is so...

Now that we’re finally coming out of COVID-19 isolation, many of my clients want to fall in love. For most...

As Father’s Day approaches (June 20th), I want to talk about Good Dad Energy. Lots of us didn’t have very...

America ranked 19th in the U.N.’s most recent World Happiness Report, behind happier places like Finland (No. 1), Australia (No....

On Thursday, May 13, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eased its guidance on masking for us fully...

The Three Musketeers: Your Heart, Mind, and Genitals Ever since my book on open relationships came out in 2017, I’ve...

What is emotional monogamy? Ever since my book on open and monogamous marriage came out in 2017, I’ve had a...

Do we really want to go back to our regular routine? It’s been a year since I closed my Kensington...

More-and-more plastic surgeons want me to meet with their clients - before they have a facelift - to see if...

Over the past twenty-some years, I’ve heard dozens of clients say some version of: “I absolutely hate conflict.” “Does every...

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

Celebrity/model/witty person Chrissy Teigen recently went public with her decision to quit drinking. As a psychotherapist for San Diego’s LGBTQ+...

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...