Uncertainty, doubt and riding the wave/s
“Things are horrible”. This is a persistent refrain, and as I am told by my elders, has kind of always been the way of things – with various dips and breaks throughout history. It is also true that right...
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The ups and downs of grieving.
When someone who was an integral part of a person becoming who they are, dies, so does a part of the griever. Death is the biggest wrench in the system and it wrenches your heart, mind and entire orientation...
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Identity and therapy.
When I first started working with people, I was focused on connecting with children and families and helping them get back on their feet and navigate systems of care which were often quite damaged. Later when I went to...
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Working with the gifts and challenges of “highly sensitive” people in therapy.
A lot of people who gravitate towards doing “deep” analytic work in psychotherapy, vs. strictly symptom management or reduction, are highly sensitive people. Why is that? Maybe they have a need to go deeper emotionally because they see and...
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A (slightly) more personal bit about me and my work doing psychotherapy during the global pandemic.
I was recently asked to share a bit about myself for a directory of therapists who work with COVID-19 first responders and their family members. Some of the questions and answers related more specifically to working as a psychotherapist...
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