I was diagnosed with a chronic illness when I was a teenager. Being on medication, having surgery, learning new ways of interacting with food, digestion and pain all shaped my early relationship with myself and the world. My mother has…
I was interviewed for an article on mindbodygreen.com about Consensual Non-Monogamy (CNM) by Kelly Gonsalves, a sex writer and editor who reached out to me recently. The article, the website and Kelly's work are all worth a look! Why Is…
When we talk about being strengths-based in therapeutic work, what do we mean? Strengths-based is a theory of counseling that comes from a team of researchers at the University of Kansas that noticed an overemphasis on pathology in psychotherapy and…
November 9th, 2016 was a challenging day for a literal majority of the country. Those who voted for Hillary Clinton, those who voted third party and those who abstained from voting found themselves living in an impossible reality: Donald Trump
“How should I choose a therapist?” is a question I get quite often, generally accompanied by “how do I find someone who will really match with me” and “what if I don’t wind up liking them?” The truth is, no…