Highlighting Our Clients’ Resiliency

Everyone faces adversity at some point in their lives. Sometimes it feels like a bump in the road and sometimes it feels like we are forced to climb Mount Everest...

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Ten Ways to Increase Self-Care in Our Daily Lives

As much as it resonates for us to encourage our clients to incorporate daily acts of self-care, it can often be a challenge for us to practice what we preach....

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PTSD and Flashbacks

Most clients understand the concept of a flashback once therapists explain the phenomenon of reliving a painful past experience so vividly that it feels as if it’s happening again in...

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Helping Parents Navigate their Child’s Addiction

It’s understandable that one of the scariest issues a parent has to confront is the reality that their son or daughter is abusing drugs or alcohol. The immediate desire to...

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Staying Sensitive to Cultural Differences

As I travel with my family through Italy, this trip abroad continues to highlight the importance of being sensitive to cultural differences. It’s amazing (and a little embarrassing) how we...

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Shining a Spotlight on Mental Health Awareness Month

When we focus on a person’s mental health, we’re looking at the ways in which it impacts their thoughts, emotions, moods, ability to relate to others, efficacy at work and...

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Honoring Sexual Assault Awareness Month

  View image | gettyimages.com   Many years ago I was asked to give a speech for “Take Back the Night” a rally that was being held in Dupont Circle...

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Is Tele-Mental Health Good for Psychotherapy?

In all likelihood, in the near future, you will begin to get requests from clients to provide Tele-Mental health services. There are several manifestations of this phenomenon, but I’ll focus...

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Mining the Deeper Layers of Eating Disordered Behaviors

It takes courage for clients to admit that they are starving, gorging themselves, or engaging in various forms of self-inflicted violence to purge the calories they’ve consumed. When they reveal...

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Helping a Partner Who Engages in Self-Destructive Behaviors

As Valentine’s Day approaches couples become more mindful of the ways in which they can show their love through caring gestures and gifts. Flowers, cards, candy, and jewelry often communicate...

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