Be Your Own Best Valentine: Acts of Self-Care for Healthy Self-love

In my therapy practice, I’ve often noticed an increase in stress, anxiety, or depressed mood as we get closer to Valentine’s Day.  People who are not in committed relationships report...

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Resilience in the Face of Israel’s War: Strategies for Managing Vicarious Trauma

This week I was asked to speak at a local synagogue to offer community members strategies to help them navigate the vicarious trauma they’ve been experiencing from the war in...

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The Power of Unity: How Helping Others Restores the Human Spirit in War

I write this with a very heavy heart. What is happening in Israel right now is another holocaust. It’s impossible for any human being to process or understand the brutal,...

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Be Your Own Valentine: Acts of Self-Care to Brighten Your Day

In my therapy practice, I’ve often noticed an increase in stress, anxiety, and depressed mood around the time of Valentine’s Day. People who are not in committed relationships report feeling more...

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Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors

Lisa discusses her workbook “Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors,” and how mental health clinicians can use it to offer clients ways to communicate the pain they experience, and short circuit...

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Six Ways to Take Care of “YOU” on Valentine’s Day

Whether you grew up in a dysfunctional family or specific culture that taught you to put your needs and feelings to the side, or you’ve been caught up in complicated...

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Planting Seeds of Hope

I have often likened being a therapist to being a diligent and nurturing gardener. So much of the time we are planting seeds, encouraging clients to become curious about their...

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Impact and Reflections of 2015: The Year That Was

As 2015 comes to a close and you reflect on the last 12 months, I’m sure you’ll agree the year was filled with many powerful, moving, positive, frightening, and important...

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Making Simple Resolutions Last in 2016

In addition to the noisemakers and fireworks, it’s kind of a given that ringing in the New Year is supposed to be accompanied by a long list of resolutions that...

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Asking for Forgiveness

This is an important time of year for the Jewish people. It’s our New Year and a time when we look back and take ownership of our behaviors, with honesty...

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