The Magicians and Feminism

I absolutely identify as a feminist. But before you run screaming for the hills, let me explain what I mean by that. I believe that feminism means equality for all peoples regardless of sex or gender or even race. It doesn’t mean that I hate having the door held open...

Celebrating the Little Things

I was privileged to witness a rather amazing group therapy session the other night. All the members were willing to be vulnerable with one another and myself and it was a beautiful night of risk taking and emotional sharing resulting in validation, safety, and...

Dealing with Loneliness

I’ve been getting a lot of requests to write about loneliness and it comes up a lot during sessions as well. To me, this means that this is a very rampant problem in our society and needs to be discussed. To start, a certain amount of loneliness is a completely normal...

The Importance of “I feel” Statements

If you’ve ever been to counseling before, perhaps you’ve encountered your therapist nagging you to speak in terms of “I feel” versus “you make me feel.” Hopefully you were provided an explanation as to the importance of this. But if you weren’t, I am happy to...

Mission Statement and Calling

Having a wealth of ideas to talk about today, I decided to discuss an issue that is extremely close to my heart: existentialism and existential thought. When I was going through my own mental health journey, I ended up reading Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search For Meaning....

An open letter to my clients

Therapy is weird. You hire me for an hour a week, maybe every other week, and pour your heart out to me. We spend maybe a few months together, possibly a year, and then you move on to conquer the world. I’m always happy for the day when I’ve worked myself...