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When Blood isn't Thicker than Water
The holidays are looming, and this year, they’re following an emotionally charged election. Many of my clients and friends are already wrestling with...
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The holidays are looming, and this year, they’re following an emotionally charged election. Many of my clients and friends are already wrestling with...
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October of 2022 was a huge month for me. It was in this month that I finally earned my certification in Perinatal Mental Health, which was really the...
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Humans are natural story tellers. We have long histories of using stories as a way to explain the unexplainable, to teach and guide our children, and...
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Most mental health professionals prefer to work with clients individually. Each person has such unique needs, learning histories, beliefs, fears, and...
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Growing up I made a number of assumptions about who I was going to be and what my life would be like in adulthood. I assumed I would go to college,...
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As I'm writing this, we have just come out of another Mother's Day and I am thinking ahead to the next few holidays and what my family will be doing....
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I love that as a culture we are embracing the idea that "it's okay to not be okay." It's so accepting and welcoming of folks with all kinds of...
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I have a long history of being involved in the arts and finding benefits from making art by myself and with others. While I had folks who encouraged...
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Ten years into marriage, I find it so odd that all of the classic children's stories end in the same way. People find each other, they make a...
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When I talk to clients about their struggles, I notice a very familiar pattern that I find myself in: what causes the struggle becomes the focus of...