Couples

Encouragement for Men

I love men. I love working with men in therapy because they tend to be really receptive and engaged. They take in new ideas and - if the...

The Space Between: Finding Freedom and Connection in Relationship

You know that feeling when you get “triggered?” When someone you thought cared about you suddenly acts like a complete jerk? “Why on...

Your Broken Wing

Here is a visual depiction of how our repetitive conflicts with our partners are always informed by our own early wounding and exiled...

Queer Enough?

Am I queer enough? Trans enough? Nonbinary enough? Gay enough? Bi enough? Pan enough? Am I a woman? What does that even mean? Am I a man?...

Courage for the Darkness

The darkest corners of our psyches are not inviting. Those crevices where we've stuffed all our secret feelings of worthlessness, shame,...

“Is my relationship unhealthy?” The subtle escalation of abuse could trick any of us...

Abusive intimate partner relationships (also known as dating abuse or domestic violence) tend to sneak up on us. They are not obvious. In...

How to be open-hearted in a time of fear

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” This difficult, wild,...

Feeling at Home with Feelings at Home

As you “hunker down” and “shelter in place" with your family, everything that’s hardest for you about your kids, your partner and your...