Psychology Responds to Physiology In my last blog post, I spoke about the way we use addiction as a means of dealing with chronic nervous...

If you will indulge me…Take your right hand and begin massaging your left index finger. Start out gently and slowly use more force so that y

I began meditating fifteen years ago, when I was twenty-one. I can remember my first experiences of breath-centered focus quite clearly.

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My tween years were filled with adventures, made invaluable by my close-knit and friendly circle. I remember spending a whole summer at an o

After a recent session focusing on inner child healing, a client of mine wrote this beautiful poem. I received permission from her to share

You’re a woman in her early thirties, dressed nicely, and on the bus coming home from work. It’s about 7pm, and dusk is arriving. You take y

When I was born, I was given up for adoption. It would take me nearly thirty years to understand how much this has affected me. Speaking...

In a recent conversation, my mom asked me why some people become addicted to drugs while others do not. I love when conversations go in a ch

Another reason to do psychotherapy is that we are all fucked up in some ways. Depending on your social situation, privilege, and culture, th

During client-centered therapy, the therapist is absolutely careful not to send the client down a path which is not of their making.