Grief during the holidays can be a difficult and emotional experience. Staff therapist Kathryn Lee, LMHC talks about how the importance of remembering to feel and express these emotions to find moments of beauty and connection.
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The person you know may have decided not to engage in treatment or some other medical treatment that could help them live. Staff therapist Alaina Malik, MHC shares how engaging in mental health counseling for yourself can help you process the discomfort of the preemptive loss.
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By having compassion for our unique style of attachment, an opportunity comes to build new ways of connecting. Advanced clinical fellow Colleen Richards provides an EFT approach to understanding our attachment styles in times of miscommunication in close partnerships.
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Shame is a deep-cut emotional state that often develops early and hardens over time, growing into a gargantuan burden or shadow that we keep pushed down as far below the surface as possible. Advanced clinical fellow Julia Papale discusses how awareness about shame put one step forward on the journey of healing and self-discovery.
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Advanced Clinical Fellow Ilana Friedman explains how “Tapping,” aka Emotional Freedom Technique, can be an effective tool to utilize when you feel panic.
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Staff therapist Ronni Umles, MHC discusses the ways in which s sigh breath can allow our bodies to serve as a tool for breath regulation and a release of tension.
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Staff therapist Adrian Acevedo, MHC provides ways to practice mindfulness in the kitchen. Engaging in the process of preparing a meal can increase calm, flexibility, and even joy.
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Staff therapist Sam Silor, MHC talks about the intoxicating habit of holiday shopping and how to be aware of the unintentional support of corporations/organizations that are feeding into capitalism.
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Staff therapist Alex Mammadyarov explores one of the most common fears that come up around processing grief in the therapeutic space and makes a case for the value of facing it.
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Self-compassion and self-care are trendy terms to describe the way you treat yourself and what you treat yourself to. But what do they really mean? Staff therapist Jenn Freed, LCSW, explores meaningful ways to define these terms.
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For some trans and gender non-conforming folks, the name you’ve been given at birth doesn’t feel aligned with who you are. But how do you find a name that fits you like a glove? Staff therapist Tyler Mafi, MHC-LP provides some tips for how to go “name shopping” to find a name that feels just right!
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Athletes review tapes of their games to evaluate their performance in an effort to improve during the next game. What if we reviewed the conflict tapes in our memory to better engage with our partners in the future? Staff therapist Valeria West, MHC-LP, discusses the concept of creating a post-conflict ritual to assess relational conflict and improve overall communication between partners.
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