Embodied Healing

  I have recently been reading The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD., a book exploring the ways in which our brains, minds, and bodies both hold, and in turn, can heal trauma. Trauma may feel like a scary therapy buzzword, and it becomes tempting...

Get Up and Create: How Art Helps the Impact of Trauma

  Currently our nation is going through a traumatic experience. We are feeling the loss of control and helplessness while we are put on strict probation. Our world has seemed to change overnight, and we are now left to navigate this new world. On a positive note,...

Eating Disorder Recovery: A Three-Pronged Treatment Approach

  Outpatient eating disorder treatment involves a combination of medical, nutritional, and therapeutic support. It is my intention to describe the roles each member of your treatment team will play as they collaborate with each other (and with you!) to provide a...

Spirituality as a Strength in Therapy

  Clients often present in therapy with a wide range of problems to work through.  However, when dealing with difficulties in life it’s easy to forget that each of us has a number of personal and relational strengths to help us both in session as well...

Benefits of Group Therapy

Whether you’ve been in group therapy before or not, there are good aspects of group work in counseling for you and others. Group therapy differs from 12-steps or lay led groups in the main regard that they are led by a therapist and incorporate aspects of...