November 19 is International Men’s Day, and I want to spend a moment with you, imagining a world in which your mental health and emotional security are as valued as your ability to “man up,” work it out, and get things done. 

Today’s blog gets into it!

As a family therapist, I visit with families at many moments in their lives, whether just wanting communication skills or working to repair years of damage. Family therapy can also help when you don’t know what to do when a family member struggles with substance use or how to overcome shared family trauma.

Today’s blog gets into it!

In this blog, we will get familiar with how the pain of divorce, child loss, adoption, and infertility can damage the stitching on the family quilt and how families can seam it back together.

Therapy for teens and their families calls attention to all these differences by naming them, embracing them, and encouraging change within them. The goal is for all to find in each piece, worthiness, and purpose to ensure a healthy and happy family.

The teenage years, as we’ve all experienced, can be some of the most challenging of our lives. We aren’t quite children, and not yet adults. Teens are navigating new emotions, a flood of hormones, their self-identity, and who they are in relationships. Amidst these changes is the crucial learning of how to cope with it all, for them and for you!

Read on to learn how to help your teen when they’re struggling with depression!

Summer is here, and you’re thrilled to be out of the house and spending time with your family and friends. You relish the moments where you can all be together again without masks, social distancing, and other reminders of a year spent at home. What you didn’t expect, however, was that with your reclaimed freedom, you’ve also met up with your social anxiety.

Read to learn my top three tips for what to do when anxiety strikes!

As parents, we’re learning to let go, to trust our teen’s inner resiliency, and to believe that they’re going to be okay. Despite ourselves, we can’t help but wonder what kind of toll this past year is going to have on them? How will they be different, and how can we help them find their way back to normal?

Read to learn 7 tips to help your teen have a balanced summer!