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Practicing Mindfulness Infographic

2017-07-02T10:28:18-05:00

Mindfulness Mindfulness is defined as a state of active, open attention on the PRESENT. Mindfulness brings greater peace and calmness while helping us  better manage stressor, improve our mood, be more present in parenting, reduce cravings. When you practice mindfulness, as it is a practice that takes practice, you observe your thoughts and feelings from a distance, without [...]

Practicing Mindfulness Infographic2017-07-02T10:28:18-05:00

Private Practice Trapeze

2023-08-15T13:24:45-05:00

Therapists hoping to leave the in-network insurance world to create a full fee private practice often struggle. They want to move forward. To take a leap. Like flowing back and forth on a trapeze. You see the next swing lying in wait for you.  You notice and study it.  All that you need to [...]

Private Practice Trapeze2023-08-15T13:24:45-05:00

The Blame Game

2017-07-01T15:22:34-05:00

Relationships & Blaming As a counselor who specializes in relationships I’ve been thinking lately about patterns. One of the cycles we sometimes experience in our relationships is BLAME. Blame can rear its head in relationships with partners, children, siblings, and in our role as parents or in relation to our own parents. I hear it [...]

The Blame Game2017-07-01T15:22:34-05:00

A Child’s Addiction For Parents: Connecting

2019-09-15T08:35:29-05:00

  The anxiety can be relentless. Parent can’t sleep. Focusing on work or other relationships seems impossible. Irritability and fear dominate your thoughts. It can feel so, so alone. It’s a struggle to show compassion and support when a potential addiction feels like a wedge in the family dynamics. Parents of young adults struggling with [...]

A Child’s Addiction For Parents: Connecting2019-09-15T08:35:29-05:00

Addiction Recovery: Risk

2017-12-30T12:45:11-05:00

A Therapist's Take on Risk in Addiction & Codependence Recovery  I’m about to attend a conference on Addiction & Behavioral Health. As I wait for the train into Center City Philadelphia from my counseling office in Chestnut Hill, I observe and photograph the yellow line. Yep that's it below. OK so I'm not an artist. [...]

Addiction Recovery: Risk2017-12-30T12:45:11-05:00

Winter is Coming: How’s Your Mood?

2018-01-15T18:44:40-05:00

Yes, depression can be associated with winter. Those living in northern climates often see a lowering of mood during the winter months. We all feel it to one degree or another. These months can be brutal. Low light levels can lead to hormonal shifts resulting in lethargy and depression sometimes called the “Winter Blues”, Depression, [...]

Winter is Coming: How’s Your Mood?2018-01-15T18:44:40-05:00

A Marriage Therapist’s POV on Chores

2017-10-25T13:42:17-05:00

Marriage Musings As a marriage counselor, I think a lot about communication. Men and women seem to differ in how they view the essence, yes I said essence, of chores. I realize these are considered to be gender stereotypes, however, from my point of view as a marriage therapist these are valid observations. One member [...]

A Marriage Therapist’s POV on Chores2017-10-25T13:42:17-05:00

A Relationship with Alcohol?

2020-12-28T15:50:48-05:00

Can we have a relationship with alcohol? Let's consider how a "relationship" with alcohol matters. How there may be a difference from when alcohol is a minor or more serious problem. In other words when it drifts from a casual relationship to a more serious one and at times, becomes an actual commitment. Like a marriage [...]

A Relationship with Alcohol?2020-12-28T15:50:48-05:00

Marriage Counseling & Men

2018-03-12T16:07:22-05:00

Something has changed. Perhaps men are more willing to ask for coaching, counseling, or a consultation or women are more independent or just plain “fed up”. When I started doing Relationship Coaching and Marriage Counseling in suburban Philadelphia, PA., the norm was that wives dragged their husbands to couples therapy or marriage counseling. Over the past [...]

Marriage Counseling & Men2018-03-12T16:07:22-05:00

Small Changes in Counseling

2017-07-01T15:39:45-05:00

CHOICES Perhaps today you take a walk instead of watching TV or surfing the web. Maybe you choose to put your partner’s needs above your own and compliment him or her on what they did well. Or you overcome an urge to engage is a destructive behavior or finally sign up for that hobby or [...]

Small Changes in Counseling2017-07-01T15:39:45-05:00
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