Good morning. It may seem perfectly naturally, when you wake to put out a tweet or a post on Facebook to announce to your friends or the world how your week went. Sharing updates about yourself online is a quick and easy way to keep in touch with long distance friends. But in talking about…
Some folks want to avoid confrontation at all costs. If you need some quick hints on whether or not to bring up a sore subject, continue reading. Is the sore subject my stuff or another’s? Sometimes folks personalize their partner’s complaints and think it is about them. When in doubt, the complaint may be venting…
Have you ever heard the phrase “I don’t know”, come out of the mouth of a teen or a middle aged man? What feelings does it generate? Does it make you feel angry to hear that? Or do you feel bored and discouraged that a conversation went nowhere? COmmunication is not about the words we…
Remaining a traditionalist into adulthood is your choice. Many young Latinas get pregnant quickly and the rest of their lives are delayed. Perhaps they never learned that education was equally important as marriage and family. A job and education will prepare you for a financial loss or the death of the primary breadwinner. When you…
When considering therapy, ask yourself what you are looking for. Why are you doing this? Do you want to improve your confidence, relationships, change a behavior or learn something? Where you are in therapy for weeks, months or years you’ll learn something. But if you are short on time or money. Then brief therapy focused…
When considering hiring a therapist to help you resolve your problems here are some tips on selecting one. HOw do you want to pay? Are you ready for your insurance to request your records? If you want increased privacy you may want to pay cash. Consider what you can afford. Is therapy on a short…
Voluntarily seeking counseling is always better than being forced by a crisis or someone’s threat of turning your world upside down. What skills or behaviors do you lack? Do you want to argue less often? Do you want to sleep better? Do you want to lose ten pounds? Therapy can provide the structure to change…
Greetings! Happy New Year’s everyone!! I hope 2018 has been a rich and rewarding year for you. We often hear about people making “New Year’s resolutions.” However, I like to think of the dreams and plans that we have for the upcoming year should be viewed as “life resolutions.” Ultimately, what we do and commit…
As New Year’s approaches, it’s common to think about new possibilities. Many of us know that it would be helpful to have a guide, coach, & mentor through this process, but we don’t quite know what to look for. Here’s a framework to help you find the right match! An integrated therapist has the yin & yang of therapeutic presence & therapeutic…
I love quotes. I hope I’ll be remembered for one of the following. (as best as I can tell, I made these up) Nothing is more profound than realizing the obvious. The better you get, the harder it is to get better. Fate is simply seizing an opportunity. Wisdom is knowing which opportunity to seize.…