Holiday Survival Guide
As children, we often look to the holidays with anticipation and wonder. Like you, I have fond memories of twinkling Christmas lights, crackling fires, Thanksgiving feasts, [...]
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Family History: Does Knowing Your Ancestors Matter?
Your History Matters Have you ever wondered about your family history? I learned through my psychotherapy training that trauma can actually be passed down through [...]
So, You Want to Become a Marriage and Family Therapist? 8 Items to Consider
Life has been rather busy for us lately, and I have finally found a few minutes to get back to writing again. The U.S. World News & World Report wrote that by 2022, the [...]
How Mental Illness Helped My Marriage: One Therapist’s Story
This story has been seven years in the making. I met my husband two months before I was finished with my Masters graduate program in Marriage and Family Therapy. To say he [...]
7 Reasons Why Clients & Counselors Prefer Home-Based Counseling
This post was created in partnership with Mindly. As always, all opinions are 100% my own. First of all, what is home-based counseling? Home-based counseling is when a [...]
Rising Strong by Brene Brown: A Book Review
Before I get to the book review, I want to be completely honest with our readers about my own personal biases. I am a big Dr. Brene Brown fan and have been for years. I tried [...]
The Private Lives of Psychotherapists: What You Don’t Know About Your Counselor
Sometimes, it feels like the world expects psychotherapists to some how be perfect or at least superior to other people when it comes to managing our relationships. As a [...]
5 Common Misconceptions About Marriage and Family Therapists
I have noticed over the years that there are many common misconceptions people have about marriage and family therapists. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in [...]
Soldiers Are Not the Only Ones in the Military: A Family Perspective
My youngest brother graduated from Army Basic Training this week, and I could not be more proud of him. He is an amazing and talented young man with a bright future. I have [...]
A Marriage and Family Therapist’s Story: Breast Cancer at 24 and How it Affected Her Family (PART 2)
Click here for Part 1. Now for Part 2. Thank you for staying tuned! My hope and prayer is that the information I share can truly help you in your practice, both personally [...]