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 [...]
Marriage
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2 Easy Steps to Connect in Your Relationships
Have you ever heard of the Love Lab? It’s official name is the John Gottman institute, named after the head researcher, but dubbed the Love Lab for the marriage and [...]
Marriage and Divorce: Family Therapists Share Their Own Stories
I have done a bit of research gathering stories of marriage and family therapists and their thoughts on marriage. As a marriage and family therapist who is married to another [...]
Marriage & Family Therapy: Why Do Therapists Divorce?
Recently, I wrote an article that raised some questions about the divorce rates of therapists, specifically Marriage and Family Therapists. As a MFT, I wanted to learn more [...]
Thoughts on Marriage: Keeping It Together When You Have Little Kids
A few weeks ago, my husband pulled off a rather grand surprise. It was my birthday, and I knew something special was planned. He asked me to wear my favorite dress and even [...]
Do Marriage & Family Therapists Have Better Marriages?
Do Marriage and Family Therapists have a lower than average divorce rate? Have you ever wondered if there was a link between divorce rates and your profession? McCoy and [...]