Perspectives towards mental health and mental health treatment have certainly shifted over the 2+ decades I have been in the field. Once a practice deeply stigmatized and kept on the down low, seeing a therapist and attending therapy is much more commonplace and...
Life Transitions & Self-Improvement
The Impact & Significance of Pride Month and Mental Health
In 1992, a very close friend of mine was rushed to the hospital for slitting their wrists while away at college. 5 years later they came out to me as gay and shared how their suicide attempt was related to the profound shame they felt within about their sexuality. In...
How to Find an In-network Therapist for Your Mental Health Journey
Mental health awareness has been growing in recent times and it seems ads for online therapy services are everywhere you turn. While it is becoming more socially acceptable to attend therapy, and the proliferation of teletherapy services has increased, it can be hard...
The Challenges of Leadership
Over the decades of working with people from a variety of industries, I’ve heard countless stories and accounts of tense, challenging or plain miserable work conditions stemming from ineffective, poorly trained, unsupportive or just bad leadership. It's an...
Choosing Between Small Group Psychotherapy Practices and Large Online Therapist Networks: Pros and Cons of Each
If you’re considering starting therapy, how do you know where to begin? Do you start looking through your health insurance directory to pick a provider's name at random from a long list? Do you ask your friends or colleagues for a confidential referral? Do you turn to...
Understanding, Naming and Setting Boundaries in Our Relationship with Ourselves and Others
There’s a lot of buzz out there about boundaries. “Boundaries” seems to be the latest catchall and code word for “how to be a healthy functioning human being and have healthy functioning relationships.” But what are boundaries really? What do boundaries refer to? And...