Issues Treated

Loss is a great equalizer. It knows no age, gender, race, religion, socioeconomic status, or value system. At some point in life, we will all experience loss. If we want to be healthy humans, ... Read More

If you have anxiety, your doctor may have prescribed medication. Medication can help many people, and maybe it worked for you. But maybe it didn’t help. Or maybe you’d just rather ... Read More

The influence of trauma in mental and chemical health treatment is getting more and more attention. When we hear the word “trauma,” we tend to think of events that lead to death or ... Read More

Every person has a unique set of life experiences. Some are painful, some are joyous, and many more are somewhere in between. However, it is common for people to undervalue or undermine ... Read More

“I spent so many years walking on eggshells … never doing or saying the right thing. One day I decided I’d had enough and stomped all over them. Those broken eggshells cut me deeply ... Read More

“What we are about to undertake is an expedition together, a journey of discovery into the most secret recesses of our consciousness. And for such an adventure, we must travel light. ... Read More

Life does not always turn out the way we’d like. We carry our stories. In some moments, we might feel like kings. In others, we feel like failures. We feel grotesque. For some, the ... Read More

“Don’t you walk away when I’m talking to you!” “But Mom!” “Don’t ‘but Mom’ me. I’m not finished here!” Sigh. Eye roll. “You’re ... Read More

The two most common and well-known mental health issues are depression and anxiety. About 19% of Americans experience depression at least once in their lives. The figure for anxiety is ... Read More

“What’s the big deal about smoking pot? It’s legal.” Have you or someone you know who uses marijuana said this? Did you know that marijuana is still federally illegal? Marijuana ... Read More

We live in a competitive world. Sports, politics, and business can create the illusion that one person needs to lose for another to triumph. Yet in all these apparently cutthroat fields, ... Read More

I have so much respect for couples who sit in my office and ask for help with their divorce. It can be fairly easy to help with some questions, such as, “What type of parenting schedules ... Read More