Violence and News Coverage is a very hot topic. I'm sure anyone would be able to answer the question of "where were you when 9/11 happened?". I actually happened to be getting ready for my own therapy appointment the morning that the Twin Towers were hit. As I drove by the lookout point in West [...]
Every day I hear TV and radio personalities complaining about how the politicians in this country have broken their promises. Another election is coming up and everyone is focusing again on campaign promises and what platform the next candidate will take. I wonder how often everyday promises are broken. The same man who complains that [...]
I loved the song with the refrain “Don’t text me back, pick up your phone”. Far too many young adults attempt to carry on a conversation through texting and end up with miscommunication and misunderstanding. Communication can be a complex and difficult proposition when we are face to face. How do you infer the intention [...]
Gestalt Therapy is an existential/experimental form of psychotherapy that emphasizes personal responsibility and focuses upon the individual's experience in the present moment, the therapist-client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person's life, and the self-regulating adjustments people make as a result of their overall situation. The objective of Gestalt therapy is to enable [...]
Substance Abuse Therapy is a useful tool. In many moments of despair, people often reach for a drink or a pill to ease their comfort. Unfortunately, this is how substance abuse and dependency problems incubate. What was once a social drink with friends, can easily transform into a daily habit - especially when someone is [...]
I think most people would agree that when you hear phrases such as "sexual abuse" and "rape", we are likely to think of men as perpetrators and women as victims or survivors. What we don't often hear about are the boys and men who have been victimized. Whether it's due to stigma, taboo, or feeling [...]
Why Group Therapy? Often times when someone is ready to participate in therapy they want to sit individually with someone to help guide them in making improvements in their own lives. This is why it can come as a shock when a therapist might then suggest a group. It’s at that point that the therapist [...]
Healing from Domestic Violence can be an arduous task. Not long ago, Stephen A. Smith of ESPN made some insensitive, uninformed, and ignorant statements about domestic violence as it pertained to a story about Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice. When another ESPN anchor, Michelle Beadle, challenged him, Smith fired back a Twitter apology, a "sorry [...]
One day I was sitting in a food court around 4 pm, and a boy about ten years old walked up to a table where his uncle and another man were sitting not too far from where I was. The boy greeted his uncle who then asked him what he had learned in school that day. [...]
Why do so many kids say they don't want to go back to school? When I talk to kids, why do they all say that lunchtime, recess, or seeing friends is their favorite part? And why don't kindergarten kids get playtime anymore? Play is a child's work. We need to allow children time to play. [...]
