Thursday, January 31, 2019

Learning to Become More Emotionally Responsive to Your Partner in EFT Couple Therapy

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Couples often feel frustrated by recurring negative cycles in their relationship.   Even couples who really love each other and want to be t...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Overcoming Your Discomfort With Asking For Emotional Support

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There is a Swedish proverb that says, "Shared joy is double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow."  This proverb reminds us that we...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Working Through Painful Emotions in Therapy

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People often start therapy because they can no longer cope with painful emotions related to the past or to current events in their life.  In...
Monday, November 5, 2018

How to Stop Jumping to Conclusions and Personalizing Other People's Behavior

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One of the most challenging lessons to learn in life is to  not  jump to conclusions and personalize other people's behavior, which is t...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

The Psychotherapist's Role in Holding Open the Possibility for the Client's Transformation

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Aside from creating a holding environment  where the client feels safe and comfortable with the therapist and the therapeutic process, an ex...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Emotional Vulnerability as a Pathway to Greater Emotional and Sexual Intimacy in a Relationship

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Being in an emotionally intimate and loving relationship is a desire that most people have. But achieving emotional intimacy in a relationsh...
Thursday, October 11, 2018

How Experiential Therapy Can Help You to Discover Your Personal Strengths

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In my prior article, Discovering Your Personal Strengths in Therapy: You're Much More Than Your Traumatic History , I began a discussion...