8 Reasons You Might Benefit from Family of Origin Style Psychotherapy
Family of origin style psychotherapy (or “family of origin work” as it’s often referred to) is rooted in how the past negatively impacts the present – and the future. The idea is that sometimes people...
View ArticleThe Biggest Myth of Therapy
If you’re considering seeing a therapist, it’s important to go in as educated as possible around what you can expect – and with some awareness of what therapy will NOT do for you. As much as...
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Inner Child Work in Individual Therapy
Individual therapy can provide a powerful medium to do the deeper work required to help people who are stuck in the past and struggling to thrive in the present. “Inner child work” is one avenue for...
View ArticleThe First Session of Individual Therapy: What to Expect
Have you ever been in counseling or therapy? Many people come in for the first time with a host of incorrect assumptions about the process and many times, fear, especially for those who may have very...
View ArticleWhat is Family of Origin Work?
What is family of origin work? Therapists will likely have slightly different interpretations of what it is – and how to go about doing the therapy work itself. My definition of “family of origin work”...
View ArticleThe Past and Your Emotional Health
Your past is connected to your present and future. Emotional health is a broad term but I see it as an overall sense of “alrightness,” of peace, of emotional flexibility, openness, absence of shame...
View ArticleInsights into Childhood Trauma
The umbrella of trauma may be broader than many realize. It’s not only about experiencing clear-cut physical or sexual abuse, neglect or other horrible events leaving you with a sense of helplessness;...
View ArticleDeeper Level Change in Individual Therapy
People come to therapy with varying expectations about the process and the tie that binds them is an awareness that something isn’t working for them as they are in distress emotionally and/or in their...
View ArticleBe Your Own Therapist: 3 Questions to Ask Yourself
Something is off. Happiness and peace are eluding you. Perhaps your relationships are disastrous or you generally feel blocked in some way. Most of us can relate to the experience of being off track....
View ArticleIf I Was Your Therapist
If I was your therapist I’d want you to know… You’re not broken…It’s your experiences that have led to faulty beliefs that might be telling you that. I care about what happens to you…My work with you...
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Family of Origin Work: Is it Time to Start Digging?
Being a therapist in private practice working with individuals and couples, I see a vast array of issues that people bring. It’s understandable that many hope to solve the problems as soon as...
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Family of Origin Work: How to Untangle and Tend to Your Obstacles
(part 2 of a 3 piece series) In Family of Origin Work: Is it Time to Start Digging?, I looked at possible reasons for looking more closely at what might be an unhealthy root system underneath you....
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Family of Origin Work: Steps to Heal
In Family of Origin Work: How to Untangle and Tend to Your Obstacles, I looked at how to understand your history and how it’s impacted you. There are many ways people cope with challenging...
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Improving Your Everyday Life Through Art Therapy
Caileigh Flannigan, a Developmental Interventionist in Canada uses forms of play such as exploring the outdoors and art as a way to promote children’s development and emotional healing. In this piece...
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