The Essential Ingredient for Successful Therapy
Countless approaches to therapy exist: ACT. CBT. EMDR. IFS. EFT. DBT. Narrative therapy. Psychodynamic therapy. Somatic work. Exposure and response prevention. The list goes on. The different approaches matter: the right intervention, delivered at the …
The Importance of Soothing and Attunement
Soothing and Attunement The importance of helping each other soothe, attune, and regulate can be overlooked. Consider the following example, where one partner is dysregulated, and the other refuses to help: Mary and Sam were …
What Dancing With the Stars Can Teach Us
Dancing With the Stars, the ABC hit show now in its 35th season, has a thing or two to teach us all about showing up, taking risks, and being vulnerable. Theodore Roosevelt famously wrote: “It …
Resentment Hurts You, Not Them
Managing resentment can be a difficult emotional challenge. Learning to take hurt and pain less personally can be difficult, but the payoff can be profound. Why We Hold On to Resentment Imagine this scenario: You …
Navigating the Aftermath of Betrayal
Betrayal and Its Aftermath “What now?” The question comes from a deep place of pain and confusion. It summarizes the angst and fear that arises after betrayal or abandonment—or both. Strategies are needed to navigate …
Discover Your Inner Teenager
What does it mean to “discover your inner teenager”? Many adults carry an inner teenager—a part of themselves that developed during adolescence in response to unmet emotional needs, family dynamics, and experiences of powerlessness, invalidation, …
