The Relationship between Faith and Change
As a therapist, people often ask me what the keys are to an individual or relational change. As a Christian, people often ask me how faith influences my work. Although I don’t have formal training …
Mindfulness? What’s the Big Deal?
“Mindfulness.” It’s a fuzzy buzzword we’re hearing a lot these days, easy to mentally categorize along with “yoga,” “meditation,” and “vegan.” But wait. If you strip away the trendiness, mindfulness at its core is a …
Recognizing Our Attachment Style Can Help Us in Our Relationships
The attachment theory was first developed in the 1950s by psychologist John Bowlby to explain how people develop emotional attachments as infants with their first caregiver — typically a parent. His findings suggest that childhood is a …
Identifying Autism Spectrum Disorder
Mental Health Awareness Thanks to social media platforms, like TikTok, awareness is being raised about a variety of mental health disorders, most recently autism, dissociative identity disorder, and ADHD. Mental health professionals, especially testing psychologists, …
Looks Can Be Deceiving
Ever wonder what that thing is on my head? Are you curious about what it represents and why I wear it, why other women wear it, and why others don’t? My hope is in reading …
Is Efficiency Healthy?
I have recently asked myself: “Have we as humans expedited everything so much that it’s maladaptive?” Can we do things so quickly that they lose meaning or value? Are we so overstimulated with our lifestyles …
