By: Emmy Spencer, AMFT We’ve seen it depicted in movies, TV shows, books, as well as in our own homes: someone breaks a rule, misses a homework assignment, tells a…
Looking for guidance around screens and phone use? It's time to give our kids the childhood and adolescence they deserve. We heard the following comments in the last month alone:…
Our life is shaped by a series of choices, large and small. Some of them are within our control, and others not. If you've seen the movie Sliding Doors or…
Can you be really "good" at therapy? What are the qualities of the clients who get the most out of sessions? We posed these questions to our team of therapists…
Do you or a loved one identify as a perfectionist? One of the many unwritten blog posts I have is called "Self-Compassion Through Typos." This is a topic after my…
Let's get real. Sleep is the most basic of biological functions. Deprive yourself of basics like food, water, exercise -- or sleep -- for 24 hours and we know which…
At our recent staff meeting, we talked about our client community and what we wished we could provide everyone with the magical wave of a wand. So instead of offering…
Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism Have you ever wished you could understand someone's tendencies better? Or why you struggle in certain areas when others flourish? Most modern psychologists agree…
It has always seemed to me that it is a cruel that our animals have such short life expectancies compared with ours. We could end up saying goodbye to a…
With all the back and forth of expectations and effort the past two years, “burnout” has become a buzzword worthy of its overuse. Those experiencing burnout are also more likely…