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I Want Your Child To Be Successful, Not Famous
We are all constantly being sold the idea that fame for us and/or our children can come at any age, at any time, and with no cost beyond the
When Things Go Right In Therapy, Despite Me, Getting Things Wrong
A case that will forever stay with me involved a young man and his mother. The young man that therapy focused on was clearly resistant to the
The Power of Living “As If”
No one can claim as much contribution to the field of modern day psychotherapy as Alfred Adler (1870-1937). He really gave us the blueprint for
To Eat A Tide Pod or Use It To Do Laundry?: The Importance of Understanding What Motivates Teens
Wasn’t 2012 a wild ride? Tik Tok challenges from that time included biting into tide pods, walking on precariously stacked milk crates, and downing
Witnessing Each Other Through The Holidays
Be it a greeting card, meme, or kind gesture, being seen for what you are going through feels good- and depending on when it hits- can alleviate
Therapy For Sleep: CBT-I with Kasryn Kapp, LPC
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Context Matters: The Book of Human Emotions
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The Righteous Mind and Why We Can’t Discuss Politics
As fate would have it, election season wraps up about three weeks before Thanksgiving in the United States. Annually, millions of Americans