One day, Dave was having a quiet day in his workshop. He was working on his model trains, his favorite hobby. He was looking at the...

I guess you all know by now that the two celebrities, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, took their own lives this past week.  Of course,...

The ABC PLEASE skills are the first floor in the house of happiness. Think of the ABC PLEASE skills as extreme self-care, to help you manag

The ABC PLEASE skills are the first floor in the House of Happiness. Train yourself to develop habits of joy and contentment.

The Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) section of Emotion Regulation educates about emotions and provides skills to manage strong emotions

Originally posted May 8, 2019. Attachment theory is a complex, broad theory that encompasses human, primate and mammalian behavior. It’s...

Originally posted April 22, 2019. In my work as a perinatal psychotherapist, I have had the honor of hearing many women’s oral histories...

Originally posted April 9, 2019. A traumatic birth can be physically and emotionally devastating. Social support for those going through...

Updated August, 2021 Mindfulness skills can be applied to everyday life, used on an ordinary, everyday basis. We continue with learning...

DBT’s Emotional Regulation skills help a person build up a base of positive experiences that helps stabilize emotion

Updated August, 2021 Mindfulness doesn’t need to be all sitting alone and trying to concentrate! Those of us who have very active minds...

Originally posted February 26, 2019. Are You There Alone? is written by Suzanne O’Malley, an investigative reporter. She followed the...

Originally posted February 19, 2019. Expressive Art: Creating Your Lifeline The expressive art exercise called LifeLine is a positive...

Updated August, 2021 DBT for Managing Emotions for New Moms Taking care of a newborn is all encompassing. It is exhausting. And it’s...

Originally posted January 23, 2019. It is with great grief and sorrow I announce the passing of our Dolly and our Sammy, our beautiful...

Originally posted January 22, 2019. Joe’s a pretty emotionally balanced person with pretty good boundaries. And still, people got under...

Updated January 10, 2022. Affirmations alone won’t enact change within yourself, but are a wonderful addition to insight psychotherapy...

Originally posted January 4, 2019. Today I’m going to sit with my events and dreams of 2018. Like, everyone’s looking back and listing...

Originally posted January 9, 2019. Happy reading! Thank you to my loving readers for visiting my humble blog! Looking back at the dynamic...

Originally posted December 31, 2018.