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Create Your Own Comfort Kit: A DBT Skill for Difficult Moments
Using self-soothing tools during times of ease helps build an inner reserve of calm and makes it more natural to reach for supportive comfort when stress arises. When emotions start to shift into high gear, these same tools can help you mindfully return to the present moment. Sensory awareness grounds you by gently anchoring the body in the here and now.
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DBT Opposite Action: Moving Gently Against the Pull of Pain
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), developed by Marsha Linehan, PhD., is a philosophy and a set of learnable skills about managing painful emotions. You might be interested in reading an overview about DBT here.
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Mindfulness for Teens: Small Practices for Stress, Emotions, and Everyday Life
Small moments of awareness can help teens feel more grounded Being a teen can be beautiful—but…it doesn't always feel that way. People often say this is the best time of your life, and you might think, What do they know? or I wish it felt that way. Instead, you're stressed. You're trying to find your place. You feel uncomfortable in your own skin. School can feel overwhelming at times. No one seems to get you…and the tension at home makes you just want to be left alone. If this sounds...
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She Nearly Died Giving Life
Healing after birth trauma often begins quietly — through safety, breath, connection, and the slow return to the body. Birth Trauma, Near-Death, and the Long Road Home Through Somatic Experiencing® A Note Before We Begin Throughout this article, you will follow a woman I will call Sara. She is not one person — she is many. Over the course of my 27 years as a psychotherapist specializing in perinatal mental health, I have worked with a number of women who experienced severe hemorrhaging...
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Pressure Points and the Nervous System
Acupressure for anxiety has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine. Modern neuroscience is beginning to show that many of these calming points lie near important nerve pathways that influence the nervous system
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Lovingkindness Meditation: An Ancient Practice With Modern Healing Power
That simple invitation — to sit, to breathe, to turn toward yourself with kindness — is the gateway to one of the most powerful meditative practices I have encountered in 27 years of clinical work.



Lovingkindness meditation, known in the Pali language as *metta bhavana*, has roots in Buddhist contemplative tradition that are over 2,500 years old.
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Friendship in a Lonely World
I get alot of questions about friendship in my psychotherapy practice. What does research say about friendship?
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5 Everyday Mindfulness Practices for Stress Relief and Emotional Balance
Mindfulness isn't something reserved only for monks. Here's how you can weave simple mindfulness practices in to your life every day life.
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The Lasting Effects of PTSD on Your Everyday Life
PTSD: Some people's trauma from a harsh incident can linger for months or even years. This is why two people can experience the exact same trauma, and not heal at the same time.
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After a Narcissistic Relationship: Reclaiming the Self
After a long relationship shaped by distortion, the experience of being heard is healing. With Susan, the person she trusted the most betrayed her by tearing her down and blamed and confused her. Deep listening and validation helps counteract the trauma of betrayal.
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