There is a moment in almost every introduction to EMDR therapy when the person sitting across from me looks slightly skeptical. I understand the reaction. The basic description of the treatment sounds, on its surface, almost implausible. You move your eyes back and forth, or follow a light, or feel alternating taps on your hands,… Read More

There is a question I ask almost every new client who comes into my office carrying anxiety, emotional reactivity, or the kind of numbness that makes them feel like they are watching their own life from a distance. The question is simple: do you know why you react the way you do? Most of them… Read More

Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “The world breaks everyone and afterwards some grow strong at the broken places.” This is a poetic expression of a psychologically researched based concept known as Post Traumatic Growth developed by clinical psychologists, Dr. Richard Tedeschi and Dr. Lawrence Calhoun outlined in their seminal book, Post Traumatic Growth.  At a deeper… Read More

According to research, practicing healthy spirituality and participating as a member of a spiritual or religious community can increase both mental and physical health across a number of key indicators. Furthermore, it can provide an increased level of meaning and purpose leading to a greater sense of fulfillment and happiness studies have shown. Additional findings… Read More