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With Thanksgiving only days away and the other holidays fast approaching, I am seeing my clients pull back in therapy. Their reasons include: finances, family gatherings, too much going on, everything is ok because we are focused on the kids. Well I am here to…

As a therapist, I often have a front row seat to relationship miracles. Well, okay, there are no miracles really. The fact is “fixing” a relationship takes work. It takes two people wanting it to work and then putting in the effort. Having said that, I have seen…

  On May 14th we let go of our first fur baby girl Mia (aka Mia-Weeya, Mia Louise). Thirteen years ago, Mia came to us from a small town on the panhandle of Florida. She had nothing short of a glamorous ride on a four…

I Hear You, I Am Here To the mother who doesn’t recognize herself, who wakes up knowing there are more dishes in her sink, more family members to disappoint, who tries to be everything to all without asking for anything in return, who lies awake…

I am sure you have all heard of the poem by John Doone “No Man is an Island”. The meaning behind this famous piece of literature is that no one is self-sufficient; everyone relies on others. Although I find it very hard to rely on…

This may be taboo for some, but scheduling sex does not have to be as mood killing as it sounds. When couples arrive in my office, I have them each fill out a questionnaire. On the form, there is a section regarding sex and intimacy.…