Can You Do Your Best Couples Therapy Solo? You don't need me to tell you that relationships are hard. You’ve heard the time worn (and not necessarily accurate) statistic that “...

As an African American therapist who spent my childhood being raised in the Baptist church, never once was engaging in therapy mentioned... But why? Reticence to Seek Mental Health...

What does Spirituality mean in Psychotherapy? Kenneth Bitner, LICSW Spirituality is a loaded word for many people. When engaging in therapy, spirituality often is the one topic ind...

Erectile Dysfunction is Common In recent decades the topic of occasional erectile failure has come “out of the shadows” and instead of being considered something shameful and s...

Finding the Therapist Who is a Best Match for You The three most important things to consider when choosing a therapist are trust, comfort level and professional qualifications. Ev...

Saving Talk Therapy: An Essential Form of Healing Talk therapy can be a rambling conversation when a person shares distressing life experiences, hopes, dreams and troubles in a jum...

There are many different schools and styles  of therapy. But, consistently it has proven that the quality of the relationship between counselor and client is critical to the succe...

Medication Treats Symptoms It is often said that medication alone is not sufficient in the treatment of many psychological problems. Medication can treat symptoms but not the under...

EMDR for Trauma or Emotional Distress I love my work as a therapist being able to provide Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for clients ...

When is it time to consider psychotherapy? For many people, the idea of consulting a psychotherapist regarding a personal problem is strange, foreign, and oddly threatening. They m...