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...

The movie Love & Mercy about Beach Boys musical genius Brian Wilson explores the fragile psychological territory between receiving inspiration and crossing over into mental ill...

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...

Teenagers usually get sent to therapy by parents, schools or courts for acting out in school, violent behavior, depression or sudden changes in demeanor that cause concern. Since t...

The good news is that although therapists you may encounter will have a wide range of clinical orientations, levels of education and training, years of experience in the field or...

The Therapeutic Role is to Provide Hope So often, media portrays therapists to be incompetent, deliverers of platitudes, or those-people-who-make-me-talk-about-all-the-bad-sh*t-tha...

My passion for working with people who have undergone chronic and complex trauma has grown even stronger over the last several years. I am motivated by working with people who are ...

Understanding Adult Relationships Through Early Childhood Attachments Human connection and intimacy (attachment) are essential for all human beings. In my work as a psychotherapist...

Introduced to Feminism Several years ago I had the privilege of working at the Women’s Therapy Center in Philadelphia as a psychotherapist. This center provides high-quality psyc...

Intolerance of the Self The inability to accept and tolerate one's self is in one form or another a primary area of mental anguish and suffering.  It is also at the heart of a...