The Postpartum Blues
The postpartum period can be such a challenging time. The massive life adjustment to having a new baby that literally depends on you to sustain their life (even though you were already doing that in pregnancy — just outside the womb now), to the physical recovery of...
Value of Play Therapy
Mr. Rogers wisely stated, “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” This truly is the case with play therapy for children. Some parents may wonder about...
Emotionally Focused Therapy and Relationships
When your relationship doesn’t feel like it once did, or you hoped it would, it can feel earth-shattering. When the days of joy, connection, and safety feel like a distant memory and you find yourself caught in the same rip currents over and over, hope seems out of...
Grief is Non-Linear
Grief is something that comes up a lot in the therapy room. Grief shows us what we love and care about, and what is important to us. Two common misconceptions surrounding grief are that we only feel it when someone dies and that it’s a linear or quick step-by-step...