Somatic, Relational, Trauma Therapist Specializing In LGBTQIA, Disorganized Attachment, & Relationship Issues
Like the title states sometimes we need to lower our expectations when interacting with family over the holidays. Even if you really love your family they push your buttons from time to time (because they put them there!), which can be really irritating or enraging! Just remember this is totally normal, most people find the holidays challenging even if they don’t realize it.
Read More“For even as love crowns you so shall she crucify you.
Even as she is for your growth so is she for your pruning.
Even as she ascends to your height and caresses
your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
so shall she descend to your roots and shake them
in their clinging to the earth.”
-The Prophet
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Growing up in my family I was taught pretty clearly about right and wrong. Don’t swear, don’t lie, and don’t steal. My dad once said to me, “Don’t do anything you couldn’t come home and tell your mother about.” Ha! At that point I would of had to remove about 80% of the activities with my friends!
Read MoreOne place in my life where I see the wisdom of learning when to hold on and when to let go is in my body. I have aches, little knots (sometimes big ones!), points that become activated when I am stressed, tightness in my chest, and just plain old exhaustion when I am trying to force solutions...
Read MoreWhen I was in my early twenties I was the classic “tough guy.” I was not about to let anyone into my heart or my inner life. If I was involved romantically with someone and they got too attached to me or said they loved me, I was out the door. At the time, I thought I was calm, cool, and collected: how wrong I was! In retrospect, I was terrified of letting someone touch that place in me that was so tender, so raw, and so vulnerable.
Read MoreFirst, a disclaimer: I did not come up with the three A’s. I wish I did! They are a wonderful lens through which to view challenging situations or challenging emotions. I first heard of them a number of years ago and in the past few years began to really feel and experience the significance of this practice. I found the three A’s brought about a new perspective in areas of my life I felt stuck in; they are awesome because who doesn’t like to feel some movement when you’re stuck?
Read MoreBoundaries are the places where we interact and contact the world and other people. The edges of our physical, energetic, and emotional bodies are where we experience our lives. Often people come to me because the world and the people in it feel overwhelming; the boundaries where they experience the world are too loose or too tight.
Read MoreLet me start by saying that being attracted to your therapist is very normal. Think about it: your therapist is kind to you, listens to everything you say, they show up when they say they will, they are accepting, supportive, and sometimes they are even good looking! Add all that together and you would have the perfect partner, except that in this case they are your therapist...
Read MoreHey y’all! Thanks for checking out Part Two of this amazing post! In Part One I introduced the idea of Queering Psychotherapy (you can read Part One if you missed it by clicking here). A brief review: queering psychotherapy is about questioning all that we hold both individually and as a culture to be true or infallible.
Read More"To take the step of questioning the “truths” of our family and culture is a radical approach. That step naturally will upset people, others will dislike us, and many people will take steps to hinder these types of questions. Yet, in order to live fully..."
Read More"If you experience from time to time, (or maybe all the time!), feelings of panic, overwhelm, anxiety, a sense of impeding doom or other difficult sensations then resourcing is for you. These feelings often involve a sensation of feeling trapped or stuck with no way out..."
Read MoreProviding psychotherapy, counseling, and support for grief, addictions, trauma, PTSD, relationship issues, and GLBTQIA.
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