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As I revisited my 2021 reading list, some pretty distinct themes emerged: relationships, attachment, personal value, and self-compassion. I didn’t intentionally seek out books with these subjects in mind, but what I read tends to follow my day-to-day work as a therapist.
Read MoreThe highlighted position of the month is here and as many are, you and your partner(s) might really be in need of connecting!
Read MoreThe job of a therapist involves hearing, and sometimes vicariously experiencing, some of the most tragic and heart-rending facets of the human experience. People come to sessions with every kind of trauma imaginable, and it’s our job to receive it all with an empathetic ear and an open heart. But being on the receiving end of someone’s difficult or harrowing story is not an experience exclusive to therapists. It’s something we can all experience in our daily lives!
Read MoreThe highlighted position of the month is here! Since March is Women’s History Month, why not highlight a position built for a woman’s pleasure?
Read MoreAs mentioned in the previous blog post, Addiction & The Ripple Effect that Recovery has on Families, substance use disorder is a disease that impacts the entire family system. Through my conversation with Rachel Evans, who is a family therapist for the Center for Recovering Families at The Council on Recovery here in Houston, we talked about the different ways that people within the system surrounding addiction adapt to maintain balance within the family unit.
Read MoreEveryone talks to themselves. Most of the time, we chatter on to ourselves inside our head and we aren’t even fully aware that we are doing it. Our thoughts and opinions and judgments simply play on like a never-ending record in our mind, and we oftentimes don’t stop to pay any attention to what the lyrics are actually saying.
Read MoreA very common question from first-time clients: How many sessions will this take? From a financial perspective, this question seems very valid. People want to know what their financial obligation is going to be before getting started, which is definitely information worth knowing.
Read MoreValentine’s Day is right around the corner! Why wait to the last minute, rush, and hastily throw plans together? I’m here to help do some of the idea leg work for you. In a city like Houston, with so much to offer, there’s something for everyone! Plus, ideas for those wanting to have some romantic date-in ideas! Discuss with your partner, if y’all want to go out, or stay in!
Read MoreI hope you and your partner are able to carve out some specific time to engage emotionally and sexually with one another. Maybe this is something to cue into your Valentine plans!
Read MoreSince the Omicron variant is surging all over, you and your partner are likely to be spending a great deal of one-on-one time together. Add in coming out of the holiday session and the continued covid fatigue, y’all might really be in need of a connecting and tension reliving exercise!
Read MoreWe’ve all been there…so ambitious to kick our bad habits, promised ourselves this year’s going to be different, and then feeling completely defeated by mid-January. No, it’s not just you. Here are some tips to get your motivation back and get back on track:
Read MoreWhen someone we love deals with addiction, there tends to be an aspect of wishful thinking that surrounds their recovery. We sometimes think to ourselves, “If this person just gets better, then everything else will fall into place”. No matter how desirable that outcome may be, addiction is not something that only affects the person with the substance use disorder, but the entire system that the person exists within.
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