The Practice of Letting Go
Written by: Nathalie Theodore As a psychotherapist, I often remind my clients how important it is to make time for self-care. Intent on practicing what I preach, one of the ways I commit to taking good...
View ArticleFive Ways to Incorporate Mindfulness into Your Daily Routine
1. Focus on what matters to you Mindfulness is a particular way of paying attention to the present moment: deliberately and without judgment. Let’s first examine what it means to pay attention...
View ArticleThe Gift of Gratitude (or Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude)
Many parents that I work with tell me that one of their difficult challenges is dealing with their children’s frequent requests for more “stuff.” The bombardment of messages in our culture which...
View ArticleOvercoming the Stigma of Severe Mental Illness
Mental illness is among the most stigmatized conditions in our culture, ranking in surveys as similar to illegal drug use and criminal activity. Negative stereotypes about mental illness persist...
View ArticleAnxious Parents and the Effects of "Overparenting"
Picture this: a father was watching his kids play outside soon after they moved to their first home. Much to his consternation, it was as if several times within a span of an hour, some event happened...
View ArticleSpirituality and Psychotherapy
As we consider entering psychotherapy, we may have many seemingly contradictory feelings: feelings of bravery and desperation, courage and hopelessness. Many of us enter therapy when we feel stuck. We...
View ArticleResistance to Self-Care: How to Outsmart it
There are times in life when a person feels the need to get going on self care and then encounters resistance to doing it. Someone may want to eat more healthfully, exercise more, finish chores, clear...
View ArticleChildren and Grief
Grieving a loss is an individual experience. People of all ages, children included, experience grief at their own pace. There is no “correct” way to grieve. If your family has experienced a loss,...
View ArticleResolving Conflict
Although you may try to avoid conflict, chances are good that at some point you will find yourself in a heated situation. The person you’re in conflict with could be a spouse, friend, or that annoying...
View ArticleTo Change is to Live the Life of a Trapeze Artist…
One of the most frequently asked questions in my work as a psychologist is, “How do I change that?”. The client and I have usually identified some automatic thought or behavior pattern that is getting...
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