When Routine Saves the Day In the fast-paced world we live in today, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and lacking in control. However, there is a powerful tool that can help us navigate through the chaos and achieve our goals: routine. Routine refers to a set of...

Psychotherapy and Medication

Frequently clients attend therapy to seek relief from emotional or psychological disturbance.  They may come because they are overwhelmed with daily stresses, in which there is too much to do, too little time, too many decisions or responsibilities, or they may be...

Understanding Intergenerational Trauma

In the same way genetic characteristics can be passed on, many other characteristics can be passed on from one generation to the next. We can inherit trauma which can have a very deep impact on our lives. There is a part of our ancestors that live inside of us whether...

Demystifying Therapy

As a therapist, it is very common to hear clients reflect on their avoidance of therapy in the past because they worried about what being in therapy meant and what the therapeutic process looked like. Just like taking on new things, it is normal to have a certain...

Practicing Self-Care for Adolescents

Have you noticed your child experiencing symptoms of irritability, headaches, gastro-indigestion disturbances, depression or an increased desire to self-isolate from others? I bet you’re wondering how you can help and support them as a parent. Adolescence can be...

Is Mental Illness Really the Problem?

In the wake of yet another school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee with the death of three children and three adults, our nation re-addresses an all to familiar question: Why does this keep happening?  While there are many opinions on gun violence, gun control, and...