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Good communication is essential for relationships, but it’s challenging for nearly everyone. In my therapy practice, I work with couples, families, and individuals on communication issues. Improving communication often involves developing reflective listening skills and learning to talk about one’s own emotions, rather than blaming others. However, all of this depends on something more fundamental: self-awareness. Successful communication requires that we can recognize what we are feeling and that we have the awareness to express ourselves intentionally, rather than reacting impulsively. 

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We don’t usually accept our authentic feelings, allowing them to simply be whatever they are. Instead, we try to control our inner experience based upon our beliefs and preferences. We judge ourselves for having certain feelings, and try to make ourselves feel only what we think we should.  Continue reading “Our Relationship With Our Feelings”

Our society is highly polarized by political and cultural issues. This touches all of us on some level and has the potential to impact therapy as well. How a therapist works with this is not only important for their clients’ trust and sense of safety, but also may or may not be useful for the therapy process. In order to contribute to a discussion about this topic, and address concerns of potential clients, I’d like to share how I deal with politics in my therapy practice. Continue reading “Political Division And Therapy”

Imagine that some mean, judgmental person followed you around all the time, putting you down and accusing you of screwing up. From the time you woke up in the morning, until you went to sleep at night, they would be there pointing out your supposed mistakes and flaws. To make matters worse, let’s assume that you believed everything that they said about you. How do you think this would affect the way that you see yourself, and how you live your life?

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