A few months ago, I picked up Matt Haig’s Reasons to Stay Alive. The book is a vulnerable account of his struggle with anxiety, depression, and persuasive th...

I was reminded recently of the power of desire, particularly unmet desire. Desire is all at once a feeling of certainty and uncertainty. We become certain th...

A dear friend of mine, who is also a therapist, once told me that the source of our pain as humans essentially comes from our expectations of one another. I ...

“To what kinds of truth does feeling lead?” I stopped in my tracks when I read that line from a recent book review by novelist Justin Torres. ​ Feelings and ...

You may know the saying, “Resistance is futile!” One of the constant tug-of -wars I witness as a therapist is the resistance to the challenging or just plain...

When I was a teenager, the British Indie pop band, James, came out with the song, “Sit Down.” At the tender and daunting age of 12, their lyrics spoke to me....