The Backwards Law
The concept of the “Backwards Law” comes from East-Asian Taoist and Zen Buddhist philosophies. The term comes from the works of Alan Watts, a prominent teacher of eastern philosophies in the west. The...
View ArticleGuide Your Child Through Life
Figuring out the best way to guide your child through life can be scary. There is no perfect manual that tells parents what to do when your child throws a temper tantrum at the grocery store, when your...
View ArticleSteps for Starting Therapy
Starting the therapy process can be simultaneously exciting and nerve-racking, especially if you have never done it before. There may be a lot of questions regarding what it looks like or what to...
View ArticleFollow the Pattern
As a therapist or even someone on the receiving end of therapy, looking for and following patterns is a concrete way of making sense of ourselves. How we handled or reacted to situations in the past...
View ArticleThe Marvel of EMDR Therapy
Research shows that the brain has up to 70,000 thoughts per day, and most of them are negative! It is just the way that the brain has been wired through our collective evolutionary experiences, but now...
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Walk + Talk Therapy by the Bay
Walk + talk therapy by the bay is one of my favorite approaches to mental health therapy. As a trauma-informed therapist, I utilize many different therapeutic techniques to best accommodate each...
View ArticleProtecting Your Peace
Peace is often thought to look like a straw hammock on a sunny beach or a crackling indoor fireplace on a cold day. And as comforting as these moments are, what they represent is something deeper and...
View ArticleTherapy Goals
We have all experienced moments in which we felt we were at a loss for handling a situation or a feeling. It is during these times we seek outside assistance, be it from friends, loved ones or with a...
View ArticleCBT and The Cognitive Triangle
Cognitive behavior therapy is a widely utilized and popular form of therapy based on the cognitive model of psychopathology. CBT states that our emotions, body responses, and behaviors are influenced...
View ArticleCreating Everyday ‘Insta’ Moments with Nature
The old pond A frog leaps in. Sound of the water. – Basho, (1644-1694) In therapy, one of the things counselors like to share with clients is the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness is something that...
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