Couples Retreats

During my final year of graduate school, we explored our view of therapy and our hopes/goals for our sessions with our clients. I enjoy...

A new year, a new decade, and a chance for new resolutions. While we prepare for the holidays, we find ourselves surrounded by the...

Come join us in the Building Stronger Marriages Facebook Group as we participate in a 12 Days of Christmas Challenge. Each day is one...

I hit that stage in life where attending Weddings happen much more frequently. In the process of my own marriage, many of my friends...

We love to learn from others and hear about their own experiences. It's why social media is so popular! I've invited my husband to share...

According to John Gottman, creator of Gottman Method Couples Therapy, there is a magic ratio for making love last. That ratio is 5:1...

We still live in a world where the topic of therapy can still be looked down on. We are slowly making changes, but we are not at a place...

If you are like me, where your money goes is very important to you. A common issue that comes up when people pursue any type of...

Joining a group practice is a happy medium between private practice and agency work. A group practice is a therapy practice created by...

Creating a private practice can be exciting, daunting and a potential for your next steps. A private practice is your own office and...

Many graduate students enter into mental health agency work after graduate school for many reasons. Some because they interned at the...

You are approaching the last few months of graduate school and fielding questions left and right about what’s next. It’s on your mind...

In the past two years as a practicing therapist, I have worked in a mental health agency, began and ended my own private practice and...

If you are a therapist or thinking about becoming a therapist, then it is important to know the word "Burnout." It is a very real...

Being an individual who suffers from anxiety, I am constantly on the lookout for anxiety reduction techniques that work for me. I have...

Working with teenagers is my jam. Helping them figure themselves out and developing who they are is such an honor to be apart of....

On February 15th, 2019 I finally found out I achieved full licensure as a mental health therapist. I was in a really bad mood after fi...

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I am so grateful you have taken the time to come here today and learn more about me. I am a mental health therapist and have been...

Becoming a therapist has filled me with lots of self-exploration and constant doubt that I am created for this work. However, this is the...