Sliding vs. Deciding: Why How You Got Here Matters I ask a lot of couples how they ended up living together, or engaged, or committed to each other for the long haul. What surprises me is how often the honest answer is some version of "it just kind of happened." A lease was ending. A move made ...read more
The Argument That Predicts Divorce Isn’t the One You Think
If you ask most couples what they think will cause the biggest fights down the road, they'll usually guess in-laws, or how often to see friends, or who does the dishes. Almost nobody guesses money — and that surprises me every time, because the research keeps saying otherwise. In fact, money ...read more
The Tools Every Couple Needs to Start Well
The Tools Every Couple Needs to Start Well For a lot of my career, premarital counseling lived almost entirely inside church walls. These days, however, many couples are interested in non-religious premarital counseling as well. I understand why — I spent years as a pastoral counselor myself, ...read more
EMDR Deep Dive: Moving Past the Limits of the “Therapy Hour”
Healing Without the Interruption: How EMDR Intensives Accelerate Trauma Recovery I have been an EMDR therapist for almost 10 years now. When I first trained in this modality, I had incredibly high hopes—and the more I utilize EMDR, the more I love it. Witnessing the profound transformations my ...read more
Too Busy Planning a Wedding? Why a Pre-Marital or Pre-Commitment Counseling Intensive Just Makes Sense
Fast-Tracking Your Foundation: Why Engaged or Committed Couples are Choosing Pre-marital or Pre-commitment Intensives Throughout my career in the people-helping professions—spanning pastoral care, chaplaincy, and mental health therapy—I have learned a definitive truth: preparing for a lifelong, ...read more
Therapy Intensives: What Are They and Are They Right for You?
Remember when popular fast-food chains started their "Super Size Me" marketing campaigns? When ordering a meal, the cashier would ask if you wanted to "super-size" those fries or that drink for a little extra. In a way, choosing a therapy intensive is like opting for a more focused and ...read more
Tips for Staying Healthy While Working from Home
For some people, working from home is a normal routine. This is, after all, the gig economy, and many people have been freelancing, making a living from their home office for many years now. But for others, working from home is a completely new phenomenon brought about by the global pandemic.For ...read more
The Healing Power of Nature
One only needs to read a few lines from poets such as Frost, Wordsworth, and Thoreau to recognize the love for and connection to nature human beings have always had. Nature stirs our souls and imagination and brings beauty to our everyday lives. But it turns out, nature also brings a slew of ...read more
The Truth About Perfectionism
We live in a society that values things that appear perfect. And I suppose there are things that can be perfect. Architects can draw the perfect straight line, mathematicians can solve an equation with a perfect calculation, and a chocolate cake can be perfectly moist.But as human beings, we can ...read more
How To Cope With The Psychological Trauma Of A Mass Shooting
When tragedies like mass shootings occur, most of us struggle to make sense of it. How could something so terrible happen? What would cause another human being to do such a thing? And how can we move on with the knowledge that this latest mass shooting most likely won’t be the last?After a traumatic ...read more
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