by Andréa Brice, ALMFT | Dec 21, 2022 | Blog, Communication, Self-esteem, Stress, Support, Therapy
Do you tell yourself you’ll be happy when you make more money? Do you believe you’ll never get married because it didn’t happen when you expected it to? Do you believe you’ll never reach your fitness goals if you don’t go to the gym? If you answer yes to any of the...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Dec 7, 2022 | Blog, Communication, Intimacy, Relationships, Therapy
I’ve been a couples therapist for over 16 years, and there’s one particular communication pattern that makes me cringe every time I witness it with my clients. Lucky for you, Season 3’s Netflix’s Love Is Blind will give you a front-row view. So, it goes something like...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Aug 30, 2022 | Blog, Intimacy, Relationships, Therapy
Step into my proverbial office. I’m going to recreate some scenarios I see all the time in my therapy sessions: Sarah has been in a relationship with her partner for four years. She tells me, “I feel like something is missing. We’re not as close as I want to be.” ...
by Gabrielle Gebel, MS, ALMFT | Jun 23, 2022 | Blog, Relationships, Support, Therapy
Happy Pride everyone! Pride is a month of commemorations of the Stonewall Riots in the summer of 1969. During these riots, trans folks led the movement for LGBTQIA+ rights across America. Today, LGBTQIA+ communities come together to celebrate freedom. In the spirit of...
by Gabrielle Gebel, MS, ALMFT | Apr 15, 2022 | Abuse, Anxiety, Blog, Sexual Assault, Support, Therapy, Trauma
Research on a gender binary shows that 1 in 3 cis women and 1 in 4 cis men have experienced sexual violence involving physical contact during their lifetimes. Moreover, 50-66% of transgender or gender non-conforming people have experienced sexual assault. Thus, it is...
by Lana El Masri, ALMFT, LPC | Mar 21, 2022 | Anxiety, Blog, Self-esteem, Therapy
A common theme I have noticed while working with individual female clients who have some degree of anxiety, is that they tend to put themselves in the back seat. What does that mean? Their anxiety becomes the forefront of every aspect in their life. Most of the time,...
