One of the powerful ways that I’ve seen Somatic Experiencing benefit my clients is in the way that it helps them reconnect with their intuition and their resilience in an embodied way. For many of my clients dealing with PTSD, this can be the key to helping them unlock their innate ability to heal and to ultimately achieve Post Traumatic Growth. What are the Common Symptoms of PTSD? There are many definitions for trauma, but the one that I like the most is an overwhelm of a person’s nervous system as the result of an event that feels like it is too much or it comes on too soon or too fast.&nbs ..read more

Life as we knew it was completely upended in 2020 with the beginning of COVID 19.  Thanks to telehealth, many therapists quickly adapted to the lockdown situation and began offering therapy services on-line. This pivot to telehealth went on for many months and now years.  The question on many people’s minds though is, does it work for therapy?  Here are some things to consider. Why choose telehealth for therapy? Convenience. People have lives – careers, kids, families and hobbies.  It can be much easier to get away for an hour to a virtual session instead of taking time to ..read more

You are most likely already aware of the way your emotions affect your body such as butterflies in your stomach or stress headaches. But did you know that by tuning into these sensations and getting curious you can unlock your body’s power to heal itself? Where do emotions come from? The body, reacting to external stimuli, is actually the place where emotions originate.  When we’re with loved ones, we might feel something inside of ourselves, like a warm, relaxed feeling in our abdomen.  When we hear a loud noise outside late at night, our heart starts pumping faster. Then a split se ..read more

Far from giving you a pass to be lazy, self compassion teaches you to be a friend to yourself instead of your toughest critic. Susan had a rough day last week. She had a cough that wouldn’t go away, it had kept her up at night. Her oldest daughter called her “mean” when she told her to do her homework, and Susan snapped at her.  So many commitments and responsibilities had been piling up all week.  Yet, instead of being productive that afternoon, she took a nap.   And at the end of the night as Susan was reflecting on her difficult day, not feeling that great, trying to man ..read more

I was honored to be quoted recently in an article on date rape for Giddy, the world’s largest sexual health platform. The article was entitled “The Controversial and Confusing Crime of Date Rape,” an all too common experience, especially for women. The article offers perspectives from survivors and hope for healing – working through shame with self-compassion, a subject that I am a big fan of! The article is free to view though registration is required ..read more

October 10th is World Mental Health Day Today is a day to raise awareness of mental health issues, to reflect on our progress over the past year, and to continue to decrease the stigma of mental illness since it affects so many of us and the people we love.  The focus of World Mental Health Day this year is access. Here in Texas, the legislature required insurers to reimburse for mental health telehealth services, making it more accessible during these difficult times, and people are taking advantage of this. Unfortunately, Texas has one of the higher rates of uninsured people in th ..read more