Abuse is everywhere. One in every three women are abused sexually and that is a staggering number considering how the addition of statistics for physical and verbal forms of abuse would only increase that number.

I don’t want a cheerleader.
I don’t want someone just clapping from the sidelines, even if they’re cheering me on with the purest heart.

I got another negative pregnancy test. After months and months of trying, and seeing negative pregnancy tests, we decided to get the professional help that was recommended.

As I look back at the whole year, the feeling I have is best described as, “ugh!” I’ve lost a lot. Infertility became one of the most common words I’ve had to fight with. We lost our Colorado family and community when we moved to Michigan.

Imagine this: You are at work and you see someone you like walking down the hall. You aren’t romantically interested, but you like them simply because of their fun personality.

Taking care of myself, or as us therapists like to call it, Self-Care, can seem selfish to many, but is it really?

Educate Yourself. If you suspect a family member or friend has a mental illness or they told you they were diagnosed, learn as much as you can about the illness.

By far the most critical issue married people say they have when they come to my office for help is, “we don’t know how to communicate.” Although communication is a key factor in marriage, it typically is not the biggest issue.

The first and very important aspect of expressing feelings, explained in detail in THIS BLOG, is how to observe another without putting your own evaluations on it.

Ashley Madison security breach; people are amazed. Famous people get caught like Josh Dugger, Jerod Fogel, and Tiger Woods; people are surprised and disgusted.

Abuse is a word that carries a lot of weight. When I think of abuse, I think of a little puppy who was left in a kennel for too long without food and water and looks sick with scurvy.

I’ve heard the phrase “I hate fake people” a lot, and yes, I’ve said it a lot. Fake people are the worst!

Grief is an all-encompassing word. It is an experience of loss. This loss can range from the death of a loved one, all the way to the death of an idea, or a hope. It is all loss. The kind of loss I want to talk about is called secondary trauma.

Stress is a constant. Busy schedules, kids to care for, lack of sleep, the dog is sick, and traffic all contribute to stress and anxiety. Unmanaged stress can lead to worry, negative thinking, low self-esteem and depression.

My life recently has felt out of control. Sometimes, things just throw me for a loop. A curve ball comes from nowhere, life gets very difficult, and I don’t know what to do.

I’m having a bad day. Things just aren’t going well. Or should I say more accurately, things aren’t going my way.

Something didn’t happen to you. It could have been a mother’s warm embrace that never happened because she was too busy drinking. A marriage that didn’t have a “happily ever after” because it is now ending.

Scientists learn how to study objects without putting their own bias into the findings. As you may very well know, this is a very difficult task to do.

“When…someone really hears you without passing judgement on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels…good…