Dear Friends, As the founder and CEO/director of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness (ICM), it pleases me to announce some changes that are coming for
Lately, more therapists in my circles who are critical of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach to therapy are calling the culture around this method,
As I slowly moved down another painful declining portion on my second day walking the Camino de Santiago, my already injured knee rolled in and
One of my favorite films is the 1996 sporting classic Jerry Maguire. The movie left us with many memorable lines including “Show me the money!,”
Originally published on the NALGAP-Addiction Professional Blog, August 2016 Nothing makes my stomach turn quite so vigorously as when I see a helping professional make
I recently had a conversation with a dear friend at an in-person training we were both a part of; she in the role of facilitator,
There are many hot button issues in the EMDR community that get discussed in formal consultation, or informally in the online support groups. A shortlist
Several years ago a workshop attendee came up to me after a continuing education class to pay me a compliment. The attendee relayed to me
“This is not so much an opioid epidemic we are in – it is more a trauma epidemic that people take opiates for.” – My
During my time as a student in the drama department at NYU, in between presenting scenes, and performing in plays, I spent a lot of
The Flash Technique (Manfield, Lovett, Engel, & Manfield, 2017) developed by Dr. Phil Manfield has shown that moving a memory is possible without directly activating
Sexual addiction and recovery can be controversial constructs. Unlike addictions to chemicals or substances, sex and sexuality are intrinsic facets of healthy human life and
I grew up tortured by the tenets of fundamentalist Evangelical Christianity, and in my young adulthood, navigated to conservative communities within Catholicism. While some
Adapt – to make suitable for new use or purpose; become adjusted to new conditions (merriam-webster.com) COVID-19 has brought disruption to everyone’s lives in so
They’re doing it for the attention. It’s a refrain uttered everywhere, as people attempt to explain why troubled adults, adolescents, and children behave the way
“Violence is a reaction to fear – a key symptom of the dominance that egoism and ignorance have over mind. Violence is not defined
I know I’m not the only one grappling with transitioning from full time therapist to other professional pursuits, such as consultation, training, writing, etc. I’ve
Since dissociation is the essence of trauma, it’s not possible to treat trauma without understanding dissociation. As EMDR therapists, we need to understand it. In
Over the years I’ve been met with, “Oh, you do qualitative research,” in a tone that suggests: That’s cute, but what does it really prove?
Even though I do my best to take off the clinical cap outside of session, friends often ask for my opinion about all things mental