by Javan | Mar 9, 2015 | Anxiety
What is insight? Have you ever had an epiphany? Insight is all about being able to analyze and understand how you think, how you behave, and how you influence the world around you…without judgment reactivity or shame. It’s necessary to be able to have... by Nancy | Mar 9, 2015 | Abandonment, Relationships, Uncategorized
Validation simply means acknowledging, and giving importance to, the worldview of another. Validation is a powerful tool in a therapist’s toolbag, and can disarm anxiety and depressive symptoms by giving hope, connection, and understanding. Why, though, does it work... by Nancy | Feb 7, 2015 | Communication, Marital Therapy, Relationships
I work with couples regularly who are stuck in the power struggle. They fight with each other over which one is going to act and behave according to the other’s worldview. It sounds something like this “I know how the world works, and if you would just get on... by Javan | Jan 13, 2015 | Family Counseling, Individual Therapy, Marital Therapy
What took down the gloriously engineered Titanic ship wasn’t the massive iceberg that was visible. It was the smaller, below water, out of sight, non-visible iceberg, below that sunk the great ship. That’s why there’s the saying, “What you... by Javan | Jan 2, 2015 | Abandonment, Codependent, Marital Therapy
The ideal purpose of marriage and family is to be your true self, to grow, to be loved, and accepted, unconditionally. Family can be a place to learn the purpose and place for forgiveness, mistakes, apologies, and personal needs being met. Though no family is perfect,...