Reflection Reflections

She catches her reflection in the window.  “How appropriate,” she thinks, “I’m barely visible.”  “Where did I go?  I used to have ideas, thoughts, beliefs, opinions, interests of my own.  Where did my spark go? Where is my passion...

What’s Under YOUR Hood?

People don’t get it.  They come to couple’s counseling presumably to fix their relationship, but what they often are really after is an overhaul on their partner!  Let’s face it. .   When the engine of the relationship isn’t purring anymore, we are all too eager to...

The Spot On the Wall

During parent orientation for college recently, a faculty member was suggesting that we discuss with our students how we feel about them leaving. He wisely knew that most of us are pretty disconnected from the feelings we have about it. Inevitably, he said, a parent...