Thoughts on healing & growth
Reflections on mental health, sexuality, relationships, and the human experience — written from the therapy room and from life.
Safety Comes Before Love
We talk a lot about love. Love your kids. Show up for them. Get down on the floor and build the Lego tower on Shabbos…
Why Men Don’t Ask for Help — And What It Costs Them
The armor isn’t weakness. But it is expensive.
Trauma Lives in the Body — What Somatic Therapy Understands
You can understand your trauma completely and still feel it in your body like it’s happening right now. Healing requires working with both.
One of the more painful and complicated parts of betrayal recovery.
When a spouse discovers that their partner has been sexually acting out, the pain is devastating. There is the betrayal itself, the lying, the hiding,…
Breathwork Can Open What Talking Cannot Always Reach
I believe deeply in the power of conversation. Good therapy can change a person’s life. To be listened to carefully, to hear yourself think out loud, to find language for what has been hidden, and to be met without.
A Marriage Can Survive Betrayal, But Not by Pretending
One of the most painful questions after betrayal is, “Can this marriage survive?” It is an honest question. It is also a terrifying one. The betrayed partner may not know if she can ever feel safe again. The person who.
What Healthy Sexuality Actually Looks Like
Healthy sexuality isn’t the absence of desire. It’s desire you’re not ashamed of.
Shame Is Not a Treatment Plan
Shame keeps you hiding. Curiosity is what heals.