Adolescence is a time of growth, exploration, and identity formation, but it can also be filled with emotional turbulence. As a therapist who loves working with teens and has spent over four years working in youth ministry, I…
Continue readingWhat is Trauma? Trauma.What came to mind when you read that word? Was it war? Violence? A major accident? Abuse? If it was, you wouldn’t be alone. The more I talk with people, it’s the major events that…
Continue readingWhy I Became a Therapist: Growing up I was always fascinated by people and what made us all so different and unique. I was interested in why I was the person I was which sometimes felt very different…
Continue readingAnger Management ANGER… it’s bad, it’s wrong, it’s too much, why am I so angry ALL THE TIME! We have ALL experienced anger in our lives and perhaps even explosive anger that leaves us shaken up. Now there’s…
Continue readingAbout April I love how everyone has a story that tells how they’ve ended up where they are today. Sometimes it’s a dream that is passionately pursued. Other times it can feel like a series of circumstances that…
Continue readingMost people are very uncomfortable with feeling like someone is angry with them or that they have disappointed them in some way. As human beings, we enjoy being liked by others! That is a core experience we long…
Continue readingIn the Teen Mental Health Crisis podcast by NPR, I was surprised not just at the amount that mental health has declined for children/adolescents in our country, but also at how little people are aware of this ongoing…
Continue readingI reflect about our current times… “Unprecedented times.” “A new normal.”And as I reflect, I feel myself pulling away from the present. I want this “wait” to be over . I spend more time thinking of how to…
Continue readingAre you curious about why you get angry so quickly? I am too. Often times I ask myself “Daisy you know you don’t want to get upset about this and yet you do …” Many of us were…
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