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Family Therapy Bethesda MD In 2014 I wrote a blog post that talked about how kids were bad for my marriage. You can read it in here: https://www.jaxmomsblog.com/parenting-wisdom/nobody-told-kids-bad-marriage/ I still get calls from people stating… “we had a great marriage, then we had our child and I don’t know what happened! We fight, we feel […]

Hungarian-American psychiatrist Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy wrote poignantly about the concept of “invisible loyalties” in family therapy. Invisible loyalties are characteristics and behavior, usually those which govern or impact our relationships with ourselves and others, which are passed down through generations—not by choice, but unconsciously, and often detrimentally, as unwitting homage to those who came before. For example, […]

Relationship Therapy Bethesda MD The New York Times just published an article stating “Hurry up and get a divorce: For the rich, there is an incentive”. With that title I was hooked. There is no way I would not read this. The article explains an upcoming tax law change regarding alimony. It encourages people to get […]

Individual Therapy Bethesda MD On June 5, we learned of fashion designer Kate Spade’s death by suicide; less than 72 hours later, on June 8, we learned of chef and writer Anthony Bourdain’s death by suicide. Since that time, many worthwhile things have already been written about these events: that there is help and hope for […]

Family Therapy Chevy Chase MD WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD [To be fair, the spoilers in question are a decade and a half old, and this show is driven by characters more than plot, so knowing what happens does not actually spoil it.  Still, you have been warned!] Arrested Development is one of my all-time favorite TV […]

Relationship Counseling Wheaton MD Before I became a therapist, I was acutely aware of—and eager to learn more about—the systemic challenges women deal with in their families, communities, and in society.  Some of these challenges were already a part of my lived experience, some I predicted might come up later in life, some I would […]

Family Therapy Bethesda MD Today is May 17th – you are officially one month away from the end of the school year and the beginning of summer.  Summer – that joyous time where life slows down and you are no longer rushing out the door yelling at your child to tie their shoes, packing lunches, searching […]

Individual Therapy Bethesda, MD The month of May evokes a variety of images and meanings. For those in my profession, it holds a special significance as Mental Health Awareness Month, but it is also associated with several somatic illnesses, as well as being Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month. It has […]

Individual Therapy Bethesda, MD Let’s begin with an overview of three basic life facts: Change is hard. Change is extremely hard when it means shifting away from behaviors and thought processes that developed over the course of many months or years. Change is a necessary prerequisite for growth, enlightenment, and life satisfaction. When clients sit on […]