Summertime – Making it Easy

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 … Continue...

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Depart from Equilibrium

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...

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One little word

Individual Therapy Bethesda MD Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, stop…and take a deep breath. While you’re at it, take stock of your current situation. Where are you right now? What/who are you engaged with at this moment? Are you...

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Change Your Filter

Relationship Therapy Sterling, VA This week’s post is the third in my series on cognitive distortions and how they can impact relationships. Cognitive distortions are problematic patterns of thinking that skew our perceptions and impact feelings...

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Befriending our Suffering

Individual Therapy Bethesda MD I’ve been reading Thich Nhat Hanh’s book, No Mud No Lotus this week, and it’s given me a lot of insight into the concept of “suffering.” As a Buddhist monk, it is Hanh’s perspective that in … Continue reading...

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Choosing to Create Space

Individual Therapy Bethesda MD Unlike most people who look forward to the start of a new year to set resolutions, or to spring to do their cleaning, I find fall a particularly good time to start anew. When the weather … Continue reading...

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