For many of us, our early experiences with emotions involved us being told to "get over it" in one way or another.

I was anxious as a kid. To avoid my worries, I focused on schoolwork and after-school jobs. At that time, I had no idea my anxiety had...

Being a mother is the hardest job in the world even when things go smoothly. When you have a child who suffers the hardest job gets harder.

I was on the subway and I witnessed a needless escalation of anger that ended with somebody being punched in the face. I was shaken and...

In the kind of psychotherapy I practice called AEDP, we often focus on feel-good emotions like joy and pride. Deepening the experience...

My teenagers' dark and surly moods, my husband's anxiety, my mother's rare show of displeasure, and my father's anger and frugality, all...

My father was a psychiatrist in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Like many mental health practitioners of his time, he tended to define people...

-Originally published on NAMI.org’s blog There are many “shoulds” about how families and holidays should be. For example, families should love each other, families should get along, and the holidays should be fun. Reality, however, is more messy and complicated. The facts are that many people do not have happy families, happy family memories or happy holidays. Holidays and family can easily trigger us into states of despair, anxiety, and a feeling of “not enough.” Perhaps yo

Resisting the mind’s pull toward future worries or past wounds takes practice.

Deep connections grow and thrive not on their own, but with each person's commitment to personal growth and talking through their conflicts.

This article was originally published on Slate.com on 6/20/22. Irene recently came to therapy because her anxiety had been revving up,...

Changing careers was scary, but hating my job was worse.

Cutting-edge self-help tips to feel more confident when experiencing imposter syndrome or feeling insecure.

"He's an idiot," my father would snap when someone didn't do something the way he wanted. It didn't bother me then. But now I realize my...

A new approach to dealing with FOMO by tending to the underlying core emotions in the body using the Change Triangle as a guide.

The emotional challenges following a traumatic brain injury are many.

Most people have never had any emotions education at all. In 2022, this is an astounding fact. As a result of the lack of education in...

Our dysfunctional society fails to educate us on emotions. Here are a few basics to start you on your way to more knowledge.

Healing from trauma requires self-compassion and feeling for ourselves. Mourning paves the way to increased vitality and connectedness.

Two effective techniques to decrease anxiety based on accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP) and the Change Triangle® tool.