How to find local and top-rated psychologists near me for counseling If you have already talked to your family doctor about your mental health challenges, you can start your search for a therapist by asking another provider for a referral. A medical provider, psychiatrist, or other trusted prof...
It’s different when you’re on a first name basis with your dog’s physical therapist but have never met a pediatrician. It’s different when you’ve made new friends, but you struggle to invite them over because you don’t have kids for their kids to play with, you don’t have a...
Why can’t I find a wonderful man who wants to marry me?’ In my 17 years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor, therapist and relationship coach, I’ve found that marriage-minded single women who haven’t found their dream man — or haven’t received a marriage proposal —...
I know the traditional automation method is playing back [the mix] with your hands on the faders. That doesn’t work as well for me. I find myself chasing what just happened too much. With a mouse I can be pretty quick and decisive, listen back, and move on. It sucks for my wrist...
In truth, the personal descanso from which I presently emerge has been a journey of several years. During that time, caring for a spouse occupied my mind and actions. Any remaining time each day primarily consisted of tending to my practice as a therapist. Emerging from my loved one’s rec...
The first vision therapist I saw long ago worked a lot with the emotional connections associated with eyes. One of the things he talked about was how near-sightedness is caused by emotional trauma and tightening the muscles around the optic nerve. It’s a way, he said, of blurring the ed...
The therapist’s hands moved along my neck and shoulders, kneading tension from my aching muscles. Two weeks earlier, my husband and I had trudged through a bout of COVID. While our illness was mostly mild, the fatigue it brought lingered. Six days along, when we were still weak and ...
But when winter never left – when spring is a full month behind and has not showed upat all– there are no sympathy head-pats. There is rage and despair and threats and day drinking and an uptick in Google searches for “affordable places to move.” My therapist told me her schedule ...
therapist wants me to focus on being more in the moment and accepting things as they come. If I am going to have a binge episode, he wants me to do it because I chose to do so and not because my eating disorder is putting me on auto-pilot. I’m getting much closer to that ...
autistic behaviors. I remember being so scared. I often joked that I was still waiting for my ‘autism manual’ to come in the mail. I was not a doctor or a therapist or a teacher. I was just a mom. A mom to a little boy that needed so much care. Autism was a mystery to me...