Subtitle: Examining how emotional regulation supports resilience, decision-making, and well-being during high-stress moments—and how therapy can help individuals build steadiness when life feels overwhelming.   One of my favorite parts of being a therapist has been learning about the ways that other people think about and understand their emotions, especially when they experience them as extreme, heightened, or intense.  Many of my clients struggle to regulate their emotions, and coming to...

Secular ritual is simply the practice of including structured, symbolic, and repetitive actions into your day that help center you and meet your emotional and psychological needs. Many ritual habits are simple.  I like to cuddle with my dog every morning before getting out of bed. 

Among the Al-Anon literature, there is a book titled Hope for Today, which is a collection of reflections written by adult children of alcoholics who are on their own path to recovery from the trauma and experiences of their childhood. The writers reexamine and reconsider their relationships with their parents through the lens of maturity […]