20 Practical Tips to Help You Stop Scrolling on Your Phone

In over a decade of private practice, I’ve never spoken to a single client who was inspired to seek therapy predominantly because they’re unhappy with the way they use their phone.  And yet, hundreds of clients have expressed to me [...]

By |2024-02-05T16:00:48-08:00February 5th, 2024|Categories: depression and anxiety, self-compassion and self-care|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on 20 Practical Tips to Help You Stop Scrolling on Your Phone

How to Manage Sex Chromosome Disappointment (AKA “Gender Disappointment”) in Pregnancy

When I found out that my first child was male – that is, he has XY chromosomes – I cried for two days. No one was more surprised about this than I was.  My pregnancy was the result of a [...]

By |2023-02-10T11:51:45-08:00February 9th, 2023|Categories: life transitions, parenting, reproductive health|Comments Off on How to Manage Sex Chromosome Disappointment (AKA “Gender Disappointment”) in Pregnancy

Why I’ve Stopped Telling My Clients to Practice Self-Care

Take a bubble bath!  Get a massage or a pedicure!  Go for a walk and take deep breaths! I used to be dogmatic about encouraging clients to practice self-care.  “What are you doing for self-care?” I would ask. I did [...]

By |2022-05-21T11:49:12-07:00May 21st, 2022|Categories: emotional literacy, self-compassion and self-care, work life balance|Comments Off on Why I’ve Stopped Telling My Clients to Practice Self-Care

6 Things To Know About Being an Empathic Sponge

“The hardest thing in the world is to live in it,” said Buffy the Vampire Slayer, just before leaping into the abyss to stop the (an?) apocalypse-in-progress. That was in the year 2000, and more than 20 years later, this [...]

By |2022-04-30T13:59:56-07:00April 30th, 2022|Categories: emotional literacy, self-compassion and self-care|Tags: , , |Comments Off on 6 Things To Know About Being an Empathic Sponge

6 Ways to Improve Your Mental Health During IVF

In Vitro Fertilization, or IVF, is a lot to go through.  Between the ambiguity of not knowing what’s going to happen, the “wait and hurry up” rhythm of it all, and the emotional hangover from trying to conceive which, for [...]

By |2022-05-02T11:24:22-07:00December 14th, 2021|Categories: life transitions, parenting, reproductive health|Tags: , |Comments Off on 6 Ways to Improve Your Mental Health During IVF

How to Make a Major Life Change

The short answer is: Slowly... And then all at once. We'll get to the longer answer, but first, some context. I am closing the group practice. I started my Los Angeles private practice in April of 2015, and in March [...]

By |2021-12-01T15:48:11-08:00December 1st, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on How to Make a Major Life Change
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