One of the ugliest things I've learned in fifteen years in the counseling business is that I cannot trust insurance companies to do the...

Many clients who come to see me are curious about whether or not they should "get on something" to manage the symptoms they're...

It was a chill night with good food and fun people. Then suddenly someone was yelling. There were obscure accusations. Wild threatening....

It's funny to me that we colloquially refer to marriage as "tying the knot" because often that's exactly what I feel like I'm trying to...

Sometimes my clients turn out to be people I really like. I think things like, "Man, it would be fun to go out for a beer with you..." or...

What does it mean to be professional? Google says, professional (adj). - engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation...

Some weeks I trudge through a desert, but don't make any headway. My kids are still not acting like responsible adults. My husband and I...

When the victim sits on my couch feeling like something has happened that they couldn't control, they're right. And yet, if that's all we...

Having been a counselor for almost fourteen years, I've seen quite a diversity of problems run across my couch. Most smell at least a...

Being professional means being polite enough in your bedside manner to keep customers undistracted from whatever it is you're selling...

Some people think that going to counseling is getting advice from a wise sage who will tell you how to make your decisions and which...

Sometimes men ask me about life coaching. (I"m serious—only men have asked me about this.) Sometimes they want that instead of counseling. I

If you wanted some help with your heart, your mind, or your relationships, what kinds of professional help can you get? Here are some...

Some of you come in my office wanting me to guarantee that your pet is a legitimately therapeutic way for you to manage your heart, mind,...

When you set a counseling appointment with me, you are reserving my time. Reserving the appointment costs $75. This is what it costs me...

…let their clients know what they are doing, so you get a chance to consent. …listen more than they talk. …do their personal work, so...

No. Do not do that. Do not go with just anyone with a license into a closed room and tell them your deepest, darkest, scariest, most...

Some of you don't want to pay for counseling. You think I'm just a glorified friend. You think you can read a book instead. You think...