S.T.E.P. Introduction Part Two: The Blind Men & the Elephant

Have you heard the story about the blind men who encounter an elephant for the first time?  The story is believed to have originated in India, with the earliest version appearing in ancient texts from around 500 BC, although it is believed that the story is even older than that!  The details of the story vary from source to source, … Read More

Into the Forest: Walk & Talk Therapy

Update: I’m putting walk & talk sessions on hold during the winter months, but hope to offer them again once the weather gets nicer if there is enough interest. If you are interested in walk & talk sessions in the future, please let me know. “And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.”  Unknown* … Read More

Anxiety: Fight, Flight, and False Alarms

The prevalence of anxiety in our culture has increased dramatically in recent years.  One article that I read stated that the average high school student today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950’s.  Anxiety is a complex issue, but a simple metaphor that many people find helpful are the ideas of an … Read More

Sensory Focus: Back from the Future

Humans have an amazing ability to travel through time.   The summer of 2020 will mark the 35th anniversary of the classic time-travel movie “Back to the Future”.  I loved watching Marty McFly and Doc Brown as they travelled between the past, present, and future in the DeLorean time machine.  But did you know that humans have always had the ability … Read More