When confronted with a difficult life situation, people sometimes have an experience which psychotherapists would call “emotional flooding.” This refers to an experience every human being has had, where raw emotions are “triggered” and the person is overcome with out of control stressful feelings and thoughts. Sometimes there is one feeling much more in the […]
An understanding of “circularity,” a concept associated with Family Systems Theory, can be a foundation piece in making relationships work. The most common presenting problem in couples therapy on a process level involves partners’ blaming and counter blaming. For many couples, this is a primary pattern when conflict arises, regardless of the “content” of the […]
In order to develop a felt sense of well-being, be more effective in general, and become empowered in relationships, one primary capacity is to be able to see one’s role in the problems we encounter, including relationship problems. However, it can be very difficult to see one’s role, or flaws and “weaknesses” without self-devaluation or […]
In individual counseling with adults we work not only with relationship issues, but life challenges in general to help clients feel better, more empowered and effective. Feelings like anxiety, depression, and anger not only feel bad; they can interfere with function when they become too intense and overwhelming. They can derail the communication process and […]
