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I will be answering this question in a short video that will be available soon ...
It is virtually impossible to understand trauma without understanding the extent to which it resides within our ...
Defining Trauma
Historically, there has been controversy over what constitutes “trauma.” Mental health definitions
Often when we think about healing from trauma we think about how daunting the journey may be. We may even choose ...
Doubt has a negative connotation; it is often associated with fear or dread. However, the origin of the word in ...
Psychological approaches to mental health—like psychotherapy—and biological approaches to mental health—like the ...
Much of my work at Live Oak focuses on working with those who experience gender dysphoria, or those who identify as
On more than one occasion, I have had clients comment, “I’ve never been allowed to talk about this before.” The ...
“You look bored,” or “worried,” or “tired.”
If I am, I say so, but always with some commentary. I might say, “Yes,
If you were to look at a therapist in action, you might not see much action. There I sit opposite the client, ...
It is inevitable. We will cause pain to our clients.
Initially, it must seem counterintuitive to consider that, at
Relationship Defined: “an emotional or other connection between people”
When I begin meeting with someone, I try ...
Published Works
This is a transcript of the keynote address presented on September 24, 2006 at the Oregon Juvenile Department ...
Reprinted from In The Family Magazine, Volume 8, Number 4, Spring 2003, pp. 4-5.
Q: At work, a sales award was ...
Reprinted from the Illinois Society for Clinical Social Work Newsletter, Summer 2008, pp.12-15.
Preface to the ...
Reprinted from Illinois Parks and Recreation, January/February 1989, pp. 20-21.
Residential treatment for ...
Reprinted from In The Family Magazine, Volume 10, Number 4, Spring 2005, pp. 6-8.
When we talk about homophobia ...
Reprinted from Positively Aware Magazine, June/July 2005
Studies from around the world, with both men and women, ...
Even now, at the end of the twentieth century, many still have difficulty standing up and saying, "I am the parent ...
How We Can Hurt and Be Hurt and Never Know It
Reprinted from Positively Aware.
WITH ADVANCES in HIV medications, ...
Reprinted from Positively Aware, March/April 2008, pp. 40-43.
I'm here because my doctor referred me to you," ...
Reprinted from Positively Aware, September/October, pp. 40-42.
HIV: Either of two retroviruses that invent and ...
Reprinted from In The Family Magazine, July 1998, pp. 22-24.
Celia was referred to me by a colleague who was ...
Reprinted from In The Family Magazine, Volume 7, Number 2, Fall 2002, pp. 8-11.
"You don't need any special ...