October 2026

What Actually Happens in a First Therapy Session?

Most people who call me have been thinking about it for months. What I’ll ask, what you don’t have to tell me yet, and how the hour actually goes.

October 2026

Court-Ordered Anger Management: What to Expect

How fast can I get this done, and what will she put in writing about me. Both answered straight — plus the part nobody mentions.

October 2026

EMDR or Talk Therapy — Which One Do I Need?

If you can already explain your own history fluently and still do the thing, more explaining isn’t the missing piece. How I’d actually decide.

October 2026

Do I Have Trauma If Nothing Really Bad Happened to Me?

You don’t need one terrible event to be carrying something. What makes it stick isn’t how bad it sounds — and the comparison is the trap.

October 2026

Why Do I Feel Nothing?

Numbness isn’t the absence of feeling. It’s something your body switched on, and at the time it worked. What sits underneath it, and what brings it back.

October 2026

Why Do I Drink Every Night?

Drinking most nights usually has less to do with willpower than with what the drinking is handling for you — and what it may be holding down.

October 2026

Why Am I So Angry All the Time?

When your reaction is bigger than what just happened, something older is usually in the room. Here’s what anger is often protecting, and how you can start catching it sooner.

September 2026

What EMDR Therapy Is Actually Like

Most descriptions of EMDR show a therapist waving their fingers. That isn’t what happens in my office. Here is what a session actually involves — including the part people are most relieved to hear.