Key Takeaways AI tools can be helpful, but they can’t replace the emotional depth of a trained human therapist. The question of whether AI can truly provide empathy and human connection is central to understanding its...
Category - Therapy
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
Self-Awareness: A Key to Emotional and Relationship Health
When new therapy clients sit down in front of me for the first time, my curiosity is always piqued around not only who they are and what kind of help they are seeking, but also their level of psychological awareness...
What is Family of Origin Therapy?
You may or may not be familiar with the term “family of origin” as it relates to therapy. When it comes to understanding how you function emotionally and/or in your relationships, it’s an important...
How to Work on Yourself for Lasting Change
Key Takeaways: Self-awareness is your guide: Understanding your internal patterns is a key to growth. Family of Origin Work is your foundation: Clarity around past experiences illuminates present challenges and is...
Obsessed with Control: Addressing Perfectionism and Codependence
For some, asking for help feels like a threat; the need to do so invariably makes them feel inferior. “Why should I need to ask?” “You should already know!” In the game of emotional hot potato, we blame our partners for...
Deeper Level Change in Individual Therapy
People seek individual therapy for a number of reasons but usually something isn’t working for them emotionally or in their relationships. Expectations around what this process looks like can vary too. I see my...
10 Reasons You Need Therapy Now
The stigma around seeing a therapist is not nearly what it once was. In fact, many understand that going to therapy doesn’t mean there is “something wrong with you” but rather there are things you may...
Why Your Therapist Will Not Likely Give You Advice
Therapy is not about your therapist “fixing” you. I sometimes joke with clients that if I had a magic wand, I could wave it and their challenges would disappear! This certainly would make therapy go...
Retrospective Kindness
Linda Graham, MFT looks at the benefit of recalling missed opportunities for kindness. Active imagination revisioning can rewire the brain when an opportunity to be kind was missed. Most of us want to be kind, to...
Linda Graham, MFT
When Therapy Isn’t Working
Richard Nicastro, PhD examines a number of reasons clients can feel like they aren’t getting what they need out of therapy. A lack of personality fit or therapist’s theoretical orientation mismatch for the...
Richard Nicastro, PhD