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REMOTE THERAPY

REMOTE THERAPY

The pandemic has made what was once a small fraction of the psychotherapy world into the norm—remote sessions. I have found that a majority of patients, and once-skeptical clinicians, are satisfied with remote psychotherapy and plan to continue on with it once...
IS SELF-CARE JUST GETTING A MASSAGE?

IS SELF-CARE JUST GETTING A MASSAGE?

Self-care has become a trendy term recently. I remember hearing it for the first time in graduate school and being utterly confused. Does self-care mean to care for the self? Aren’t I doing that all of the time? I felt confused and lost by this term. Eventually, I...
THE FUTURE OF THERAPY IN THE TECHNOLOGY AGE

THE FUTURE OF THERAPY IN THE TECHNOLOGY AGE

​I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, so we are inundated with tech more than your average person. Most people I know are either working in tech of some kind or have a partner working in tech. I hear about research and development of therapy in terms of artificial...
I’M NERVOUS TO START THERAPY, IS THAT NORMAL?

I’M NERVOUS TO START THERAPY, IS THAT NORMAL?

Its very normal to be nervous before your first therapy appointment. It can be scary to share your life with a stranger. You probably have ideas and images in your mind about who you think your therapist is and how they may be. You might have dreams and hopes for the...
WHAT IS THERAPY ANYWAY?

WHAT IS THERAPY ANYWAY?

This is the most important question that isn’t asked enough. I do believe that if you ask one hundred therapists and one hundred patients to define their experience of therapy, you will get a different answer from every person. For me, therapy is a unique experience...