Therapy & Mental Wellness Blog

Learn some of the common reasons couples seek counseling and how effective the work can be for improving your relationship.

Online therapy is just as effective, if not more effective than in-person therapy. Explore the benefits and consider if online therapy is right for you.

Sometimes, ordinary days can produce extraordinary insights into our human need for communication, hope and empathy. Years ago, in a Boston mental hospital, a girl known as “Little Annie” was placed in a solitary room referred to by staff as “The Dungeon.” It was basically…

Imagine being a young blue crab in Lake Ponchartrain. Up til’ now, daily life has consisted of walking around side-ways, loving the world and just doing what crabs do, but life hasn’t felt so good lately — too much stress, feeling boxed in, barely able…

I couldn’t help but notice the severe limp as she struggled to walk unassisted into the room. She gathered there with 45 co-survivors, all refugees from Cambodia. They were known as “Boat People.” Historical note: The Khmer Rouge oversaw one of the largest genocides of…

I recall a very depressed lady whose marriage had recently been pronounced dead. Over intervening months, she regressed to a point where she could barely function.“How do you see the future?” I asked. Her response was a bit startling: “I don’t see the future.” This…