The characters on Six Feet Under are contending with the biggest questions we have: Who am I? Why am I here? What’s the point of life? Of death? What happens after I die? Am I a good person? Am I loved? Do I know how to love? Their internal and outward struggles...
Watching it when it was new, I thought Six Feet Under was the best television ever made. And in some ways I still do, 20 years later. It wasn’t until I understood myself and my passions better that I realized much of what I love about this show is that everyone in the...
Choosing to be private pay instead of insurance-based is not an easy decision. In some ways, it makes my services less accessible (though as a private pay clinician I also can offer a limited number of deeply discounted slots). But it also helps me to be a more...
As winter arrives and outdoor gathering becomes less possible, many of us are dreading all the time we’ll spend home alone over the next few months. When you can’t share space with someone as you talk with them or give them a hug, connection becomes harder. But there...
Existentialism isn’t a word you hear combined with “therapy” very often. You can read all about the history and development of existential therapy on Wikipedia, so I’m not going to cover that here. Instead, I’ll talk about my take on this work. I will answer some...
In the counseling field, conversations about social justice or anti-oppression in the therapeutic relationship generally focus on education about systems of oppression and self-reflection. Those are necessary starting points, but there’s more to be said about how to...
