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Surviving an Existential Crisis with Six Feet Under: Authenticity

Surviving an Existential Crisis with Six Feet Under: Authenticity

The characters on Six Feet Under are contending with the biggest questions we have: Why am I here? What’s the point of life? Of death? Am I a good person? Do I know how to love? Their internal and outward struggles ground the plot in existential matters of...
Are You Having an Existential Crisis of Isolation?

Are You Having an Existential Crisis of Isolation?

When we’re short on connection, we end up isolated. The pandemic accelerated an already-growing epidemic of loneliness in the US. According to that linked Harvard study, chances are that at least 1 in 3 people reading this are experiencing serious loneliness—a lack of...
Surviving an Existential Crisis with Six Feet Under: Isolation

Surviving an Existential Crisis with Six Feet Under: Isolation

Existential crisis gets at the core of what it means to be human and how we manage it all. The characters on Six Feet Under contend with the biggest questions we have: Who am I? Why am I here? What’s the point of life? Of death? Am I a good person? Do I know how to...
Why I Don’t Take Insurance

Why I Don’t Take Insurance

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...
How to Be Home Alone and Still Connected

How to Be Home Alone and Still Connected

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...
I’m a Social Justice Therapist: What Does That Mean?

I’m a Social Justice Therapist: What Does That Mean?

Working with a social justice foundation happens both inside and outside the therapy room. It is an ongoing process without an end point. Here are some of the ways I do it. I seek to understand your feelings, thoughts, and actions through the context of your lived...