Let’s remove the mystery of therapy You have made the decision to seek mental health therapy. This was a huge step for you, involving hours, days and weeks of self-searching. You start a google search for someone whose office is close by. Next, you look at the therapist’s education and [...]

The “goodbye process” can help and heal a couple When you believe your relationship is over and it is time to move on separately, feelings of anxiousness, fear, sadness, anger and stress are common. You are entering into an unfamiliar and potentially overwhelming journey that may change at least two [...]

Liberate yourself from masturbation shame Alex de la Cruz started his career in advertising and moved into product design, specializing in drinkware and dinnerware for some of the largest retailers in the country. After 15 years, he felt stagnate and needed a change. His creativity, innovation and own traumatic personal [...]

Toxic masculinity can kill you Bias and stereotypes impact us all. Men and women often are constricted by stereotypes and feel compelled to stay inside the box of their traditional gender role. More than one-third of boys think they are expected to be strong and tough. “Be a man.” “Suck [...]

Michigan outlaws conversion therapy! Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation in late July banning conversion therapy for minors in Michigan. Our state is the 22nd one in the US to outlaw conversion therapy, a scientifically discredited practice that aims to convert LGBTQIA people to heterosexuality. According to the Governor, conversion therapy [...]

Healing from infidelity can strengthen a relationship A skilled relationship therapist successfully can guide couples on this difficult journey  We all know that cheating in a marriage happens, in fact, the statistics are quite startling – approximately 57 percent of men and 54 percent of women admit they have been [...]

Intercourse, outercourse … or both? As a therapist, I find it quite disheartening when I see couples who have given up sex entirely because they cannot or do not want to have intercourse. They are missing out on so much sexual pleasure and intimacy! Are you one of these couples? [...]