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Foster care and massive childhood trauma

We currently have about 400,000 children in our foster care system, and all are at extremely high risk. As the average stay in foster...

Tik-Tok is leading to unusual mental illness among teens

Here is an article [click here to read article] on a frightening new phenomenon in the past few years: social media usage creating new...

Fake Labels vs. Mental Health

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I have as much training in diagnosis as an LPC, LCSW, LMHC, and so on. However, LMFT's...

Increasing use of Psychadelic Drugs in Therapy. Healthy? Useful? I'm not so sure.

I would like to share some controversial information on the increasing acceptance of psychadelic drugs in the treatment of mental...

Am I a Christian Counselor?

I am most often contacted by individuals who are so troubled by marriage/relationship problems, or PTSD/trauma, that they just want a...

Faith is welcome at my practice

Perhaps you're a regular churchgoer, or perhaps you're not religious at all. Perhaps you believe that good therapy must include your...

Fake happiness vs. Mental health

I always have some words of hope for my clients when I feel they are most in need. What I say might surprise you. I say, "My goal for you...

Profound quote from a client: The journey of healing

A client said something today about herself that I think profoundly reflects the human experience, and how that relates to healing from...

New research: Childhood trauma is linked to ADHD

This article illustrates the essential point that trauma in childhood causes real, permanent, physical changes in the way the brain...