HOUSTON THERAPY

Starting college can be a new and exciting experience. It’s full of possibilities: new friendships, new classes, and a fresh start in a...

The fit between therapist and client is essential for personal growth.

Making friends as an adult is not all that easy at times. We don't have the same social environments we did as kids, being made to go to...

Online dating has become a prevalent way to connect with potential partners. While it offers incredible opportunities for finding...

Are you opposed to engaging in conflict in your interpersonal relationships? Do you buy into the narrative that “healthy relationships”...

Pets can be important for our mental health. Here are five good reasons to own a pet.

Reciprocity: mutual dependence, action, or influence; a mutual exchange of privilege. Reciprocity in relationships is an idea that comes...

What is Attachment Theory? Psychologists John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth’s research helped us to understand what we now call attachment...

One of the most frequent DBT skills I find myself teaching in individual therapy is DEAR MAN. This skill comes from the Interpersonal...

Conflicts with others are typically uncomfortable experiences for most people. Frequently having disagreements with another person is...

When considering whether or not therapy may be beneficial, individuals often fall into one of two categories. The first category consists of

One of the most difficult events that can happen in a relationship is infidelity. Relational safety is leveled to a 0 after an affair,...

Connection with others is more important than you might think. Meaningful connections with others lowers anxiety and depression, raises...

Having recently attended a wedding and experiencing an opportunity to witness and speak to a newly wedded couple as well as all the...

Online dating survival guide.

“It can’t all be sorrow, can it? I’ve always been alone, so I don’t feel the lack. It’s all I’ve ever known. I’ve never experienced loss...

Natural therapeutic supports are the relationships and social activities that occur in our natural environments such as in the community,...

"Therapy is Only for Major Life Events" This series will handle misunderstandings and common questions we as therapists encounter from...

Have you ever been told you need to be easier on yourself? Or that you hold yourself to impossible standards? Many of us do!

Hesitation over starting family therapy is COMMON and normal. It is scary, but also very brave, to seek to change a family dynamic