On a day intended to honor the women who raised us, I am left pondering the nature of it all. Does a day dedicated to a purpose limit the...

Why do men seem to be so avoidant toward emotional vulnerability, and more specifically, psychotherapy? If you think you know the answer,...

With today's high-drama television, the term psychopath gets thrown around quite a bit. Sometimes we even wonder what's wrong with us...

If you’ve attended a college town during evening hours, or watched your local news lately, you’ve likely witnessed or heard about an...

Saint Patrick's Day is both a religious and cultural day of remembrance and celebration, recognized all over the world. Today, many of us...

If you've read previous blogs on this site or publications I contributed to psychcentral.com, you may notice a theme carried through many...

Mondays can mean a lot of things for different people. However, in and of itself, it's just a day. It's our perception that gives...

Well, we've done it again! The Peaceful Place, LLC has received the Best of Decatur award for psychotherapy for the second consecutive...

No matter how confident we may feel, external attacks to our ego still happen. We put our blood, sweat, and tears into an outcome, in...

Check out the newest publication to psychcentral.com, "The Cost of Being the Lead Dog."

Please head over to www.psychcentral.com to read my latest publications on the the world of psychotherapy and mental health. Be sure to...

It's safe to say that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. embraced, represented, and advocated for peace, acceptance, and connection. Dr. King is...

This time of year represents many things for many people; happiness, connection, religion, gratitude, love, and for some, loneliness and...

Men who come to therapy are more than angry, stressed, success-driven "hot-heads." You are a person looking for growth and development...

Mindfulness is not an intervention, it is a practice; a way of living. Over the past couple of decades, this term has gained increasing...

With great excitement and gratitude, I want to announce that my practice is moving to a new space, effective September 15, 2014. You...

Well, against all intention, I have taken a hiatus from blogging. Life happens, and time slips by. At risk of seemingly only posting in...

Perhaps a little out of order in the series, I would like to take a moment to jump ahead to discussing connection, as this day is a day...

The Peaceful Place, LLC has won a local award, recognizing small, independent businesses in the Decatur area. What honor and validation...

As defined in the previous post, mindfulness is a derivative of Buddhist spirituality, encompassing meditation. Through meditation, we...