Why Doesn’t My Partner Celebrate My Wins?

Listen Sharing good news with your partner should feel connecting. A promotion, an achievement, something you’ve worked towards for a long time, these moments are meant to land with warmth, pride, and shared joy. Yet for many couples, those same moments can quickly...

Mail Bag: The Questions Mental Health Professionals Asked Us

Listen What if I don’t know what I’m doing in my first session? First session nerves are incredibly common. Most clinicians worry about saying the wrong thing, looking incompetent, or being found out.  Good listening isn’t listening to respond. It’s listening to be...

Why couples keep having the same fight?

If you keep having the same fight in your relationship, here’s the uncomfortable truth. You probably aren’t bad at talking or communicating. You could be bad at understanding what you’re bringing into the conversation, and it’s quietly destroying your relationship....

How to Feel Confident When Working With Parents

Listen How to Feel Confident When Working With Parents as a Social Worker or Therapist I clearly remember the first family session I had. I was so stressed, wanting to advocate for the young person, I kind of saw the parents as enemy number 1. I had no idea how to...

When Love Is Strong but the Future Feels Hard to Talk About

I see this pattern a lot. Couples who care deeply about each other. Couples who are kind and respectful. Couples who are not fighting and are not in crisis. From the outside, everything looks fine. I’ve even been there myself. Nice, calm, stable. Inside, something...