What Makes a Successful Long Term Relationship? Part 2: Sex and Intimacy
Sex and intimacy sometimes get connected as being the same thing and sometimes they're described as something very different. There...
What Makes a Successful Long Term Relationship? Part 1: Trust
What makes or what does it take to be in a long term relationship? I believe that based on my experience working with hundreds of...
Love, Lust and Dating in Los Angeles
What is the difference between love and lust and how that’s related to dating in LA or finding a partner? How do you know the difference...
Insomnia - The Effect of Sleep on Your Mental Health
Sometimes when we talk about sleep most people like to talk about the lack of sleep that they get. Sleep is rather a rare commodity...
4 Things That No One Talks About That Makes Parenting Really Hard
I remember when I was pregnant and going to become a parent everyone had a whole bunch of advice. “Oh, you should use this kind of...
Grieving The Loss of a Loved One
Grieving the loss of a loved one. This is an interesting topic because not many people talk about death and dying and especially not when...
Help! I'm Parenting a Teenage Girl.
I'd like to discuss parenting teenage girl. A teenage girl can be very different than parenting a teenage boy. There’s a lot of overlap...
Heathly Marriage Part 3 Parenting Together
When we think about parenting often times, people think about “what's my parenting style” or “I’m going to parent my kids in this way”...
Healthy Marriage Part 2 Healthy Conflict
Let’s discuss healthy conflict. That may sound like an oxymoron, because how can you have conflict and it be healthy? Isn't conflict,...
Healthy Marriage Part 1 Getting The Love You Want
What is love? How can you have love in a marriage or get the love you want if you don't know what love is or what love means to you? I...
Pros and Cons of Telehealth Talk to a Professional Now
Let’s discuss Telehealth, the pros and cons of how you can see therapist. The first thing I'd like to explain is what is Telehealth....
“I'm Not Depressed I’m Just a Little Down” Recognizing Depression
Let’s discuss depression and it's more common definition. I think that there's a really big misunderstanding about what depression really...
Help I'm Parenting a Teen Part 3 Setting Boundaries and Discipline
When we talk about parenting a teenager one of the things that I hear a lot is um like this example. You're a parent and your parenting a...
Help! I'm Parenting a Teenager- Part 2, Staying Away from the Lecture
When I think about communicating with a teenager the first thing I do is I think about “what was it like when I was a teenager and my...
Help! I'm Raising a Teenager.
Parenting a teenager is really tough. It's probably the hardest job any of us will ever have. There are a lot of reasons for that. Some...
Self-Care and What it Means to Take Care of Yourself
Self-care and what it means to take care of yourself. So when we talk about self-care,. I think the simplest definition is taking care of...
Three Simple Steps for Stress Relief
There are three simple steps to stress relief: breathing, grounding and mindfulness. So let’s start by taking a moment to check in with...
4 Secrets to Get People to Listen
Let’s talk about four secrets to get people to listen to you: being physically close to a person, making eye contact, making physical...
Pacific Marriage & Family Therapy Network on Cultivating a Positive Valentine’s Day
Celebrated annually on February 14th, Valentine's Day has evolved from a feast day honoring Saint Valentinus to a celebration of romance...
6 Reasons Why Seeing a Therapist May be Right For You
Today's we're going to be discussing six reasons why seeing a therapist may be right for you. We'll be covering feeling overwhe
