Thoughts of a Therapist
My Mother’s Day Mantra
My Mother’s Day Mantra I embrace everyday how ineffective I feel as a mother. My perception of ineffectiveness gets evoked all the time. Whether it’s because my children perceive me as not being good enough, personally feeling inadequate or me actually not putting...
The Key to Keeping the Weight Off: Employ a Mind-Body Approach
The Key To Keeping the Weight Off: Employ A Mind-Body Approach As a psychotherapist and researcher focusing on overeating and obesity in our youth, I find the New York Times article, “After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight” to be educational...
Strengthen Your Frustration Muscle
Best Method for Self-Improvement: Strengthen Your Frustration Muscle I’m sitting here on a flight going back to New York and I can’t help but smirk as I realize my frustration tolerance is being tested yet again. I didn’t have the opportunity to meditate this morning...
No Topic Is off Limits
No Topic Is Off Limits When Communicating With Your Child I was that kid. The child who was ashamed and never wanted to talk about my eating and exercise behaviors and the kid that was not approached about it in a supportive, caring and compassionate way to foster...
Growing Through the Process of Regret
I work with an array of patients who very often express regrets; some being more serious than others. I hear, “I wish I didn’t say what I did, I just inadvertently and impulsively blurted it out”, “If only I chose another college, then I wouldn’t have ended up back...
Free Your Child From Overeating
I am reaching out to you as I’m looking for kids and teens (Middle School and High School age) and their parents/families that are interested in understanding the psychological/emotional barriers that get in the way of them sustaining lifelong change in regard to...
