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I work with a significant number of clients that are struggling through various forms of addiction. One of the most common experiences for those going through addiction is relapse. While relapse is hard, often discouraging, and can leave clients and those that love them feeling gutted, I don’t believe it’s all negative. In fact, with […]

While the saying “no pain, no gain” is usually referenced in regard to the gym, athletics, or hiking a 14er, I believe it is an idea that can be related to therapy as well. Many times, when clients come into my office, they are wanting help and to process some extremely difficult life circumstances. Addiction […]

I’m a die-hard Seattle Seahawks fan. I was raised just outside of Seattle, and rooting for Seattle sports teams was engrained in me from a young age. Regardless of who you root for, sports fans are generally taught to celebrate their successes, but avoid their failure like the plague. We’ll celebrate beating the Broncos in […]

One of the most common grievances I hear from clients is something to the effect of “this is taking too long to heal.” Often, my response to this qualm is “well how long have you been dealing with it?” The response here is often “years,” “longer than I can remember,” or, in some cases, “my […]

In the first season of Ted Lasso, Ted is playing a game of darts against one of the antagonists in the story, Rupert. Towards the end of the game, Ted was talking about how he had been underestimated by people his whole life. For years, this bothered him, but then he saw the quote “be […]

One of the most common things I hear this time of year from clients are how difficult the holidays are. Almost unanimously, once a client tells me something to this effect, the next thing they tell me is that they feel completely alone in this feeling. Not only is this time of year tougher than […]

As kind of a sentiment as wedding speeches are, there have been few that have left a lasting impression on me. That is perhaps what made one of the speeches from a wedding I recently attended so memorable and profound. The father-of-the-groom, a retired marriage and family therapist, talked about how in his career he […]

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