(AI Series Part 3) Your Therapist + AI: A Power-Up for Your Healing Journey? Decoding the Tech in Therapy
So, you’re settled into therapy, maybe you're exploring the intricacies of your relationships with EFT, and then your therapist mentions integrating AI. Before you envision robots taking over the therapy couch, let's unpack why this integration might be a surprisingly good thing.
(AI Series Part 2) AI Between Sessions: Your Mental Health Sidekick? Extending Therapy's Reach Beyond the Hour
You've got your therapy sessions, maybe you're diving deep into EFT, and you're making progress. But what about all the time between sessions? How do you keep that momentum going?
(AI Series Part 1) AI Therapy: Cool Tech, But Does It Really Connect?
So, you've probably heard about AI therapy. It's somewhat like robots that listen to your problems. Sounds interesting, right? But is it helpful? Let's talk about it.
How to Engage in Healthy Conflict with Your Partner
Learning healthy conflict resolution isn't about avoiding disagreements; it's about transforming them into opportunities for growth and connection. Read more to discover practical tips on how to turn conflict into connection with your partner!
What to Expect from Grief Counseling
Grief is a deeply personal experience, and no two individuals process loss in the same way. Grief therapy is tailored to your unique grief journey, offering support, guidance, and space to process emotions at your own pace.
Decoding Relationship Conflict: How EFT Can Help
Our brains are wired to perceive key moments in our relationships as crucial for survival, coding them as ‘life or death’ or ‘safety versus danger.’ When our brains register danger, we can become trapped in predictable, negative patterns in relationships. Understanding these patterns is the first step towards building stronger, more fulfilling relationships.
Heart to Heart: Finding Connection in Our Hardest Moments (and Maybe, a Little Divine Inspiration)
Crave deeper connection? Discover the science & spirituality of finding true synchrony with your partner, even in tough times. Practical tips inside!
PTSD in Pregnancy and Birth
When envisioning the birth of a child, most people imagine an arrival so simple, so quick, and relatively painless just like something you might see in a tv show or the movies. But what happens when pregnancy and birth are nothing like what we see on the screen?
Understanding Attachment Styles: How Early Bonds Shape Our Relationships
From infancy, the bonds we develop with our parents or primary caregivers create a blueprint for how we engage in romantic, platonic, and professional relationships later in life. These attachment styles form based on the consistency, responsiveness, and emotional availability of our caregivers.
What to Do When You're Angry with God
We can often be afraid to express anger to God, but the danger is that the emotion remains stuck inside us, and then we are alone with these difficult emotions, leading to more distress. This dilemma begs the question, what do you do when you’re angry with God?
How to Stop Political Arguments From Ruining Your Marriage: An EFT Guide
Politics. It's the topic that can ignite passion, spark debate, and, unfortunately, sometimes tear relationships apart. Are political arguments straining your marriage? Learn how Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) can help you resolve conflict, improve communication, and strengthen your relationship.
Intensive Couples Therapy: How Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Transforms Marriages in Just 3 Days
When marital distress reaches a critical point, many couples can feel lost, scared, burned out, defeated, or like their relationship is on the brink of dissolution. It can seem like we’ve run out of options on finding a way forward. That’s where Intensive Couples Therapy comes in.
What Is Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)?
Imagine a beautiful dance between your emotions, your view of yourself, and the way you interact with others. Maybe the beat of the drums changed but the steps no longer match. The rhythm is off. You are getting stuck, and you want to get back in step.
Overcoming Anxiety as a Christian
Anxiety is a normal bodily experience, defined as a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. God created our bodies to get anxious to improve our chances of survival, and while anxiety is helpful, it can be overwhelming.
Do we Have to Talk about Sex in Couples Therapy?
Sex can be an awkward topic, even in couples therapy. This awkwardness stems from what we learned about it in our family culture, the lack of sex being a common subject to process with our community, and ways we might feel inadequate to the images of sex we grew up with, such as…
How Grief Impacts Memory and Cognitive Functioning
Grief, one of life’s greatest tragedies, is a universal experience that touches us all. It brings immeasurable emotions that are so profoundly difficult to define but yet felt so deeply.
The Role of Prayer in Healing: A Marriage and Family Therapist’s Perspective
The role of prayer in healing is both profound and deeply personal. As a marriage and family therapist, I view prayer not as a replacement for therapy, but as a complementary tool that can enhance the healing process.
Why You Shouldn't Wait for Conflict to Go to Couples Therapy
Couples therapy is often seen as a “last resort” for relationships in serious distress or couples on the brink of separation. This assumption may even deter you from getting help when it could be most beneficial for your relationship.
6 Common Misconceptions About Anger
While anger can have a scary side, it isn’t built into our bodies to hurt others. It’s a powerful emotion fashioned by millions of years of evolution.
How Avoidant Attachment Style Affects Relationships
Attachment styles play an extremely important role throughout our lives. As children, we form certain attachments to our primary caregivers.
