I remember the first time I heard about the Coronavirus. I was in my car listening to public radio and the broadcaster was interviewing someone in Wuhan, China. The young man was sharing how he couldn’t leave his apartment and the one time he had to go out to get cat...
2021 marks the year that I celebrate 12 years working as a therapist and my 10-year anniversary of using EMDR as a healing modality. January always gives me an opportunity to reflect on my professional growth, including the evolution of the people and problems I am...
I read the book “The Vagina Monologues” over 20 years ago. I can’t even remember how it landed in my lap, but I do remember how I felt reading it. I felt awakened. I felt like the vagina stories these women told were my story, and they were my story, just as they are...
As I write this blog, the song “Celebration” by Kool in the Gang is running through my head. That song always makes me think and feel free. Like “woohoo, I did it!” And you did do it, you survived that horrific sexual assault. But this vinyl recording (if you remember...
This Article is Featured in YourTango When I used to work at a domestic violence shelter and I’d take calls on the hotline, it would take the caller some time to be able to find the words to tell their story. The word I waited to hear was “control.” Once I heard that...
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