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Encouragement for Men
I love men. I love working with men in therapy because they tend to be really receptive and engaged. They take in new ideas and - if the...
Family Tree Wellness
Feb 16, 20223 min read


The Space Between: Finding Freedom and Connection in Relationship
You know that feeling when you get “triggered?” When someone you thought cared about you suddenly acts like a complete jerk? “Why on...
Family Tree Wellness
Jan 30, 20224 min read


Your Broken Wing
Here is a visual depiction of how our repetitive conflicts with our partners are always informed by our own early wounding and exiled...
Family Tree Wellness
Jan 25, 20221 min read


Queer Enough?
Am I queer enough? Trans enough? Nonbinary enough? Gay enough? Bi enough? Pan enough? Am I a woman? What does that even mean? Am I a man?...
Family Tree Wellness
Oct 8, 20213 min read


What We Hand Down
Telephone. Hot potato. Musical chairs. Remember playing these fun games as a kid? Games are playful ways for humans to experiment with...
Family Tree Wellness
Aug 31, 20213 min read


Courage for the Darkness
The darkest corners of our psyches are not inviting. Those crevices where we've stuffed all our secret feelings of worthlessness, shame,...
Family Tree Wellness
Jul 22, 20212 min read


What’s your (real) problem?
For those of us who are privileged to not have immediate survival concerns, what is it that we’re struggling with? What causes us to...
Family Tree Wellness
Oct 1, 20203 min read


Do You Belong?
Did you feel like you belonged in your family as a child? Do you feel seen and understood and accepted as you walk through the world?...
Family Tree Wellness
Jul 11, 20201 min read


When Breath = Life
Take a deep breath. Notice what floats into your mind as you take this breath. Maybe you think, “I can’t.” Maybe you think, “I don’t...
Family Tree Wellness
May 22, 20201 min read


How to be open-hearted in a time of fear
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” This difficult, wild,...
Family Tree Wellness
Apr 5, 20202 min read


Feeling at Home with Feelings at Home
As you “hunker down” and “shelter in place" with your family, everything that’s hardest for you about your kids, your partner and your...
Family Tree Wellness
Mar 22, 20204 min read


For New Dads and Partners
Your woman is now a mother. She has changed dramatically and you may feel like you’ve lost her. You have – temporarily. When a woman...
Family Tree Wellness
Mar 11, 20206 min read


About LGBTQ Perinatal Mental Health
Thankfully, mercifully, I continue to expand in my awareness of just how magnificently varied we are as human beings. We show up in so...
Family Tree Wellness
Dec 11, 20192 min read
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