As an amateur musician, I have come to understand that there are many ways to play the same notes.  We can read and talk about playing music or performing, but it takes multiple attempts and failures to get it right.  I have found this to generalize to life as well. …

This is a question that, as a mental health professional, I often receive from my clients about their lives and about my life.  I’ll speak from my perspective and let you generalize from there. Psychotherapy is, at the core, a study on how building relationships can change people’s lives for…

I was speaking with a man the other day about therapy.  He mentioned that he had heard how therapy was not the best format for men.  He argued that men often relate in different ways or at least like to be involved physically while talking, as opposed to sitting in…

I recently read the book, Moneyball, and thoroughly enjoyed the quick pace and how Michael Lewis made people like Billy Beane and Bill James jump off the pages.  For those who haven’t read the book, it focuses on how baseball teams that spend much less money can still be successful.  Instead…