Relationships

Weight Loss Practices

People struggle with weight loss and weight maintenance for varied reasons. At a physiological level, in a sense “all roads lead to Rome” in that the core processes promoting weight gain on the cellular level are likely driven by core mechanisms involving mitochondria. Whether it’s a microbiome disruption, insulin resistance, obesogens, inflammation, stress, poor sleep, […]

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Losing Weight with Your Partner

Couples therapy can be the ideal place to address weight management issues. Whether both partners need to lose weight to improve health and wellbeing or one partner struggles with weight loss, working together provides space to address inner and outer obstacles that prevent reaching and maintaining a healthy weight together. Working together to overcome struggle

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What is drama therapy?

People often ask me what drama therapy is. I think the answer to that is a bit complex. There isn’t one way to practice drama therapy.  NADTA, the North American Drama Therapy Association, answers the question here It’s a pretty good definition. I would add, or perhaps clarify, a few things, at least to further

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Emotional Eating & Inner Parts of Self

Many people struggle with emotional eating. What do I mean by ’emotional eating’? A sense of feeling out of control around food and eating in response to emotions (usually difficult ones like anger, sadness, anxiety, stress, boredom) or physical sensations (such as feeling tired, cravings, urges). It’s almost as if there are (at least) 2

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Understanding Insecure Attachment in Romantic Relationships

Attachment theory was first developed in the 1950s by the psychoanalyst John Bowlby. In the 1970s researcher Mary Ainsworth further contributed to this theory. Early attachment theory work centered on the different attachment styles babies and young children exhibited towards their caregivers. Later work has shown that attachment theory is relevant in adult romantic relationships.

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