Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy & LGBTQ+ Relationships

All the therapists at Therapy With Heart are trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy, and most are engaged in advanced training. Sue Johnson, PhD created the couple’s therapy model, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). EFT is based on attachment theory and is the only couple’s therapy that is empirically validated. This is a different type of therapy […]

Parenting Styles and Your Child’s Temperament

I was recently skimming Facebook and came across the article, “Some Babies Are Just Easier Than Others” by Perri Kass, M.D. in The New York Times. This article discussed different temperaments in children and how to recognize these differences to come up with the best fit for parenting. Temperament is based on the following characteristics: […]

Grief: WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?

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Grief is all around us. Although we can’t live our lives in fear anticipating the loss of our loved ones, many people in our culture at times choose to live in denial of death/dying. And then when close friends/family experience loss, we don’t know what to do. Grief is a normal response to loss but […]

“Showing Up” Through the Holidays

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I was thinking about how much I love the holidays but also the pressure and stress involved too. There are a lot of “shoulds” over the holidays…attending parties, buying gifts, sending holiday cards, some family members encouraging you to eat or drink more than you want to, and the list goes on. In addition, there […]

Loss In Different Forms

Whether it’s the death of a loved one or loss in the form of change in our life (divorce, move, job changes…), all of us will endure grief and loss in our lifetime. How we experience the loss is unique. We need people around us who will accept our ways of grieving. Some need to […]

“The Un’s”

I was working with an individual client recently in an EMDR session focusing on negative beliefs about herself. She labeled these “the uns” and I asked her if I could borrow that term for this blog. I loved that she called her thoughts “the uns” and thought that so many of us can relate to […]

5 Strategies For A Healthy Night’s Sleep!

The best way to find out the power of sleep is to be sleep deprived! If you are one of the many who struggle with sleeping, falling asleep or staying asleep you are not alone. More than 40 million Americans suffer from chronic, long term sleep disorders, and an additional 20 million report sleeping problems […]

Join Me In The Self-Compassion Journey

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I hope 2015 has been a strong year for you. Therapy with Heart launched this blog series at the beginning of the year to be a resource for you; to keep you updated on upcoming events, services, and quality information. One area I’m personally embracing is the concept of self-compassion. Most of us are terribly critical of […]

Comparison Is Truly The Thief

hard is hard quote by ash beckham

I was listening to my nine year old daughter and her friend talking about the difference between their two 3rd grade classes. They were comparing who has to work harder and which one of them has the “tougher” teacher. This comparison conversation made me think about the tendency to assume that our struggles are “harder” […]

You Know The Answers!

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I was on a trail run with my friend last weekend discussing how this time of year is our absolute favorite. The shorter days, cool mornings and nights, and our desert plants and greenery from the monsoons seem to bring joy and gratitude. With the new fall season I also found myself reflecting on the various questions […]