Your Body, Aging And Self-Image – life beyond therapy

Feb 26th, 2010 @ 10:29 am | No Comments -
More and more of my clients – straight, gay, whomever – are asking me if I think it’s wrong to get botox or restylene treatments to look younger. I’ve had clients go...

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How and When to Cry – life beyond therapy

Feb 19th, 2010 @ 9:46 am | No Comments -
Many of us have grown up with the messages that crying is shameful and a sign of weakness. Whether we are gay/bi/trans men who were told to “just suck it up” or tough-as-nails...

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A Low Stress Life – life beyond therapy

Feb 12th, 2010 @ 2:24 pm | No Comments -
Today I got a call from a new client, who asked me, “Can you help me lower my stress and anxiety? I don’t want to take medication. Oh, and by the way, I’m kinda depressed...

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Healthy Anger – life beyond therapy

Feb 5th, 2010 @ 10:58 am | No Comments -
How much anger is healthy? As a therapist, I’m asked this a lot. People want to find out if they’re “normal” on the anger-o-meter scale (whatever that is). Some people...

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NEWS | Utah Lawmakers Drop Anti-Discrimination Plans

Feb 2nd, 2010 @ 12:23 pm | No Comments -
Utah lawmakers won’t consider a law that would ban discrimination against gays and lesbians in the workplace and in housing, and will instead spend the next year studying...

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Playing the Blame Game – life beyond therapy

Jan 29th, 2010 @ 9:29 am | 1 Comment -
As my grandma (the Ohio chicken farmer) said, “Nobody’s life is shit-free”. She’s right. Our parents mess up, friends let us down, lovers screw up, bosses and coworkers...

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Self-Love: life beyond therapy

Jan 15th, 2010 @ 2:43 pm | 3 Comments -
I have clients who tell me that it’s painful for them to walk down the street and see all those happy LGBT (or straight) couples. “It makes me feel so lonely and unwanted”,...

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The Psychology of Gaining Weight

Jan 7th, 2010 @ 12:09 pm | No Comments -
Recently, a local news program interviewed me about why people gain weight. Weight gain (and loss) is, for many of us, right up there with sex and money on the anxiety scale. Anxiety...

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