As you can see, I am a new addition to Maranda’s blogging team!  I am excited to join in with the conversations that have been started here, while drawing on my variety of experiences and skills as a therapist.

Often, when I share with others what I do for a living, they ask me–somewhat sheepishly as if they should already know–“As a therapist, what is it really that you do?”  Maybe you’re wondering the same thing.

In these conversations, I attempt to articulate what it means to work with people who are in difficult places in their lives, are hurting, or are trying to make positive changes for themselves and their families.  It can be a tough thing to describe how change and growth happens. The truth is that most people who walk into my office are struggling in some way or another—perhaps with a difficult diagnosis, with parenting a challenging teenager, with  depression or anxiety, with losing someone or something that they have loved, or with a relationship concern.

You may have noticed that the title of this blog is “Healing Moments.” Healing, by definition, means to “set right” or “make whole.”  I think that this is a good summary of what I seek to work towards in partnership with my clients…setting right or repairing something that is broken—a feeling, a relationship, an experience or personal difficulty, or the effects of a tragedy.

My hope is that this blog provides some insights into how you can work towards this in your own life, wherever you are and whatever you might be going through. I invite you into this conversation—please let me know what you would like to be addressed and discussed here. I welcome your ideas. Thank you for welcoming me to this team!