Sandra and Paul presented for their first session with the complaint of marital conflict. The couple bickered. Sandra was conflicted about saving their marriage which was on the rocks. Yasmin, their therapist, blocked the blaming barbs that each hurled at the other and set boundaries about the expectation that the therapy room would be a…
The Ambiguous Death
I remember it as if it was yesterday. Nearly 30 years ago, I greeted…let’s call her Becky for confidentiality sake…I greeted Becky for the first time in the therapy clinic waiting room. She presented with disheveled brown hair, no make up, and a deer-in-the-head-light stare. I wondered if she were using drugs or drinking excessively….
Practice Makes Perfect!
I can hardly believe it! This year makes 27 years that I have been practicing marriage and family therapy. This week marked my 12th year in private practice. Wow! I remember when the so called old-timers would say, “Where did the time go? It feels like just yesterday.” Now, I am the old-timer and I…
