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5 Tips for Choosing a Psychotherapist

Five important points to consider when choosing a therapist.

My Nia Story

In May 2005, I walked into a new gym, in my new neighborhood to take a new class. I thought I was taking a weight training class, but had the wrong time, and inadvertently, walked into a Nia class. I had never heard of Nia, but thought I would stay for, what looked like, a jazzercise type of class. By the end of the hour, I was in love…

Private Practice

My very first job, as a beginning therapist in 1983, was at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington , D.C. , on one of the first eating disorder units in the county. The term “bulimia” was about 15 years old and no one had any experience in how to treat these most difficult and deeply entrenched disorders. We were given a protocol for alcoholism and told to use it with this new population. Although alcoholism and eating disorders frequently…

Energy Equals Emotion

This article describes a simple method for transforming negative emotion through body awareness. All the information we need to heal ourselves resides in the body. As we become aware of the power of this knowledge, we have greater choice and freedom.

5 Ways to Change Your Life

This article describes a method for changing your life through changing your thoughts and actions. It is a simple, but profound formula for taking charge and creating more positive outcomes in your life.