Posted: June 30, 2025
Mother's Day and Father's Day have come and gone-maybe you got a golf outing, a spa day, or a handmade card still hanging on the fridge. It's worth asking: is one day enough to honor the weight parents carry all year long? Given what we...
Posted: May 15, 2025
The best part of couples therapy for me is watching love rekindle, and helping couples find a deeper connection and mutual support than they may ever have had before. Frequently, when my couples cry, I cry right along with them, and my tears are joyful....
Posted: December 18, 2024
If you're a woman--and especially if you're a mom--there's a decent chance you're the one shopping for you. If so… congratulations! You can get yourself some amazing books this holiday season. The following books aren't all specifically for or about women, but they are relevant...
Posted: December 9, 2024
Working with couples with young children, my clients and I frequently talk about how they can use self-awareness, self-regulation, and communication skills with each other and also with their kids. I love this because it taps into one of parents' strongest motivators: to make our...
Posted: November 26, 2024
Facing significant stress seeing family members over Thanksgiving is very real for so many of us. Here at Bethesda Counseling Services, we feel you. We're therapists and coaches, and were real people, too, with real families. We can't help you with your turkey, but we...
Posted: November 17, 2024
In our therapy practice, we see a remarkable range of ways clients have been mentally and emotionally impacted by the 2024 election. These range from minimal impacts to feeling validated to triggering major trauma responses, depending on each individual’s unique situation and phase of life....