December 6, 2022
Have you ever wondered what mindfulness-based therapy is? This term refers to a group of therapies that all use mindfulness as a key intervention and tool for growth and healing. These include approaches such as Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and […]
November 16, 2022
Questions to ask when looking for a therapist, counselor or psychologist in Des Moines So you’ve finally identified a therapist in Des Moines that you think might be a good fit for you but you can’t know for sure until you talk to them. Sure, you can read their website or Psychology Today profile but […]
November 16, 2022
Once you’ve identified a therapist in Des Moines that you want to have an initial session with or interview, you may find yourself wondering what is going to happen from there? I mean, what IS therapy? In many ways, because therapy takes place in private and because there are confusing messages about what it actually […]
November 16, 2022
The famous Raygun t-shirt for Des Moines says “Des Moines, Hell Yes!” But my clients tell me that when it comes to finding a therapist here it’s more like “Des Moines, HELP Yes!” The difficulty of finding a therapist in Des Moines is similar to the difficulty of finding someone in any small to midsize […]
March 23, 2020
These are anxious times. We are feeling a new kind of collective anxiety and within that resides all our individual anxieties. It has often been said that the root of anxiety is fear and that’s easy to see right now. The sense of danger feels existential, cutting right to the heart of life itself. I […]