Inside your head you carry a three pound wrinkly mass of tissue that is responsible for every single thing you have done or will ever do. It enables you to think, learn, create and feel emotions. It controls every body function from a blink of…
When I first started working with the trans community in the 1990s there were just a handful of books available to counselors to help guide them on how to help their trans clients. I got my education primarily from the now defunct Institute for the…
In a previous post I mentioned psychopharmacogenomics and how drug-gene testing is pairing medications with our specific genetic make-up to make meds more effective. Today I want to talk about something elsethat psych genomic testing can show about you: sometimes the most effective antidepressant for…
One of the most helpful tools I share with my clients is that of learning how to use BIFF to diffuse potentially angry situations, whether written (like in emails or on social media) or in person. BIFF is so helpful whether you are dealing with…