1)  Starting & stopping therapy frequently or having chronic cancellations & reschedules.   All our therapists do, or at least should, understand that life happens. Even with all of life's events there is also a certain level of continuity of care with therapy. Sometimes, family members pass away, insurance plans change, job loss occurs, and other significant crisis type life events. These experiences are undoubtedly understood and sometimes make us pause our therapeutic journey with our...

Hypnosis could be described as an altered state of consciousness brought about by an overload of message units. Whether it’s induced by a skilled & trained therapist or through anxiety, grief, a traumatic event, crisis, media, propaganda or entertainment it can impact the thoughts, feelings, behaviors and choices of an individual or people group.  When used positively and for good in a therapeutic atmosphere, we are more susceptible to learning, growing, changing our thoughts or beliefs and...

3 reasons why going no contact happens & whether or not it's right or healthy In the early 2000s & 2010’s, the term “ghosted” began getting utilized in the general public to describe when someone suddenly stops speaking to another person indefinitely. Think in a similar direction of John Gottman’s “Stonewalling” mechanism, but with no particular end in sight. Another way of describing the act of “ghosting” is referred to as “going no contact.” You might wonder why this would or could happen &...