In the spirit of Valentine’s Day I am inspired to write about explaining the abstract concept of love to children. Love is an idea which is so different from most of the other things children encounter. Nearly everything is a child’s world is shared—”If we have...
Rule #1: Practice healthy boundaries. Make sure your partnership acts as a united front and that you agree on the necessary boundaries between your couplehood and your family. It might be much easier to throw your partner under the bus than to confront your family...
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic Violence is now more often referred to as partner abuse or intimate partner violence. Rates of intimate partner violence are staggering. I worked for many years at an agency that supported survivors of...
October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Many parents feel very silenced and isolated in their loss, but the likelihood that you know someone who has lost a pregnancy or infant is quite high. Paradoxically, our society tends to ostracize the...
I’m going to let you in on a little secret that likely won’t come as a complete shock to you—We therapists are sometimes just as avoidant as everyone else when it comes to our own stuff. For as long as I can remember, I have been terrified of spiders. And for as long...
By Kendra Doukas, LMFT It is a common belief that no loss is as hard as losing a child. It is therefore interesting that we do such a poor job in supporting parents who have lost a pregnancy or an infant. Paradoxically, the losses that we as a society are most phobic...
