By Kendra Doukas, LMFT This is topic that is very near and dear to my heart. Pregnancy and birth have many mentionable aspects, but the specific part I want to focus on is the importance of the language we use surrounding cesarean birth. When women give birth by...
By Kendra Doukas, LMFT Believe it or not, some many parents find it difficult to think of what to do when trying to play with their child. When our children are infants we do things like cuddle, make faces, read books, or let them crawl on and around us. Whereas many...
By Kendra Doukas At the Catalyst Center we get the struggles of parenting. Daily tasks can become much more complicated when you have to plan around kids’ schedules, moods, attention-spans, etc. In particular, something like going to grocery shopping with children can...
By Kendra Doukas We are taught that emotions are often “irrational” and that it is better to think logically or rationally. I find that argument to be flawed as it discounts the essential role emotions have in helping us understand ourselves and the world around us....
Do Aesthetics Of A Therapy Office Really Matter? We intentionally design our space to look and feel like a spa because we feel passionate about the effect the space has on our therapy work. The location and quality of a building or office space sets the tone for the...
Many people assume therapists are continuously judging others’ behavior or always looking to “psychoanalyze” people around them. If you’ve ever watched the TV show The Big Bang Theory, one of the main characters named Leonard has a mother who is a...
