Alex Smith, M.S.Ed., M.Phil.Ed, LPC We are excited to introduce Alex as our team’s newest member at the Catalyst Center. Alex is an Ivy-League-trained therapist and licensed professional counselor with several years of working in eating disorders at the highest...
Have you ever had the experience of going to therapy only to leave feeling like you learned something else that’s “wrong” with you? If so, you aren’t alone. Unfortunately, many of my clients come to me saying that previous experiences in therapy have only left them...
Play is a child’s work, and this is not a trivial pursuit. ~ Alfred Adler Frequently parents wonder what is really going on in a session when their child enthusiastically exclaims after a session, “we just played; the toys were awesome.” But what the child isn’t able...
I often hear people refer to emotions as positive (happy, grateful, peaceful) and negative (anxious, sad, disappointed) or good and bad. Sometimes people come to therapy because they want to stop feeling the negative ones. It makes sense because the negative ones...
There is a misconception that therapy is a place for people to go to complain or vent. While your therapist is a good person to talk to about what is going on in your life, there is much more to it than that. Complaining stays on the surface and ignores what is...
