Therapy Blog
I work to keep my therapy blog updated with the latest innovations and ideas in the field of psychotherapy and the latest news about my practice. I also contribute to other Foresight Psychology blogs including regarding Therapeutic Tutoring, Psych testing, and Leadership Coaching. Please note that all advice and self-help offered is not a substitute for consulting with a professional.
Therapy Online: Approaches, Techniques, and Outcomes
As a psychologist who has delivered thousands of hours of telehealth, I no longer view virtual treatment as a substitute; it is a distinct modality with unique clinical advantages. In many cases, virtual work actually enhances treatment: clients engage from their real...
Choosing the Best Therapist For You
If a psychologist is asked, 'Are you the best therapist I can find?' The answer should be: 'I am an excellent choice for some but not others.' The "best psychotherapist" is not a static title one earns and keeps forever; it is a state of relational and clinical...
Tree of Life Therapy: Find Strength, Resilience, and Hope
As a psychologist who uses narrative therapy and strengths-based approaches in my work, I often reach for the Tree of Life Therapy activity when people need a safe, non-threatening way to tell their story without being retraumatized. It’s simple, visual, and...
Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (STDP): Powerful, Enduring
Unlike supportive or insight-only therapies, Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (STDP), sometimes called time-limited dynamic psychotherapy, works to mobilize deep emotional change by uncovering unconscious patterns, bringing them into the present moment, and helping...
Life Review Therapy: Deeper Meaning and Acceptance
Life Review Therapy is a structured therapeutic process that involves guided reflection on one’s experiences to promote understanding, acceptance, and psychological integration. The roots of the life review process lie in the work of Dr. Robert Butler, a geriatric...
Relational Life Therapy (RLT): Advanced Couples Treatment
Relational Life Therapy (RLT) is a form of couples treatment developed by Terry Real, a family therapist and author of The New Rules of Marriage and Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship. Emerging in the 1990s, relational couples therapy was...
ADHD Coaching for College Students: Effective, Enduring
ADHD symptoms that begin in childhood, such as difficulty sustaining attention, time-blindness, executive functioning gaps, and emotional reactivity, can become amplified in the college environment. College brings more unstructured time, higher academic demands, and...
Therapy for Self-Esteem and Resilience Training
Self-esteem therapy is a therapeutic process designed to strengthen an individual’s sense of worth, acceptance, and emotional stability. Rather than focusing solely on positive affirmations, effective therapy for self-esteem addresses the roots of self-doubt,...
ADHD Coaching for Adults: Help for Focus and Concentration
Many people arrive at therapy with years of self-blame, believing that their difficulties with organization, follow-through, or focus stem from laziness or character flaws. In reality, these struggles reflect neurobiological differences in attention regulation,...
Values Clarification Therapy (VCT): A Comprehensive Guide
Many people struggle with decisions, relationships, or a sense of direction in life, not because they lack insight or resources, but because they feel uncertain about what really matters to them. Many describe a sense of “drifting” or making choices based on habit,...