If you are anxiously attached, it can be painfully easy to confuse disappointment with proof. This piece explores why uncertainty feels so threatening, why not every frustrating moment means your partner is avoidant, and how tolerating ambiguity can help you love with more clarity and less suffering.

"No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt Current events of all kinds have, once again, caused...

Boundaries and Healing: Empowering Skills for Painful Relationships - this new group begins Friday, September 22, 2023 at noon. Group...

MBCT is proven effective in preventing relapses of depression, and in relieving the severity of symptoms in anxiety disorders....

I now offer Walk-and-Talk Therapy at my O'Fallon, Missouri office! Walk and talk therapy, also known as eco therapy or nature therapy,...

I am pleased to report my new office in O'Fallon, Missouri, right next to Fort Zumwalt Park, is open for business and welcoming clients...

Please make note of the new Lionheart Psychotherapy, LLC phone number! (636) 626-4300 As I put down roots here in Missouri, it was time...

Mindful self-compassion talk seems to be everywhere these days, peddled as a potent antidote to the critical inner voice many of us live...

I have created a visualization guide for use by existing Lionheart Psychotherapy clients currently undergoing EMDR treatment with me. ...

Most people have inadvertently judged someone's appearance, including me. A few folks have probably done it intentionally or in jest - I...

I made a YouTube video of a glitter jar mindfulness demonstration. In this brief video, I talk about how mindless, discursive thinking...

We talk a lot in my office about the refuge our breath can provide from judgmental thinking, especially in the mindfulness-based...

When you bump somebody accidentally, for example while reaching for something near them, the natural instinct for most of us is to...

I've always enjoyed sending old-fashioned snail mail, making birthday celebrations for others, and remembering upcoming important life...

Our bodies crave healthy routine, and many systems in our body operate on a 24-hour clock, called the Circadian Rhythm. These 24-hour...

Rumination is the behavior of repeatedly thinking about negative topics that trigger increased emotional distress. People who habitually...

Halloween approaches and all around us is evidence that some of the world is obtuse to the experience of others. At least, as a trauma...

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The Emmy Nominated film "The Social Dilemma" is available for free on YouTube through September 30th. Its one hour and fifteen minutes...

Coffee producers have done an excellent job associating their product with comfort, as reflected in advertisements of the steaming brew...