“How Do I Even Bring This Up?” — Getting a Hesitant Partner Into Couples Therapy

Nine times out of ten, one person in the relationship reaches out to me first. Not both. One partner has been thinking about it for weeks, maybe months,

Read More

The Anxiety Isn’t From the Hard Truth. It’s From Not Saying It.

I had a client tell me recently that he avoids calling his own grandparents — people he loves more than almost anyone — and he couldn’t understand why.

Read More

Sent Away at 13: Boarding School Syndrome and the Boy Who Learned to Cope

When I was 13, my parents were living in Tonga. They decided the best school for me was in Wellington, New Zealand. So I was going to boarding

Read More

Growing Up a Third Culture Kid: Seven Countries, 58 Houses and the Long Search for Home

“Where are you from?” For most people it’s small talk. For me it has always been a small trapdoor. I can feel myself working out which answer this

Read More