Someone brought this website to my attention, where I was named one of the "Best Marriage Counselors" in Long Beach 4 years in a row. I could not have the thriving private practice that I have if it weren't for my clients who are willing to...
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Getting therapy during COVID. Written by a licensed therapist in Long Beach. There are so many pressures on people normally, but COVID has increased people’s stress significantly. Additionally, people’s normal coping skills are gone. People who...
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I want to understand my child’s anxiety better Research shows that people who are facing high levels of stress are more prone of returning into a similar state of high stress at the smallest provocation. Anxiety in children is one of the most...
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Does My Child Have Anxiety? Can Young Kids Get Anxiety? When children are younger, there is a great possibility that when they develop issues such as anxiety, it tends to get ignored by parents. We often assume that they are going through...
Read moreSocial distancing with teenagers.. COVID-19 is getting to me!! Tips from a licensed therapist in Long Beach.
Social distancing with teenagers.. COVID-19 is getting to me!! Tips from a licensed therapist in Long Beach. People were having trouble with their relationships with their teenagers before COVID-19. Now with their teenagers not going to school...
Read moreHow to help my child who has anxiety because of the CoronaVirus? Answers from a Licensed Therapist in Long Beach.
How to help my child who has anxiety because of the CoronaVirus? Answers from a Licensed Therapist in Long Beach. Kids in LBUSD are out of school until AT LEAST April 20th. The governor of California just announced that he believes that kids are...
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CoronaVirus Anxiety; Information from a Licensed Therapist in Long Beach. The CoronaVirus has caused people who have never dealt with anxiety to have anxiety and have caused people who already deal with anxiety to go into anxiety overload. No...
Read moreTake Control of Your Own Life Instead of Trying to Change Other People
Take Control of Your Own Life Instead of Trying to Change Other People In order to survive and thrive, a positive outlook on life is essential. This can be tough to do, as we all go through rough patches in life that we simply have to wait out...
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Living On Purpose Living purposefully In recent years, I have noticed that many of the sessions with my clients end up being about living on purpose. These are generally people who are in unhappy relationships, but who stay in them because they...
Read moreEMDR can work where traditional talk therapy fails. Posted by an EMDR Therapist in Long Beach
EMDR can work where traditional talk therapy fails. Posted by an EMDR Therapist in Long Beach Check out my latest video on how EMDR might be able to help out when traditional talk therapy hasn’t seemed to help.
Read moreI can’t sleep, please help!! Written by a licensed therapist in Long Beach.
I can’t sleep, please help!! Written by a licensed therapist in Long Beach. When you can’t sleep, all of your focus is on trying to sleep which actually can make sleeping even more difficult. A lot of the “cure” for insomnia happens before you...
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Long Beach EMDR At Long Beach Therapy, we have 3 people who do EMDR Therapy: Erica, Kent, and Amie. EMDR stands for: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. EMDR can be used to help people with trauma, complex trauma, PTSD, depression...
Read moreHow to avoid bringing work stress in to your marriage
How to avoid bringing work stress in to your marriage If working was such a pleasant experience, there wouldn’t be quite so many jokes about just how awful Monday mornings are. If you had a job you loved that had no stress, you probably wouldn’t...
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