You have a moment and decide to scroll through Facebook and see that your friend has lost 20 pounds with a keto diet. WHAT? Suddenly you find yourself looking at keto recipes wondering if you too can lose that unwanted weight that has been coming on the last few years. What type of eating plan […]
We are trained as professionals to see and pay attention to what’s wrong and help with change. Unfortunately this way of being can actually make clients less likely to change. In the spirit of Motivational Interviewing we are instead paying close attention to what a client is striving for – their strengths, efforts and values – […]
When my Uncle Peter called a few months back to invite us to his upcoming wedding I couldn’t be more thrilled for him to find love. My Aunt Mary died of pancreatic cancer 3 years at the age of 65 – far too young – and her and my Uncle had always been an instrumental […]
Looking for a supplement that reduces glucose levels, improves mood, sleep and is safe? Could that actually exist? Years ago, I was part of a group of functional medicine psychiatrists who were trying to help their patients in alternative ways to traditional medications. One supplement they frequently used in many of their patients was inositol. […]
Your clients come to you with multiple types of ambivalence and seek help for how to see their way through to change. How do you help them in a way that shows empathy with their situation, emphasizes autonomy and strategically keeps change on the horizon without injecting your own agenda? We know the language of […]