Grateful for our Thrive Team!
I had the distinct honor of being given an award last Friday by a dear colleague of mine, Dr. Julia Rosengren. Julia was given the responsibility of choosing someone she wanted to publicly honor in our…
Gratitude, even when our kids are struggling
Around this time of year, the idea of being thankful and grateful seem to be pretty popular. While I am definitely a believer in practicing gratitude and even developing…
Parenting Teens Blog Series: Focus on Happiness and Achievement
As a therapist, I find it fascinating that parents often tell me that they just want their kids to be happy. In our culture as…
Parenting Teens Blog Series: Pressure of College Admissions
Did you know that there is a topic that comes up with every teen, and some pre-teens, that I work with? You might be tempted to think that I am referring…
Parenting Teens Blog Series: Teens and Social Media
As I mentioned in the first post in this blog series (check it out here!) I wanted to take some time to really explore and discuss what it is like for teens to be teens in…
Blog Series: Parenting Teens – An Introduction
Since we work often with teens and their parents at Thrive, I wanted to spend some time sharing more about what I observe about how our current culture impacts…
Coping with Holiday Anxiety
Anxiety is a tough thing to experience during our usual schedules and lives, let alone during the high pressure and expectations of the holidays! The gift giving and receiving, pressure to make everything…
Reflections on Motherhood, Year One
As a new parent, I can think about parenting and my new mom life a lot. Like all day long… Lately, I’ve been reflecting on the first year of parenting and contemplating why I am like this. Why I can spend all day…
When Self Care Feels Like a Chore
As a new-ish mom and owner of a small business, I am far busier than I ever really have been in my life. Seriously, I’m even busier now than in grad school, completing a dissertation, and working three jobs in undergrad.
Who I am as a therapist?
I am so happy to be joining the Thrive Therapy team! I am a licensed psychotherapist and am truly excited to do work I’m passionate about. I feel so grateful that I have the privilege of helping others…