It’s Scary to be Healthy

It’s Scary to be Healthy

When I’m sick all I really want is for someone to notice.  I want someone I care about to tell me that it’s okay that I’m sick—that it’s not a weakness—that I’m not being lazy or irresponsible—that I can be patient with myself. Even then, it’s hard to take the time to...
Good Enough Holidays!

Good Enough Holidays!

Can you remember that feeling before the holidays? The certainty that every present held the promise of the perfect whatever.  That watching that annual holiday movie would make the season.  That the recipe your mom makes every year would turn out just like it...
What Therapy is (and isn’t)

What Therapy is (and isn’t)

Hey Herrera Psychology Folks: What is psychotherapy?   You know how in physical therapy, a physical therapist uses special exercises and techniques to help a client decrease pain, discomfort, or increase the freedom or efficiency of movement? Psychotherapy is the...