carpenter couple & family counseling, pllc

For many people, the holiday season brings warmth, celebration, and a sense of togetherness. But for others, this time of year activates stress, grief, loneliness, difficult family dynamics, or emotional exhaustion. If the holidays feel hard for you this year, you’re not doing anything wrong - you’re having a very human response to a very emotionally complex season.

The start of the new year is a great time to think about areas you would like to focus on over the next 12 months, both individually and...

For many, the holiday season can be difficult enough as is for many different reasons during a normal year, much less during a year with...

As a couple and family therapist, I have been trained to think systemically and look at situations and relationships through a systemic...

You may have heard the phrase “anger is a secondary emotion”, but what does that mean? To understand this phrase, let me first describe...

When you hear the word “communication”, you probably think about talking. But communication includes so much more: body language, tone of...

One of the masters of family therapy, Murray Bowen, created the concept of differentiation of self, which is defined as “the ability to...

As a family therapist, I am interested in learning how the relationships in one’s life impact who they are, both in and outside of other...