Horror movies as a tool for emotional regulation? It’s true! Discover how simulated experiences can allow for being “safe-scary” and how this can help increase emotional regulation and distress tolerance.

Coming to therapy can be intimidating. If you’ve never been, you might not know what to expect or what the process looks like.  Even if you have been before, the process might be confusing or perhaps you feel as though you didn’t get very much out of it.  As an existential and relational therapist, I very much believe in what the research over the last few decades has shown: The greatest indicator for therapeutic success is the relationship between client and therapist - how does it feel to sit with your therapist?  What does it mean to have a relationship in a therapeutic context?  And what the hell is an existential therapist anyway?

“Sit with your feelings” is like the “engage your core” of the mental health world. What does this phrase mean? How do I do it? Why would I even want to?…

Recently, I watched Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End and was struck by its beautiful exploration of grief, relationships, and what it means to be human. So what is grief?  What does it mean to grieve?  How does one grieve “appropriately”, “healthily”, or “correctly”?…