If there’s one thing that we all seek – it’s happiness. I’ve never met a person who has told me they didn’t want to be happy, have you? It’s a fundamental human desire regardless of...
Category - Emotional Health
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
Recovered Memories of Childhood Abuse
Why are memories of abuse so often hidden? This is a really hard question for people in recovery from abuse, for therapists, and for researchers. In my case, I didn’t recognize one of my early childhood memories as a...
What is Emotional Health?
What is “emotional health?” Though the definition may be partially subjective, I think a good one begins with an over-all sense of psychological well being. I have found it also to be an interplay between a...
The First Session of Individual Therapy : What to Expect
Considering therapy for the first time? People often come in for the first time with a host of incorrect assumptions about the process and sometimes a little anxiety around what to expect. I’d like to demystify...
Inner Child Work in Individual Therapy
Individual therapy can provide a powerful medium to do the deeper work required to help people who are stuck in the past and struggling to thrive in the present. “Inner child work” is often under the...
5 Stress Management Strategies for Highly Driven Professionals
In this fast-paced, dog-eat-dog world we live in, super-achievers often find themselves at the top of the heap in their professions. They’re the ones who eat, breathe and sleep their jobs, race out of the house...
The Biggest Myth of Therapy
If you’re considering seeing a therapist, it’s important to go in as educated as possible around what you can expect – and with some awareness of what therapy will NOT do for you. As much as...
8 Reasons You Might Benefit from Family of Origin Style Therapy
Family of origin therapy (or “family of origin work” as it’s often referred to) is rooted in how the past negatively impacts the present – and the future. The idea is that sometimes people get stuck in old, unhelpful...
Emotional Overload : One Thing You can do Right Now to Soothe Yourself
Intense emotions such as anger, fear and sadness can be crippling in the moment. They can feel like they “take you over.” In a way, they do. This is because if you are so upset that your brain...
Has Your Therapist Had Therapy?
Finding the right therapist is serious business. Considering the financial, emotional and time investment, it’s in your best interest to do your due diligence when making such an important decision. People have...
