It may surprise you that the conflict itself is usually not the problem. Conflict is an important part of all relationships and can actually

Might that feel vulnerable? Absolutely. But without vulnerability, you can’t have real intimacy.

Parents often struggle with deciding what is normal behavior and when it’s time to ask for professional help for their child.

Goals are a good thing to have, but it is a far better strategy to connect with values first.

So instead of moving away from the blistering heat, I move toward the things that nourish me.

If you get to Kerby Lane Café early enough on a Saturday morning, the time of day when you wait not necessarily for a table, but for an...

Written by Stephanie Trueblood, LPC-Intern Ok, so maybe perfectionism, procrastination, and people-pleasing aren’t actually deadly, but...

Written by Jiovann Carrasco, LPC-S What does therapy actually do? How does it work? Does anyone really ever change? The field of...

Written byJulie Hassler, LPC-Intern As Mother’s Day quickly approaches, it’s important to take a moment and appreciate the women in our...

Written by Stephanie Trueblood, LPC-Intern The total agony of not knowing the future, not knowing if it really will be ok, and not...

Part of our early series on Mindfulness Therapy Shortly after moving to a new part of town, I found myself in one of two left turning lanes going under the highway and onto the frontage road of northbound I35. Now once you get onto the frontage road, it goes from two lanes down to one before the off ramp traffic is introduced. Since I like to be the one with the right of way, I try to position myself in the farthest left lane so that I don’t have to be the one to yield. It’s

Written by Jiovann Carrasco, LPC-S Worrying about what others think limits you. How has worrying about what someone else might think kept...

Written by Jondell Lafont, LPC-Intern Regulating our emotions and expressing them in a healthy and effective way can be challenging. Many...

Part of our Blog series in Mindfulness Some of us may think of mindfulness as being too abstract or serious for kids and teens to relate to or understand. However, mindfulness is actually the very simple concept of non-judgmentally opening up to the present moment with awareness of thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations. Kids are naturally much more present than adults because they often do not think past the here-and-now situation. Although they are typically present,

Part of our series on Mindfulness Therapy Mindfulness is the non-judgmental, focused attention to one’s mental, emotional and /or physical experience in the present moment. I have had the pleasure of working with folks at various levels of skillfulness in applying mindfulness to their lives. And with learning anything new, there is bound to be some misunderstandings both conceptually and practically. For some, there seems to be a stage in their learning that I call the “Mind

Part of our Blog on Mindfulness Human suffering happens under two main conditions: when things are bad, and when things might be bad. The first condition is straightforward. The second, not so much. We suffer even when the possible catastrophe is only a possibility! Not only when we get dumped, but when we think we might get dumped. Not only when our parent dies, but when we think about this inevitable loss. How did we get this way? Imagine there are two hominids out on the s

Written by Jiovann Carrasco, LPC-S In many ways our culture is repressed and fearful. Pain is viewed as something to be avoided at all...

Part of our Blog series about Mindfulness Whether you like it or not your son or daughter probably loves hip-hop. Whether that takes the form of expressing themselves through graffiti art or dance crews, buying the latest article of clothing from an emerging “urban fashion” designer, or listening to rap music. Hip Hop culture has almost effortl essly merged with the mainstream. Its appeal ranges across a broad spectrum of ages, races and economic statuses. Rap music ranked

Part of our Blog posts about ACT At the Austin Mindfulness Center, we use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy(ACT), in which values clarification is a key component. One of the main goals of ACT is to help clients live the life they want, which involves acting in a way that is consistent with their values. However, many people struggle with clarifying their values on their own, often mixing up values and goals. There are many ways to define values, but the definition we will di

Written byJondell Lafont December is famous for being one of the busiest months of the year, if not the busiest month. With the holidays...