Please Note: This website represents only those therapists associated with the Coastside Therapists Group in Half Moon Bay. A comprehensive guide to goods and services, travel information, community information, and history for the Half Moon Bay community. Works with adults who have been wounded by trauma. Through healing of mind-body-spirit, she takes a systemic look, with the client pointing out the direction of change desired.
Certified EMDR clinician. PTSD, trauma and abuse recovery; treatment of anxiety and depression; clinical hypnosis. Women's workshops on freeing yourself from internal limitation, using creativity and spirituality as resources. Provides client-centered psychotherapy for families, children, teens, individuals and couples dealing with depression, anxiety, anger issues, as well as relationship and self-esteem problems.
Also has strong experience working with schools and the community. Works with adults, teens and children specializing in art therapy, mood disorders, trauma, grief and life transitions.
Certified EMDR clinician. PTSD, trauma and abuse recovery; treatment of anxiety and depression; clinical hypnosis. Women's workshops on freeing yourself from internal limitation, using creativity and spirituality as resources. Provides client-centered psychotherapy for families, children, teens, individuals and couples dealing with depression, anxiety, anger issues, as well as relationship and self-esteem problems.
Also has strong experience working with schools and the community. Works with adults, teens and children specializing in art therapy, mood disorders, trauma, grief and life transitions.
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Many families can take only one vacation a year.
This tends to create pressure to make the most of the time available.
Trying to jam vacation time into a couple of weeks of fun can often create stress - just the opposite of what you want.
Just getting on the road can often be a major undertaking.
There may be so much apprehension and excitement leading up to the trip that fights often break out - even before you leave the house.
Getting there and back.
One of the biggest pitfalls of pre-planned vacations is to race to your destination as quickly as possible so that you make the most of the time you're there.
This tends to create pressure to make the most of the time available.
Trying to jam vacation time into a couple of weeks of fun can often create stress - just the opposite of what you want.
Just getting on the road can often be a major undertaking.
There may be so much apprehension and excitement leading up to the trip that fights often break out - even before you leave the house.
Getting there and back.
One of the biggest pitfalls of pre-planned vacations is to race to your destination as quickly as possible so that you make the most of the time you're there.
Women, on the other hand, are taught to conceal their anger, or to convert it into more socially acceptable forms of expression, such as crying, manipulation or revenge.
An angry man is usually proudly regarded as tough, "macho" or aggressive; whereas, an angry woman is often criticized for being castrating, hysterical or a bitch.
Unfortunately, there are few role models in our culture to show us how to deal with our anger in appropriate ways without hurting or assaulting the other person.
When anger is not released it moves elsewhere; it doesn't simply vanish.
An angry man is usually proudly regarded as tough, "macho" or aggressive; whereas, an angry woman is often criticized for being castrating, hysterical or a bitch.
Unfortunately, there are few role models in our culture to show us how to deal with our anger in appropriate ways without hurting or assaulting the other person.
When anger is not released it moves elsewhere; it doesn't simply vanish.
Generally speaking, a family is an integrated system.
When one family member is under stress it is reflected in the lives of the others - everyone in the family is touched in some way.
If your family is having problems, such as friction or fighting between parents, financial worries, job insecurities, or problems that are alcohol- or drug-related, the children in the family will tend to reflect these problems through their behavior.
Unlike adults, who have had years of practice in appearing socially acceptable, a child's stress is more externally visible and symptoms are not as well camouflaged.
When one family member is under stress it is reflected in the lives of the others - everyone in the family is touched in some way.
If your family is having problems, such as friction or fighting between parents, financial worries, job insecurities, or problems that are alcohol- or drug-related, the children in the family will tend to reflect these problems through their behavior.
Unlike adults, who have had years of practice in appearing socially acceptable, a child's stress is more externally visible and symptoms are not as well camouflaged.
All these responses have one thing in common - they cut off communication and put your friend on the defensive.
The original cause of the distress winds up getting lost as you discuss semantics or solutions.
Eventually, your friend may just shut down altogether in embarrassment, frustration or even shame.
Why is it so hard to hear a friend's personal pain, especially someone you really care about?
Perhaps you can identify with her problem, which triggers your own painful feelings.
Or you may feel pressured to come up with a solution to the problem.
The original cause of the distress winds up getting lost as you discuss semantics or solutions.
Eventually, your friend may just shut down altogether in embarrassment, frustration or even shame.
Why is it so hard to hear a friend's personal pain, especially someone you really care about?
Perhaps you can identify with her problem, which triggers your own painful feelings.
Or you may feel pressured to come up with a solution to the problem.
Emotional and verbal abuse takes place in many relationships and is actually far more prevalent than most people realize.
Realistically, some degree of abuse occurs in every relationship at one time or another.
Even warm and loving relationships can have abusive elements in them.
In any abusive relationship both partners contribute equally to the abuse.
If you accept abuse, for whatever reason, then you participate in an abusive relationship.
Remember, there can be no abuser if there's no one willing to accept the abuse.
Realistically, some degree of abuse occurs in every relationship at one time or another.
Even warm and loving relationships can have abusive elements in them.
In any abusive relationship both partners contribute equally to the abuse.
If you accept abuse, for whatever reason, then you participate in an abusive relationship.
Remember, there can be no abuser if there's no one willing to accept the abuse.
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