Sometimes, the brain doesn’t accurately analyze reality. Take this scenario:     When this happens for clinical reasons, it’s called “lack o...

(Letting go of our to-do lists and living in the moment in 2020) I’m a huge fan of plans and to-do lists.  I love seeing everything I have t...

I frequently tell this parable to my patients.  And honestly, I think I could stand to listen to it myself: Bob was driving to work when h...

As a speech therapist, I am sometimes tempted to focus only on improving my patients’ deficits.   After all, isn’t that what rehabilitation ...

I am sickened by the recent deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and now Rayshard Brooks—and all similar unnecessary dea...

Whenever I wipe poop off a bottom (or a toilet, or a wall), I make a mental note to say something extra positive to our nurses and sanitatio...

I often set expectations for myself and fail to meet them: ~I want to wake up earlier.   But I continue to go to bed late.    ~I w...

Many patients are surprised that my cognitive therapy sessions don’t involve logic puzzles or crosswords.  With me, cognitive therapy look...