by Johna Hansen, L.C.S.W. Supervisors, friends, colleagues, and family provide us with feedback often.  According to Stone & Heen (2014), feedback falls into three categories: appreciation, coaching, and evaluation.  It seems like coaching and evaluation are the two categories where

by Stephanie Schwartz, M.S.  Daily life involves a lot of waiting. Waiting for the subway, a package to arrive, a response to an email, a paycheck, seamless delivery, a movie that’s coming out soon, etc. Considering the significant amount of

by Mark Schiffman, M.S.  One of the first, and perhaps the most fundamental ingredients to successfully changing our behaviors and emotions is the belief that we can actually change our behaviors and emotions.  REBT will not be effective until someone

by Megan Sy, M.S.  Over the last few weeks, I’ve written about unconditional self-acceptance (USA) and unconditional life acceptance (ULA). With Valentine’s Day approaching, I felt it was appropriate to round out this discussion with unconditional other acceptance (UOA). UOA

by Rosina Pzena, M.S. After a job or internship interview, the most stressful part of applying for a position is over. I made it through without making a complete fool of myself, maybe even managed to express what makes me

by Carly Mayer, M.S. I hate calling large companies. I hate their long lists of options, the annoying recordings, and when you eventually get to a person, the seemingly endless scripts they are required to read before (hopefully) helping you.

by Johna Hansen, LCSW After a long morning of driving to Maryland, then taking the metro to Washington D.C., and then standing with three children and a pregnant friend for most of the day, we were all getting hungry and

by Raymond Moody, M.A. Finally, I was in the “room where it happened.” My partner and I purchased tickets last March to see Hamilton on Broadway and, after 10 long months of waiting, we finally saw the show last night.

by Amanda Rosinski, M.A. “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” – Buddha I recently had a day where I was trying to spend time focusing on self-care, but it seemed like