I am happy to announce a new therapy group that my colleague Claude Verdier and I will begin next month. Space is limited and these groups tend to fill up quickly! Here is the information:

Developing Interpersonal Clarity: A relationship Group.

If you have an exceptionally painful time meeting new people, attending parties, talking in a big group, or going on a date with someone you like, you are not alone. Social fears are one of the three most common mental health difficulties in the United States.

Fall is here, and the early low temperatures seem to augur an early winter. Fall invites us to go foliage watching, eat a warm slice of apple pie, and buy pumpkins and cider at the country farm. It evokes abundance when we think of the harvest season: homemade bread and jams and the warm meals anticipating the traditional Thanksgiving Day feast.

When we sit in meditation, we begin to observe the patterns of thought and motifs which run in our minds automatically, and which account for much of the way we feel and react. As we breathe in and out during meditation, we attempt to observe thoughts entering our mind, and leaving our mind, letting go of them gently.

More and more of us are turning to meditation to relieve stress caused by our high-paced tech-enabled lifestyles. It is becoming a common practice to use meditation to deal with fears of the unknown, the uncontrollable and the uncertain.