Physics teacher, Jeffrey Wright, teaches his class about how love is the only thing that truly counts in this world when he describes his relationship with his special needs child.  Read this fascinating New York Times piece about this...

Evaluating the end of the year and anticipating a new year is often a challenging time for most people. Rarely do people fulfill all their New Year’s resolutions and accomplish all the things they had set out to do at the beginning of the...

So many of my clients who have anxiety or depression have a difficult time navigating the daily challenges of life. So when you add the Holiday Season to the mix (which really begins around Thanksgiving), levels of stress, anxiety, and...

​ One of the hardest concepts for my clients to integrate into their daily thought process is the idea of living in the moment.  What does it actually mean to live in the moment? Does it mean that you shouldn’t make future plans or only live...

Being a parent of both specials needs and typical children creates numerous challenges that parents of only typical children will never have to face. I think the most basic fear of parents is “Will my typical child suffer or will he or she...

Giving birth to a child with special needs begins a process of grief over the loss of a dream–a life with a typical and healthy child. Parents must go through an intense grieving process after their “different” child is born before they can...