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What Is Embodiment and Breathwork Coaching?
“Coaching” is one of those things that gets talked about a lot—but what exactly IS it? Unlike therapy, which has very clearly-defined modalities and approaches, coaching can be almost anything that the coach and client want it to be. Having that freedom to shape it to...
How to Choose the Right Therapist for You
Making the decision to start therapy is a big step forward for your mental wellness. The step after that, however, may feel so overwhelming that you get stuck—choosing the right therapist. It’s natural to feel anxious about wanting to “get it right” as well as...
No More New Year’s Resolutions: Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead
We’ve made our seemingly-endless slog through 2021 (no, we also can’t believe that the photo of grumpy Bernie in his mittens at the Inauguration was 11 months ago and not 11 years). For those of us who made it, we achieved a weary victory—so let’s celebrate by making...
Should You Come Out to Your Family at Thanksgiving? Probably Not, and Here’s Why.
You’ve been living with a big discovery about your sexuality, gender, or relationship identity, and it probably feels like a relief to live more fully as your true self. But something is still stressing you out about it: your family doesn’t know yet. Maybe you’re so...
How to Support Your Transgender or Nonbinary Teen
Do you know how you would respond as a parent if your teenager came out to you as transgender or nonbinary? For many parents, that feels like a thought experiment—maybe you’ve seen social media posts about genderfluid kids, but it doesn’t seem like anything you expect...
Introducing: The Pincus Center
You could say that we have a passion for self-discovery here in our practice; it’s a marvelous thing every time we’re able to see a client understand themselves better and step more fully into the person they were meant to be. There’s nothing quite like the joy in...
Black Lives Matter by Tamara Pincus
So, in this time of unprecedented civil unrest I feel compelled to talk about where we as a practice stand on the issues. In my practice and in my personal life I have been watching for years the way in which systemic racism continues to impact people I care about....
When We Believe We Are Unloveable
Many of us walk through the world struggling with the belief that we are unloveable. Often it is hard to even figure out where this message comes from. It starts early when we are young and feel for whatever reason like we haven’t been accepted or loved by those...
What To Do if You Are The One Accused of a Consent Violation
These days I am encountering a lot of issues where people in various communities to which I belong are being accused publically of consent violations or being abusive in their romantic relationships. This is actually something which we are all susceptible to....
Lessons from a Sex Therapist Parent
I spent this weekend binge-watching the new Netflix series Sex Education. In the series the main character is a teenage son of a sex therapist single mother. I thought this might be a good opportunity to talk about some of the good things and not so good things that...