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OFFICE HOURS
Monday 3/22-Friday 3/26: Office will be closed.
WINTER HOURS FOR IN-OFFICE OR TELEHEALTH SESSIONS: (subject to change week-to-week):
Mondays: NOT IN THE OFFICE
Tuesdays: 10am-230, 6-9pm
Wednesdays: 9am-5pm
Thursdays: 10am-9pm
Fridays: NOT IN THE OFFICE
Saturdays: 9am-5pm
Sundays and Major Holidays: NOT IN THE OFFICE
I offer complimentary 50 minute consultations in office or via video on Saturday afternoons. Please contact me for available days.
Note that if you are a current client and cannot find a time that works for you in my availability calendar, you can contact me directly.
GUIDELINES FOR IN-PERSON SESSIONS:
I will continue to offer both in-person and telehealth sessions for individuals and couples. Please keep in mind that reimbursement for telehealth services is subject to change depending on applicable laws and insurance regulations. By attending in-person services, you assume sole risk of exposure to the coronavirus and any other public health risks. I also ask that you please adhere to the following precautions to
help keep everyone safe.
- Per Governor Newsom's 6/18 mandate, masks are required in the building, waiting room, and in the office. Please NO masks with ventilation outlets. I will
also be wearing a mask for the duration of the mandate. If you prefer to not wear a mask, you have the option of doing a video or phone session.
- Avoid touching your face or eyes with your hands.
- Minimize your exposure between appointments.
- Keep a 6-ft distance from others, except your partner/spouse, and do not engage in physical contact.
- I will not be making any physical contact with you in the office, and I will open and close the office door.
- Wash your hands or use alcohol-based hand sanitizer before entering the office. I have hands-free alcohol-based sanitizer available for your use inside my waiting room and office. I wipe down the chair arms, water dispenser nozzle, and sanitizer pump with Clorox wipes between clients. I have a TruSens air purifier in the office.
- Do not attend your in-person appointment if you’re experiencing symptoms of any illness. If you have been ill, out of the country, or on an airplane in the last two weeks, please do not come in and wait at least 14 days before scheduling your next session.
My practice will continue to follow best practices to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus. If anyone in my office tests positive for the virus, I will notify you. Please understand that I may be required to notify local health authorities if you’ve tested positive for COVID-19. If so, I will only provide information that’s only absolutely necessary
for their purposes. I remain committed to following state and federal guidelines and to adhering to prevailing professional healthcare standards to limit the transmission of COVID-19 in my office. Despite careful attention to sanitizing, social distancing, and other protocols, there is still a chance that you will be exposed to COVID-19 in the office. If, at any point, you prefer to stop in-person services
or to consider transitioning to remote services, please let me know. Please see the Online Therapy Resources at the bottom of this newsletter.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. We will get through this together by staying safe and on top of new developments and guidelines.
Now let's take a look at the feature article!
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Feature Article:
The Love Issue:
Love is the Icing, Not the Cake!
Valentine's Day is a celebration associated with romance, but it is often fraught with anxiety. Why is that? Why is a day that celebrates love sometimes problematic? As a narrative couples therapist, I look to the discourses and stories in the culture that contribute to how things are thought about and defined. When it comes to the discourses about love, I could be unpacking these all day and not even scratch the surface!
The odd thing is that even though love is complicated, it is not nearly as complicated as we make it. The problem is that, culturally, we have taken the icing and made it the cake. What I mean by this is that we have decided that romance, a prominent feature of infatuation (what we call falling "in love"), is the lead actor in the play, rather than an
important, but only supporting, character.
So how do we correct this particular troublesome narrative? We don't want to get rid of the icing--I like icing! The value of deconstructing a discourse is in concluding that not all of it needs to go. The component parts can be examined and an evaluation made regarding their current value toward living a better life.
So that's what I want to do in this essay--examine our current story about romance, its relationship to love, and sift through what is troublesome and what is not.
To continue reading article, please click HERE.
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