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OFFICE HOURS
OFFICE CLOSURES:
6/10-6/18
Office hours for the weeks before and after closed dates may be adjusted to accommodate. Please note new regular hours.
HOURS FOR IN-OFFICE OR TELEHEALTH SESSIONS: (subject to change week-to-week):
Mondays: NOT IN THE OFFICE
Tuesdays: 10am-9pm
Wednesdays: NOT IN THE OFFICE
Thursdays: 10am-9pm
Fridays: NOT IN THE OFFICE
Saturdays: 9am-5pm(sometimes 6pm)
Sundays and Major Holidays: NOT IN THE OFFICE
I offer complimentary 50 minute consultations in office or via video. 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.
NEW DOOR CODE:
Please check your appointment reminders for the new door code.
GUIDELINES FOR IN-PERSON SESSIONS:
I have been fully vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine and continue to test negative for COVID-19. If it has been at least two weeks since you have been fully vaccinated, I encourage you to return to in-office sessions if you have been using telehealth. Clients who are fully vaccinated and having no symptoms of illness are welcome to take off masks during in-office sessions. I will keep my mask on or
remove it depending on your preference.
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.
- Masks are required in the building, waiting room, and in the restrooms. Masks are required in the office if you have not been vaccinated. Please NO masks with ventilation outlets. I will also be wearing a mask for the duration of the mandate. If you are fully vaccinated and your last shot was at least two weeks ago, then we can both
agree to not wear masks. If you not vaccinated and 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 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, 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:
Does Your Relationship Make You A Better Person?
Do you like who you are in your relationship?
I ask this question because, despite what many think, relationships rarely end because we fall out of love with the person we are with--more often breakups happen because we don't love who we are in the relationship. What makes us fall out of love with ourselves at times in our lives? For our purposes I want to focus on the words, thoughts, and actions that can work against our values.
When we engage in behaviors that don't align with how we prefer to be in the world, we become unsettled, and the easiest way out is to look for someone to blame for this unpleasantness. Guess who usually gets the blame? When something happens in the world that keeps us close to our partners for long periods of time, unsettled feelings can get triggered and magnetized. What do we do with them? How do we talk to our partners about what we are feeling without
projecting blame? When do we know if talking will help, or if we should just break up?
Believe it or not, the most helpful approach to answering these questions begins with looking at yourself, not your partner. This is because our responses and reactions tell us a lot about how we experience the world, and if we are not satisfied with the results of that perspective, then we have an opportunity to change it. There is a greater chance for success with changing the self than there is with changing someone else! The challenge
is that changing the self is hard and sometimes more painful than trying to get someone else to change, but it is the only way I know that works for the long run. So let's look at how we determine where the change needs to happen: in us or in the state of our relationship...
To continue reading article, please click HERE.
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