by Merritt | Jul 26, 2018 | Sadness, Understanding Emotion
Merritt Benz, LCSW A client I met with today shared with me a beautiful experience he had. He was dropping off his best friend at the airport and knew it would be a year or longer before he saw him again and he felt sad. Really sad. He said that in the past he would...
by Merritt | Jul 26, 2018 | Anger, Understanding Emotion
Merritt Benz, LCSW My 7-year-old son drew this picture. It says “I am angry” and it took everything in me to practice what I preach about no emotions being “bad” and sit with him in his discomfort as he works through how to manage his big...
by Merritt | Jul 26, 2018 | Self Improvement, Understanding Emotion
Caylen Sunderman, MFT We’ve all heard the horror story of the person who has ignored physical pain. Let’s say the man ignored the headaches for years. Perhaps the headaches began as infrequent and minor; perhaps they began after some sort of head trauma. Either way,...
by Spencer | Oct 14, 2017 | Understanding Emotion
Teressa Thurwanger, S-MFT I got jealous today. Real jealous. It happened like that *finger snap* and took me by surprise. People joke about the “green-eyed monster” but I think that’s too cutesy wootsy for how it feels, and got me thinking more about its role in my...
