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How is Somatic Therapy Different From Other Kinds of Therapy? 2560 1707 Christine Menna, LCSW

How is Somatic Therapy Different From Other Kinds of Therapy?

How incorporating the body shapes the therapeutic experience Psychotherapy is traditionally thought of as talk therapy.  One might conjure an image of a person laying down on a couch, and a stoic therapist across the room interpreting dreams or unconscious thoughts.  Today, therapy offers a number of different modalities, each of which takes a unique…

How to Create Healthy Boundaries in Your Romantic Relationship 2560 1707 Christine Menna, LCSW

How to Create Healthy Boundaries in Your Romantic Relationship

Approachable steps to identify and voice your needs Do you communicate your boundaries clearly? Do you feel like your partner understands what you want? All relationships have boundaries. Whether we realize it or not, our actions, words and behaviors implicitly tell people what we do and do not want or will allow. If we’re not clear about…

Disordered Eating: Behavioral and Cognitive Signs 1707 2560 Christine Menna, LCSW

Disordered Eating: Behavioral and Cognitive Signs

How To Spot Warning Signs of an Unhealthy Relationship with Food Have you found yourself asking if your food behaviors are “normal?”  Do you sometimes wonder if your once innocent sounding diet and exercise routine have evolved into something more serious?  Disordered eating encompasses a wide range of unhealthy attitudes and behaviors toward food.  The…

Resistance in the Therapeutic Process 1280 1919 Christine Menna, LCSW

Resistance in the Therapeutic Process

What you resist, not only persists but will grow in size. – Carl Jung We are likely all familiar with the idea that what we resist persists, yet many of us struggle with actualizing this concept in our lives.  Even if we objectively want change, we may fear letting go of what we know.  There’s…

The Power of Gratitude 1280 853 Christine Menna, LCSW

The Power of Gratitude

As I write this, our country and our world are in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic.  There is a pervasive sense of fear of the present and anxiety about what the future might hold.  Amidst this chaos and uncertainty, I’ve been reminded to pause and slow down, to take stock of what matters, and…

Guilt vs. Shame 1280 1923 Christine Menna, LCSW

Guilt vs. Shame

The terms guilt and shame are often used interchangeably.  While they may appear to be synonymous and may often be correlated, their true nature indicates important distinctions.  Brené Brown, who has spent her career researching shame and vulnerability, proffers poignantly simple definitions of guilt and shame based on her work.1 Guilt = I did something…

ACT for Anxiety 1280 853 Christine Menna, LCSW

ACT for Anxiety

Last month’s blog introduced Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), an action-oriented psychotherapeutic approach grounded in traditional behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and Eastern traditions.  ACT advocates accepting the entirety our inner landscape – the uncomfortable and challenging along with the comfortable – so that we can create our most vital and meaningful lives.  It suggests…

ACT: A Primer 2560 1707 Christine Menna, LCSW

ACT: A Primer

New clients often ask me “what techniques do you use?”  They want to understand more about the journey they are about to embark on.  Like many clinicians, mine is an eclectic approach, drawing on a range of modalities and applying them depending on the circumstances in the room at any given moment.  In a response…

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