Here is a blog about the core competencies in relational psychotherapy.

Read here to understand the key aims in psychotherapy.

Here are the 12 key aims in relational psychotherapy.

Here’s a blog post about chronic illness and chronic pain and how it impacts patients.

This blog discusses anxiety and how therapy can help to address it.

This blog discusses depression, how it might manifest, and how we can address it in therapy.

The therapeutic stance is a crucial component in therapy, and here I discuss this concept.

Check out this essay on the emergence of existential psychotherapy.

This topic is near and dear to me. I hope that it provides something of value to you or someone you know.

Here I discuss grief therapy and counseling.

Here is discuss trauma and my perspective on it in therapy.

Check out this thought piece on self-compassion, and getting back to the root of its meaning.

Here is what the therapeutic process looks like.

This is an introduction into what relational psychodynamic therapy is, and what this style of therapy looks like— and what kind of transformation one can expect as a patient.

Here is a piece on acceptance, and it’s importance in our lives and in therapy.

Here is a blog on loneliness and its effects on a person.

Come join us at this upcoming presentation and panel on mental health and art at the 40th annual conference for the Glass Arts Society.

3:30-5:00pm | MENTAL HEALTH PANEL: Judy Ko, James Nole, Danie Nitardy | GTCC, Ballroom C

Art and Mental Health | Emotion gives us motion, art gives us life. Suffering and meaning find themselves entangled in the creative process and artistic endeavor. While many artists suffer from various mental health struggles-- these struggles can often be left out of the discourse and dialogue. This panel seeks to explore the intersection between mental health issues and art, how they are related, and increase awareness around mental health issues in these spaces.

Check out this upcoming conference that I will be a guest speak at. Learn more here, and click to learn how to register!

Suicide remains one of the most silenced topics in our culture — and that silence often makes things worse. In this post, Seattle trauma therapist James Nole, LMHC, writes from both personal and clinical experience to open a more compassionate conversation about suicidal ideation. Rather than shying away from the complexity of why someone might reach this place, he explores the pain, isolation, and meaning beneath it — and what it looks like to truly listen to someone who is suffering. Resources for support are included at the end.