Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC When it comes to you and your partner, things are good. Mostly. The bills are paid, you have fun...

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC I often find that my clients feel so alone with their problems it's as if they are the only ones...

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC Dear, Reader, You gave it your all. You showed up and loved so fiercely, it exhausted you at times....

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC If you hate discussing past events, you're in good company. A lot of people hate discussing past pain...

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC In a previous blog post, I addressed the age-old question as to whether or not you need to heal...

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC It is a very common belief that you must heal on your own before you can be in a relationship. The...

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC You may have seen memes talk about therapists who go too easy on people who need to be held...

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC Doubting your relationship is the thing you never hope to do and the thing you feel you can't say out...

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC "Isn't therapy just talking?" "Can't I just talk to my friends?" "I just started therapy and a lot of...

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC Something that people don't talk about enough are the identity changes and challenges that come with...

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC It's overwhelming to bare the weight of everyone's expectations. To feel like you have to get things...

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC Avoidance is the guilty pleasure that we often don't like to admit that we engage in, but love to call...

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC That stinging, aggravating feeling when you know your relationship is stuck, you have no idea how to...

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC It isn't news to anyone that there are a lot of difficult pressures on women's bodies. I don't think...

Written by Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC It may seem obvious that life can't be perfect, so your relationships can't be perfect either....

Written By Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC I knew when I was 18 that I didn't want to have kids. By 21, well-intentioned friends and family...

Written by Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC People have always tried to find tricks and tips to figure out how to have a happy and healthy...

Written by Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC Couples Intensives have been growing in popularity the last few years. Perhaps, you have heard of them...

Written by Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC There is this scene from this show I watched as a kid, called Fast Forward. It's a show about two...

Written by Ashley Gray, LCSW, MFTC Therapy is expensive. That is a difficult truth. Many people want or need therapy and cost can be a...