by kmartinez@paxtherapy.com | Sep 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Talking to Your Teen About Going to Therapy Being a teenager is a difficult time. Well, being alive is a continuous adventure of change, overcoming obstacles and celebrating victories, that’s a given. However, adolescence is the rite of passage between childhood and...
by kmartinez@paxtherapy.com | Dec 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
A Brief Introduction to Boundaries It took some brainstorming to pinpoint exactly what it is we do at PAX Therapy and Family Services. What does therapy with us help achieve? What gets better? After a sit down with our therapists, and looking at what our clients...
by kmartinez@paxtherapy.com | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Gaslighting What is gaslighting? How do you know if you are being gaslit? Click on the photo above or this link to check out our youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFK0Gx_Jj4 Gaslighting So what I wanna talk about today is gas lighting. It gets thrown...
by Kristin Martinez | Jun 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Therapist Guide When I think about the journey of therapy, I visualize the journey of Dante through the 3 epic poems of Il Inferno, Il Purgatorio, e Il Paraiso. In order for Dante to experience the fullness of paradise, he experiences the horrors of the rings of...
by Kristin Martinez | May 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Building confidence with or without a therapist… The title says most of what this is about. You hear people tell you that you are great, good at certain things, and that all makes sense. You believe them mostly. What is difficult is when you look at your...
by Kristin Martinez | Mar 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the Los Angeles area, we are entering week 3 of quarantine. For those of us abiding by social distancing, and for those in at-risk categories- this means minimal if any contact outside of our house. Many people report feeling lethargic, irritable, and “lazy”. I...
