Generated by All in One SEO Pro v4.9.6.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Dalia Anderman, LMFT Emotional Focus Therapy ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://daliaanderman.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Dalia's Blog](https://daliaanderman.com/dalias-blog/) - [How to Re-Pair a Relationship](https://daliaanderman.com/how-to-re-pair-a-relationship/) - Of course, money, sex, and kids are super important in a good relationship, and all three need communication, attention, and agreements. But when I am able to help couples get into the underlying plot of the recent fights to see the unmet attachment needs that are plaguing the relationship, we can then move into re-pair on a profound level of deep emotions, vulnerable fears, and sharing our longing for connection. - [Why Do Couples Fight?](https://daliaanderman.com/why-do-couples-fight/) - According to Dr. Sue Johnson in Hold Me Tight, couples fight because they are experiencing a perceived threat to their emotional safety and connection not just over surface-level issues... - [Loneliness and how to move through it.](https://daliaanderman.com/loneliness-and-how-to-move-through-it/) - There are many reasons for feeling lonely. The list is long. What I’ve noticed the most as a therapist, is that more than any other factor causing us to experience loneliness, the loss of emotional connection is the most common. And while there are many ways to reconnect, the most important part is reaching out. - [Reignite Your Relationship with Us in Costa Rica!](https://daliaanderman.com/reignite-your-relationship-with-us-in-costa-rica/) - Dear Reader, For those of you who know me, you know how much I love to travel and be out in the world. I return from experiencing new places feeling energized and inspired. You probably also know how committed I am to my psychotherapy practice and the Hold Me Tight® Couples Workshops I lead. To - [How to cope with Holiday Season 2021](https://daliaanderman.com/how-to-cope-with-holiday-season-2021/) - Can we celebrate the holidays with out the stress? A client this week was telling me how she is stressed about the upcoming holidays and how she misses last year's holiday season. She described how in the midst of the pandemic, her family stayed home and it was intimate and private. There was nowhere to - [Are You S.A.D.?](https://daliaanderman.com/are-you-sad-2021/) - For those of you who do not live in our area, the concept of living with the constant fear of fire danger and evacuation may sound unreasonable. But for us here in California, it is now the new normal, not thought of in terms if, but when. We spend the summer and fall with go - [A Leap of Faith](https://daliaanderman.com/a-leap-of-faith/) - Some of my most touching moments as a therapist are when clients are faced with a leap of faith, or what I sometimes call the farthest distance we can travel. How do we set on a life journey when we do not know where it will lead? That question can at times make us question - [Hold Me Tight® Couples Retreat](https://daliaanderman.com/hold-me-tight-couples-retreat/) - Hold Me Tight® Couples Workshop Nevada City, California, January 29-30, 2022We Invite and Welcome all Couples! Dear readers, colleagues, and friends, Many of you have been asking and waiting for our Hold Me Tight® couples workshops to reopen. Well, our first is finally here (and in person). The pandemic has been a long time of uncertainty, fear, - [Walking the walk in darkness](https://daliaanderman.com/walking-the-walk-in-darkness/) - To My Dearest Readers, It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in The Little Prince This week, I was honored to officiate the marriage of a couple whom I have worked with in my therapy practice. I helped a couple in - [Just what I needed](https://daliaanderman.com/new-years-resolution-2021/) - A few weeks ago, around the beginning of the year, my iPhone stopped working… It was the end of a day with many other stresses, but also the end of the year 2020 that was a very difficult and challenging year for all of us. It was also post an election that was tense and - [You are not alone.](https://daliaanderman.com/you-are-not-alone/) - Happy safe sane healthy holidays! Dear Reader I hesitate to write, not wanting to extend the voluminous time we spend in front of our computers, but I truly miss connecting with you, so here I am... I am feeling immense gratitude that throughout these times, I have been able to maintain my practice, see my - [Are You S.A.D.?](https://daliaanderman.com/are-you-s-a-d/) - There has been a lot to be sad about this year. Grief, stress, and fear sparked by so much unknown. As our world has morphed into a new kind of reality, we had to find ways to adapt and new coping strategies. As shops, restaurants, schools and universities, museums and parks, music and art, and - [Grieving, Loss, and All that we took for granted](https://daliaanderman.com/grieving-loss-and-all-that-we-took-for-granted/) - Dear Friends, Sorry for being MIA....This post has taken a long time to write. Every time I sit down to write to you, something bigger happens, and becomes more important to write about. We have gone through so much this year, from Covid-19 pandemic, political strife and upheaval, demonstrations, Black Lives Matter, fires and evacuations, - [A Tribe of Two - Connection in Time of Isolation](https://daliaanderman.com/a-tribe-of-two-connection-in-time-of-isolation/) - To My Dearest Readers.. A couple I was seeing last week, was sharing that in this stressful times of COVID-19 and the Corona virus epidemic, they were feeling the urgency to work on their relationship.. 'If we are going be quarantined together', they said.. 'we better learn how to get along'.... Another couples say 'we - [Are the 'Reds' of Valentine's Day Giving you the 'Blues'?](https://daliaanderman.com/are-the-reds-of-valentines-day-giving-you-the-blues-2/) - PART II I have mixed feelings about Valentine Day.. Few years ago I wrote my Valentine Day blog with the same title. Are the 'Reds' of Valentine's Day Giving you the 'Blues'? I still find the title applicable, so here is 'part II'... On one hand I am very glad we are celebrating LOVE day, - [Can the New Year be 2020?](https://daliaanderman.com/can-the-new-year-be-2020/) - We know hindsight is 2020, but can Foresight be as well? "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it". Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. How to commit to clarity in our vision, as we go into the New Year and new decade. For most of us, - [Surviving Holiday Stress](https://daliaanderman.com/surviving-holiday-stress/) - How to make the most of your holidays by avoiding the stress. I’m not sure how it is for you, but for me, when it turns autumn, as the leaves start to change colors, and the days start to get short, I start worrying about the holidays. I didn’t grew up in this country, and - [Suffering from - S.A.D?](https://daliaanderman.com/suffering-from-s-a-d/) - Are you or a loved one suffering from - S.A.D? Today is Rosh Ha'shanna - the Jewish New Year. What an appropriate date to post my fall (autumn) blog. As most of the Jewish holidays relate to the lunar calendar, and the agriculture seasons, so does Rosh Ha'shanna, which is the new moon after the equinox. - [How are Hold Me Tight® and Burning Man - related](https://daliaanderman.com/what-do-burning-man-and-hold-me-tight-hold-in-common/) - What do ‘Burning Man’, ‘Psychs on Bikes' and ‘Hold Me Tight ®' share in common? and how I am compelled by them all... Those of you who know me, are aware that every year, on the week leading up to Labor Day, I make a pilgrimage to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada to partake - [Do We Need to Avoid Mistakes?](https://daliaanderman.com/do-we-need-to-avoid-mistakes/) - Are mistakes avoidable, inevitable, transformable? Are mistakes necessary? Mistakes can at times, feel dangerous. Mistakes and failures are thought to us from a young age to be avoided. Whether mistakes are experienced first hand, or we have watched family or friends suffer the impact, we know they can be painful. We organize our life around - [Hold Me Tight® Couples Workshop](https://daliaanderman.com/hold-me-tight-couples-workshop/) - Hold Me Tight® Couples weekend retreat, Nevada City, California, As we are getting to the shortest day and longest night of the year, as 2019 is coming to a quick close, and another decade is ending, (how did that happen SO fast?). Like many of us at this time of year, I find myself - [Can We 'Change Our Minds'?](https://daliaanderman.com/can-we-change-our-minds/) - Changing our minds and life narrative one re-frame at a time It happens in my therapy office every day... When I start to unpack the stories behind what brought someone to therapy, there is a lot of history, a meandering journey of ups and downs. Many times those narratives fold in them a path that - [Sex, Spring, and Taking the Risk to Open..](https://daliaanderman.com/sex-spring-and-taking-the-risk-to-open/) - “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ~ Anaïs Nin Nature has no 'option', as spring arrives, it burst out in renewing energy through buds, flowers, vines and brunches, birds and bees. It ALL comes alive. It is with - [Getting the New Year to An Inspiring Start](https://daliaanderman.com/getting-the-new-year-to-an-inspiring-start/) - Almost a month ago, we all wished each other a Happy New Year!! Raising our glasses and making wishes for a joyful, inspiring, healthy, happy year. From The Week of January 11, 2019, 'Making 2019 Happier, What science has discovered about lifting mood and creating a positive outlook on life'. In the article, looking at - [What Not To Do This Holiday](https://daliaanderman.com/what-not-to-do-this-holiday/) - How to avoid unnecessary stress in the holidays December kind of arrives, and I am never really prepared. With all the stress of a long summer here in the foothills of California, and the stressful tragic fires we went through, December was suddenly here. Yes, it is this time of year. Holidays cheers are everywhere, - [Secure Attachments Help with Stress in Times of Adversity](https://daliaanderman.com/secure-attachments-help-with-stress-in-times-of-adversity/) - Every time I sat down this last month to write my monthly blog, another, tragic, stressful, event occurred and threw me off. From the shooting in Thousand Oak, to the fires that are raging only an hour from where I live, and have destroyed the town of Paradise and some neighboring towns. Here in Northern - [When it comes to Couple-hood, Are we all the same?](https://daliaanderman.com/couple-hood-are-we-all-the-same/) - Not All Who Wander Are Lost - J. R. R. Tolkien I have not always been in relationships. There were years in my life, when I was single. At times I very much enjoyed it, taking time between relationships, to process, integrate, and get to know myself better, out of relationship. Other times, I would - [Epidemic of Loneliness, Depression and Suicide](https://daliaanderman.com/epidemic-loneliness-depression-suicide/) - Are we Facing an epidemic of Loneliness, Depression, and Suicide? Even though our awareness to the loneliness and suicide epidemic becomes more acute when celebrities like Kate Spade, and Anthony Bourdain, take their own lives, it has become an epidemic, that has inflicted our culture in such proportions, that some experts are calling it a - [Attention Men - Vulnerability Is An Aphrodisiac..](https://daliaanderman.com/attention-men-vulnerability-is-an-aphrodisiac/) - In 2015 I wrote a blog about Why Men do Not show emotions ? I re-read my blog today, and here is some of what I wrote: "Whenever a frustrated woman in a therapy session asks me the question, “why doesn’t he talk to me about his emotions” or on the contrary, the frustrated man - [How Do We Know If We Found The 'One'..](https://daliaanderman.com/how-do-we-know-if-we-found-the-one/) - I wanted to start this blog with a little apology, and a gratitude, to all of you, for your endurance and support. Those of you who read my blog, or get my newsletter, may at times, need to endure my mass marketing and promotions, of my Hold Me Tight® Couples Workshop, and I bet it - [I Don't Want To Talk About It...](https://daliaanderman.com/i-dont-want-to-talk-about-it/) - Recently in a therapy session, I started talking to a client about some depression and anxiety he or she was experiencing. When I started asking about some of his/her background, history, parents, childhood, the push-back I got was 'I don't want to talk about it', 'it all happened so long ago', 'I don't know what - [How to Get it 'Right' on Valentine's Day..](https://daliaanderman.com/how-to-get-it-right-on-valentines-day/) - As soon as January rolls in, the shelves in the grocery store fill up with Valentine's Day 'goodies'... pink bears, heart shaped chocolate boxes, chocolate roses, flowers, cards... all reminding us NOT to forget our loved ones on Valentine's Day... Getting it 'right' on Valentine's Day can be tricky.. so 'How Do I Get it - [Is One of Your New-Year's Resolutions - A Fulfilling Relationship?](https://daliaanderman.com/one-new-years-resolutions-fulfilling-relationship/) - Happy New-Year to all of us! May 2018 bring satisfying and fulfilling Love!! Its the New Year. We hopefully wake up on the morning of January 1, 2018, with feelings that here is a New-Year, and with the desire and belief that maybe, this time, we can somehow 'turn our life around'... Whether it is - [Bringing Light to the Darkest Day of the Year](https://daliaanderman.com/bringing-light-darkest-day-of-the-year/) - Recently I had my own dark night. Not heeding my own 'advice' about coping with holiday stress, I tried to power through all the symptoms of what I thought was a flu, only to find myself diagnosed with pneumonia.. It was scary. I have never been that sick, and felt that darkness of helplessness and - [Give the Gift of Connection](https://daliaanderman.com/give-the-gift-of-connection/) - This Holiday Give the Gift of Connection to Your Loved One When was the last time you had a deep, intimate, vulnerable, conversation with your partner? Let alone Seven (7) Conversations.. This Holiday, GIVE each other THE GIFT OF LOVE and INTIMACY. At our Hold Me Tight® Couples Workshop, in a safe, intimate, private setting, - [I Always Wanted to be a Flight Attendant-and Coping with Holiday Stress](https://daliaanderman.com/always-wanted-flight-attendant-coping-holiday-stress/) - I love Halloween, it is such a beautiful time of the year, as leaves change colors, and the the skies change dramatically with the weather shifts. Here in Nevada City CA, Halloween is celebrated with lots of festivities and lots of grown-ups dress-ups.. I have always said that when the world will be 'a perfect - [What is SAD, and Why is it Important to Not Ignore it!](https://daliaanderman.com/what-is-sad/) - S.A.D: Seasonal affective disorder “I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables I love hearing the Sandhill Cranes as they migrate overhead high in the autumn skies. The Sandhill Crane’s call is a loud, rolling, trumpeting sound. For me that is the sound of - [Judgement and Criticism - A Strategy of Fear?](https://daliaanderman.com/judgement-criticism-strategy-fear/) - “Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.” ― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who - [Will I ever feel whole again? Coping with grief](https://daliaanderman.com/will-ever-feel-whole-again-coping-with-grief/) - "Our silence about our grief serves no one. We can't heal if we can't grieve; we can't forgive if we can't grieve. We run from grief because loss scares us, yet our hearts reach toward grief because the broken parts want to mend. We can't rise strong when we're on the run." Brené Brown . - [How Shame 'Takes Us Out'](https://daliaanderman.com/shame-takes-us/) - If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive. ~ Brené Brown Writing about shame, already feels uncomfortable. Almost immediately, I feel a sense of discomfort rising in me, and I have been procrastinating this blog for a while (a whole month to be exact). Memories of - [Why do we get ANGRY so quickly?](https://daliaanderman.com/why-do-we-get-angry-so-quickly/) - And... what can we do about it? Does Anger get the best of you? Understanding the emotions of anger. I grew up with a father that had rage and anger. I have memories of his anger, and how scary it was for me as a little girl. Anger is scary. Most of us who were - [Coping with Anxiety and Panic when it is All Around Us](https://daliaanderman.com/coping-with-anxiety-and-panic-when-it-is-all-around-us/) - "Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength." ~ Charles Spurgeo My first encounter with panic attack and anxiety, was being rushed to the emergency room during college..I was still very far from being a psychotherapist... My heart was pounding, my chest hurting, my breath short and shallow, - [The HOLIDAY season often brings unwelcome guests – STRESS!](https://daliaanderman.com/the-holiday-season-often-brings-unwelcome-guests-stress/) - How to find light when darkness is around us, and how do we turn to loved ones to get comfort? Lately in my practice I have been noticing, that as the beauty of Fall gives way to the dark of Winter, as the days get shorter and the temperatures drop, that for some, when this seasonal change - [Loneliness: The Silent Epidemic](https://daliaanderman.com/loneliness-the-silent-epidemic/) - In an era where so much connection is possible and the world is at our fingertips, where we have virtual reality connections via Skype or face-time or emails or tweets or texts, where all day long we hear pings and notifications and alerts that someone is 'connecting with us', research says that we are more lonely than ever. Read more... - [A.R.E. you there for me? (Accessible Responsive Engaged)](https://daliaanderman.com/accessible-responsive-engaged/) - What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly. - Richard Bach At our (Sold Out!) Hold Me Tight Couple Workshop last weekend, I was so deeply moved, when I witnessed couples going from a state of fear, panic, anger, resentment, and disconnection, to trust, connection, safe communication and intimacy. - [Longing to Belong: How do I know I belong?](https://daliaanderman.com/longing-to-belong-how-do-i-know-i-belong/) - "A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don't function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt - [Claim Your JOY this Holiday Season](https://daliaanderman.com/claim-your-joy-this-holiday-season/) - Yes, it is this time of year. Holidays cheers everywhere, Santa's bell are ringing, anticipation is in the air. But with those excitements of the holidays, comes some 'un-invited guests, STRESS. We feel that we need to get things done, presents lists checked off, chores completed. We are invited to many Holidays get- together, office - [How to Make New Year Resolutions That Last](https://daliaanderman.com/how-to-make-new-year-resolutions-last/) - Happy New Year to us all! A new year ... a fresh, clean start! It's like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on! A day full of possibilities! "It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy ... let's go exploring!” — Bill Watterson, It's a Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection As - [Infidelity - a Deal Breaker - or - a Game Changer ?](https://daliaanderman.com/infidelity-a-deal-breaker-or-a-game-changer/) - Out Beyond Ideas of Right Doing.. and Wrong Doing.. There Is A Field.. I'll Meet You There.. ~ Rumi. Why Infidelity? I know it is almost Valentine's Day and I should be writing my blog about hearts and flowers and chocolates, but I am a couples therapist... and I lead couples workshops... and many - [When living hurts - you do not need to do it alone](https://daliaanderman.com/when-living-hurts-you-do-not-need-to-do-it-alone/) - "We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration." ~ Alanis Morissette There are times in our lives when 'Living Just Hurts'... We know those days when it is hard to think of getting out of bed in the morning, getting - [Daring to Own Our Story - Being Vulnerable - Loving](https://daliaanderman.com/daring-to-own-our-story-being-vulnerable-loving/) - “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will - [It is Spring Time... and Sex is in the air](https://daliaanderman.com/spring-time-sex-air/) - “Come to the orchard in Spring. There is light and wine, and sweethearts in the pomegranate flowers. Rumi If you are like me, as soon as that spring energy starts to buzz in the air.. there is that sense of renewal and aliveness, and with it, renewed energy for intimacy and sexuality. It is like - [Are the 'Reds' of Valentine's Day giving you the 'Blues'? ](https://daliaanderman.com/reds-valentines-day-giving-blues/) - Are you dreading a disappointment? Are memories of past Valentines hurting you? Valentine Day is not always an easy day for many of us. If you are in a rocky relationship, recently broken up, or just have not found the ONE, it could be a difficult day, and all those chocolates and flowers can ache. Rumi - [Don't underestimate HOLIDAY STRESS -- from 41000 ft up in the air!](https://daliaanderman.com/dont-underestimate-holiday-stress-from-41000-ft-up-in-the-air/) - Today is my birthday and I'm up at 41K on my way to Israel to deal with some family issues. Oddly the flight attendant on my flight is also having a birthday today.. She got me cake from first class... Waking up at dawn (well not that I really slept) to the sunrise of my - [Are GHOSTS of past Relationships Haunting You?](https://daliaanderman.com/are-ghosts-of-past-relationships-haunting-you/) - Hold Me (Tight) ..... I'm Scared. Time to invite your partner into the haunted house and make it safe? Many times we carry injuries and wounds from past relationships with attachment figures (parents, caregivers, past love relationships), into our PRESENT life; unaware how those attachment injuries affect our present capacity to open, bond, love, take - [Autumn and What I Did Not Know About My Empty Nest](https://daliaanderman.com/autumn-and-what-i-did-not-know-about-my-empty-nest/) - As the summer noises diminish, and the fall quiet resumes, the sounds of the empty nest are becoming EVER so 'loudly clear'.... With my younger daughter off to her college life, I stand at the grocery store, trying to remind myself that no, I do not need all that food, as the teenagers who filled - [The Birds and the bees and all Things Mating in this Time of Online Dating](https://daliaanderman.com/the-birds-and-the-bees-and-all-things-mating-in-this-time-of-online-dating/) - SPRING has arrived! I'm a couples therapist and my lens is.. well.. kind of skewed, so when spring arrives I sense its effect on myself, my loved-ones and of course in the therapy room. It's mating time, and with it comes: "Am I the One for You?". In a recent VERY long international flight -- - [What do Elephants, Lions and Couples Relationships have in common?](https://daliaanderman.com/what-do-elephants-lions-and-couples-relationships-have-in-common/) - Longevity? Power struggles? Long pregnancy? (did you know that an elephant gestation is 22 months!) Well, we know about the power struggles, and how they hurt our relationship... But to achieve longevity, at times, we need to improve our communication, secure our bonding, and promote better understanding. The other thing elephants, lions, and couples retreats - [You can Fight to be Right...and be Alone.](https://daliaanderman.com/you-can-fight-to-be-right-and-be-alone/) - A participant at our recent Hold Me Tight® Costa Rica Retreat summed up fighting to be right in a vulnerable share when he said, I can fight to be right and win the argument and be alone without my partner; and that is very sad. - [When You Are S.A.D.](https://daliaanderman.com/when-you-are-s-a-d/) - I don't know about you, but for me when winter hits, WHAM!!!, it's suddenly dark and cold. And awareness of S.A.D. is an important to finding support we need. - [Pushing Beyond our Comfort Zone](https://daliaanderman.com/pushing-beyond-our-comfort-zone/) - And so there I was, flying into the Himalayas in Northern India. It was way outside of my comfort zone, but I am so glad I did it! It was a transformative experience of turning a breakdown into a breakthrough. - [Can Traveling Re*inspire a Relationship?](https://daliaanderman.com/can-traveling-reinspire-a-relationship/) - Travel is an opportunity to leave some of the known behind to reset our perspective, and embark on a discovery of ourselves and our partner through new eyes. - [For You to be Right, I don't have to be Wrong](https://daliaanderman.com/for-you-to-be-right-i-dont-have-to-be-wrong/) - Around the time I entered graduate school for psychotherapy (later in life: for the first part of my professional life, I was a park ranger leading treks into the wilderness), I had become interested in relationships and couple's therapy. Was it growing up in a dysfunctional family or in a part of the world torn - [What is wrong with Valentine's Day? (A post-V Day blog)](https://daliaanderman.com/what-is-wrong-with-valentines-day-a-post-v-day-blog/) - Happy belated Valentine's Day, You might think that as a couple's therapist, I would be a fan of this day, celebrating Valentine's Day with an oomph. That I would welcome it with cards, balloons, chocolates, and roses. But the truth is...it is not a favorite holiday day of mine. For years I have written a - [Keeping Resolutions in the New Year.](https://daliaanderman.com/keeping-resolutions-in-the-new-year/) - Dear Readers This blog post started few month ago in November when I usually write my "how to survive the holidays" post. In these last few months, I have sat with many couples in therapy and talked about the coming holiday stress and about how to manage, cope, survive, and thrive in the holiday season. - [S.A.D., in So Many Ways](https://daliaanderman.com/s-a-d-in-so-many-ways/) - Dear Readers, I started writing this blog over a month ago now. Every year, as we move into the fall season and the trees start to change colors and the days become shorter, I write a seasonal blog post to bring awareness to Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) as well as strategies to prepare and cope - [Reignite Your Relationship at Our Hold Me Tight® Couples Retreat in Costa Rica](https://daliaanderman.com/reignite-your-relationship-at-our-hold-me-tight-couples-retreat-in-costa-rica/) - Experience transformation, connection, and rejuvenation at a 6-day Couples Retreat Those of you who know me, know how much I love to travel, and be in the world. My natural curiosity makes me eager to experience new places. You probably also know how devoted I am to my psychotherapy practice and the Hold Me Tight® - [Removing what does not belong...](https://daliaanderman.com/removing-what-does-not-belong-couples-therapy/) - The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material. ― Michelangelo Recently I was fortunate enough to be in Florence, Italy, and I went to see some of the most incredible works of art by Michelangelo and - [Learning from our pets](https://daliaanderman.com/learning-about-connection-from-our-pets/) - Dear friends These have been very strange times for all of us. It has been difficult, surreal, scary, vulnerable, challenging... In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.Albert Einstein The other day, on a counseling tele-health zoom session, while my client's dogs were joining the session in all possible ways, my client said, "I think my - [Deal Breaker or Game Changer?](https://daliaanderman.com/deal-breaker-or-game-changer/) - Dear friends, How are YOU doing? Really!! Not in the way we say it without really expecting an answer. It is SO important to check-in with your tribe, family, people, and loved ones. We are all in this together. So if you want, please send me an email and tell me how you are doing. - [Do I Matter?](https://daliaanderman.com/do-i-matter/) - Dearest Reader When Covid-19 hit our world, the message was 'stay home', 'shelter in place' and 'social distance,' unless you are an essential worker or business. I was one of those lucky ones. In response to increasing current public health concerns regarding the spread of the COVID-19 virus, I was able to transfer my psychotherapy - [Forgiveness - Is It Even Possible?](https://daliaanderman.com/forgiveness-art-relationships-hmt/) - The Freedom in Forgiveness and the Power of Apology “Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” - Marianne Williamson We will hurt the ones we love. Our loved ones will hurt - [Waking Up to Your Full Sexual Potential](https://daliaanderman.com/waking-up-to-your-full-sexual-potential/) - Spring is here - are you ready to tap into the abundance of your sexual energy? Yes. Spring is here, no question.. the flowers are bursting with colors, the poppies are flaming the hillside, the bees are humming in frenzy, the sacred Yuba River is flowing with abundance our much-needed water. Nature is alive. And so - [You Are Here!! Now... Where Do You Want to Go?](https://daliaanderman.com/you-are-here-now-where-do-you-want-to-go/) - How is it that traveling and psychotherapy are related? ‘Long time ago’ when we traveled we use to use maps.. Yes, those paper folded treasures, which you opened as you stepped out into the unknown city streets, looking for the nearest coffee shop or simply to know ‘where you are’. 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