September 11, 2026

Hello and welcome!

This is the first in the series of "blogs" both by me and by guests.  The premise is people get "Stuck" for many reasons. And not all of these reasons are immediately apparent. This is no one's fault, no one to blame. We all have life experiences and sometimes they get in the way. We become."Stuck". The goal of most therapies is to help people become "Unstuck", to move in a helpful direction.  As I muse, and hopefully on occasion I'm amusing,  we will discuss many of the reasons that people may seem to get in their own way.

The work I do is strength based and multi modalities. There is no one way to heal, but for most of us, some form of healing is necessary. A person may have ADHD, some form of autism, neurodivergence, anxiety, depression, trauma, posttraumatic stress in many other reasons for entering therapy. My experiences that most people do so to try to establish or reestablish a connection, sometimes with themselves sometimes with others.

It is my hope that as well, as I write that others will respond and or tell their stories. Some of the blog will be me telling my stories, hopefully, purposefully and helpful to others so that they may make a connection with themselves, with others or with me.

Kind caring,
Steve

September 12, 2026

I feel remiss in not mentioning 9/11 yesterday.  Perhaps I was busy or perhaps I was avoidant.  I'm not sure but it was a generational horror and should be acknowledged.  More later.

Kind caring,

Steve

September 14, 2026

This website is a work in progress.  My thanks to Anita Getz for getting it started and for helping me learn more about managing a website than I would have ever dreamed could happen.  Dreams... was working with a client earlier today about his dreams, actually two clients.  Seems to me they are windows to the struggles (real world and existential) that many of us have on a daily basis.  Dreams, nightmares are interesting and important to notice.  Wondering how many of you notice your dreams, nightmares.

This website was initiated because my application to participate as a supporting provider of services at Race for Autism (see link on Support for Parents of Children button above) wouldn't let me continue without putting my website. So now I have a website which I call Heart & Mind is my therapy practice is based on an understanding of how our heart brings our mind into harmony as long as our mind is bringing your heart into harmony. Of course it's also the gut and the Polyvagal nervous system. All of this is important to the ability for an individual to heal.

Support for Parents of Children who Stuck is a program that I began to consider, although not in those words, with my first job as a camp counselor at age 15. 60 years later and through many iterations it has evolved into this specific program. The first round of support for parents of children who are stuck, was held over six sessions at Congregation Brothers of Israel, and Congregation Kol Emet.  I am most grateful to both congregations for their support and help.

I hope to see many people that I know and many people I don't know at the race for autism this coming Saturday. It's a very worthy cause I look forward to my participation.

Kind caring,
Steve