“Love is NOT a mystery!”

Despite what zillions of individuals believe, write prose and poetry about, sing, clash, fight and sadly even kill about, “Love is NOT a mystery!” It is a survival code deeply wired into our DNA, and the DNA of all mammals. It is a language. This language...

“I can’t go back to that fake feeling!”

“We’ve both been living this fake relationship for years. I can’t be real in relationship with you until I know me and truly know you…it’s not going to be fast..but I can’t go back to that fake feeling!” Want Loving, Caring,...

“I do not forgive you!”

With tears in her eyes…weeping….weeping….my female client pointedly tells the mother she has energetically brought in our session, “I do not forgive you,  I do not forgive you. I am not ready to forgive you. You are you who are, but you hurt...

“Accepted from F’d Up to Fabulous!”

“I now know that I want to be accepted for who I am from “F’d Up to Fabulous!” – male client of Joseph’s. If acceptance of your “Whole Self” is a goal of yours in relationship… Join Cynthia Benge and I for: Hold Me...

“Not pointing fingers!”

My clients always say it better than I can explain…here is what a recent offered after our sessions came to a close…. “Working with Joseph gave me a framework for identifying the emotions, and root causes, that underlie so much of my behavior. He...

“I leaned into my fear and the fever broke!”

After 10 months of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, the female partner of a couple who came into therapy reeling from an infidelity and an reactive domestic violence who was able to lean into a very old fear and stay engaged with her partner. When questioned,...