Ellen J.W. Gigliotti, LMFT
Adjusting to the new normal: COVID, vaccines, and a virtual ride
Our nation seems to be in a race between getting vaccines in as many of us as possible – the iconic “shots in arms” everyone is talking...
Ellen J.W. Gigliotti, LMFT
Reunions
Maybe you remember – as many do – those monster family affairs of grandparents, aunts, uncles and assorted others, generally held in some...
Ellen J.W. Gigliotti, LMFT
Covid Grief, take 2
“I feel like tears are always close to the surface right now” As therapists, helping people through grief has always been what we’re...
Ellen J.W. Gigliotti, LMFT
Sleepless in Shippensburg
So last week I got sidetracked, and forgot all kinds of things. There were even moments when it was tough to put words together...
Ellen J.W. Gigliotti, LMFT
FOMO - and turning it to joy
FOMO - Fear of Missing Out. What a metaphor for 2020. From the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic to the present, so many of us are...
Ellen J.W. Gigliotti, LMFT
Long Time Coming
My husband loves to write blogs with song lyrics in them, and I guess that’s rubbing off on me. So with apologies to Bruce Springsteen,...
Ellen J.W. Gigliotti, LMFT
Covid Grief
We're in for it, folks. Not only is the Covid-19 pandemic rampaging around our nation, seemingly without any checks, but there will be a...
Jennie Sheffe, Marriage and Family Therapist
From clutter to clarity
I love a decorated home but finding the motivation to get the Christmas decorations out was overwhelming for me this year. During the...
Ellen J.W. Gigliotti, LMFT
Lessons learned in the dirt
My hubby and I are kind of indifferent gardeners. We’ve almost always had a garden, if by “having a garden” I mean having one pitiful...
Ellen J.W. Gigliotti, LMFT
I love online therapy!
Pretty early on in the pandemic, I decided that online therapy – sometimes called telemental health or virtual therapy – was the wave of the
