Jennifer L Moore, LMFT

03/06/2025

Thinking of everyone tonight as the wind howls outside. Don't forget you experienced a scary thing less than six months ago. It's normal to feel uneasy tonight.

01/30/2025

Please use coping skills with discretion.

Coping skills serve to help us regulate our emotional experience to get through difficult times.

They don't make the difficult times less difficult.

They also don't serve as a benefit to help us cope with that which should be iradicated.

01/07/2025

Criticism is harmful to relationships. It's a hurtful thing to do to your partner, and it's a hurtful thing to do to yourself.

12/17/2024

If you live in the CSRA and christmas doesn't feel quite right this year, or your stress is higher than usual and you're judging yourself, I'd just like to remind you that we had a devastating hurricane that we are not yet recovered from. It's not a normal year, and you might need extra doses of holiday grace this year. It won't be perfect and that's okay.

12/10/2024

Your partner will not understand you better by hearing what you think of them.

11/27/2024

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I don't often post video clips, but this was a good one. You aren't responsible for making them happy. They are responsible for making themselves happy. Just keep it in mind this week.

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11/12/2024

Heads up, couples, one of you has already started thinking about the holidays. What gifts to buy, where to have the family gathering, what needs cleaned, how to decorate, booking the travel to grandma's house...

If it's not you, it might mean a lot to someone you know if you started.

11/11/2024

When you are selecting a therapist there can be many variables that influence your choices. You can choose them based on gender, age, training, or the warmth of their smile. In that first session, you can ask about their religious beliefs, political leaning, and I would even say their sexual orientation or gender identity. You do not have to be vulnerable with someone included in a subset of our culture that has posed some kind of threat to you. Not all therapists agree with me. And maybe that's a variable too.

Your sense of safety and ability to be vulnerable are vital to the process and I'm not afraid to help you rule me out if I don't fit the bill.

11/07/2024

Safe spaces exist, but are not public access. One can't operate with the presumption of safety when they are mingling around in society. People can be little walking balls of chaos and suffering.

But you know what is safe?
My office.
You can say what you want and be who you are and expect my respect and non-judgement.

Everybody is learning and growing at their own pace and operates based on the values that matter to them. And I hope you feel that openness and freedom every time you come see me.

11/06/2024

Name the feeling.
Validate the feeling.
Express the feeling.

That's how you move through.

10/31/2024

There is simply no amount of therapy that can make you safe from struggle, free from pain, or protected from hurt.

10/05/2024

Thought everyone might find it helpful to remember the three Dos and Donts of talking with people under acute stress.

Do:
Listen
Empathize
Validate

Dont:
Minimize/compare
Point out the silver lining
Or offer unsolicited advice

Everyone is doing their best under stress. How they cope might not look like how you would. Just make space. Remember, compassion means to suffer with. That means meeting people where they are and letting them know you're there, you care and you believe in them.

Thinking of all of you while we are all coping with some pretty acute stress.