Danielle Sangalli, LMFT

The number one factor that has the power to keep our fights with loved ones from being a waste of time is our willingness to fight. Anyone who enters an argument feeling as though they’ve been dragged into it unnecessarily and with the mindset that they have so many be...

Disappointing others is unavoidable. We like to think that we can avoid saying “no” to others, or having to make decisions for ourselves that may inconvenience them, but such avoidance often just ends up creating its own set of problems. It’s important that we start re...

As a marriage and family therapist I’ve enjoyed the privilege of helping others achieve stronger and more secure relationships; the kind that outweigh some of the world's toughest stress. Witnessing such positive growth in these relationships has been so meaningful to...

One of the greatest challenges in our lives is when we find ourselves caught in the conflict between our emotions and logic; the classic battle of heart and mind. Often, such a rivalry is sparked when boundaries are blurred between the two as the heart and mind drift i...

I have found that a major contributing factor/motivator to a therapy client’s decision to start counseling has been to get ahead of, or to prevent, something negative from happening. Often, these clients are worried that they have been hanging on too long to an unhealt...

Perhaps you’ve seen, or have at least heard of, the TV show “What NOT to Wear.” Many adore this show as it allows viewers a front-row seat to watch the transformation of a select group of fashionably-ignorant/poorly-dressed individuals who have been “spotted” out on th...

In our busy world today, filled to the brim with the many things that are spreading us thin, we really don’t have time, energy, or space for miscommunication. Unfortunately though, it seems that our rushing around often tends to be a root cause for our miscommunication...

The inconveniences and annoyances we face in daily life are countless. Aside from the major challenges of being human (like illness, unemployment, divorce, or death) it is actually the more minor (and reoccurring) irritants popping up in our daily routines that seem to...

A popular goal that many of us have in life is to create happy memories. We take it upon ourselves to plan exciting vacations, we mark special occasions with decorative balloons and confetti, we engrave our jewelry with unique sentiment, and we take pictures of… well,...

Whether or not we’re fully conscious of it, our world is in a constant search for balance. Where there is war, we want peace; where there is inaction, we want action; where there is drought, we pray for rain; where there is flooding we hope for sun; what goes up, must...