Feeling Fully Alive
Erotic vitality means feeling fully alive. You do this first and foremost for yourself. Feeling vibrant and empowered to live and speak ...
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Pain is often the wake-up call that tips the balance from tolerating unhappiness to making important changes in how you approach life and relate to yourself and others. Whether you’re a partner in a couple, a parent raising kids, a neighbor navigating property lines, a co-worker seeking a promotion, or a friend who feels ghosted by your bestie, there are skills you can practice and develop to turn distance and disagreements into connection. Changing your story begins with accepting challenges, getting curious, SLOWing down, and approach relational moments in new and creative ways.
My name is Alicia Muñoz and I’m a writer, counselor and couples therapist. I have extensive training in Imago Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy.
Over the course of the last two decades, I’ve worked in private clinics, New York City’s Bellevue Hospital and private practice. But my biggest lessons didn’t happen at work or in trainings. They happened in relationships. Like the couples I work with, I’ve struggled to find happiness, fulfillment and peace in a committed romantic relationship. Following a painful divorce in my late twenties, I didn’t have much faith in healthy partnerships—or in my own ability to be in one myself. Two decades later, I know differently.
I hope you’ll use the resources you find on these pages to understand yourself better, connect to your body’s innate wisdom, SLOW down, and bring a sense of curiosity and mindfulness to the unresolved conflicts you experience with your partner as you practice new self-soothing and communication skills.
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My name is Alicia Muñoz and I’m a therapist and a writer. I have extensive training in Imago Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. I’ve worked in private clinics, New York City’s Bellevue Hospital and private practice. But my biggest lessons didn’t happen at work or in trainings. They happened in relationships.
I hope you’ll use the resources on these pages to understand yourself better and bring curiosity and an adventurous spirit to the unresolved conflicts in your relationships!
One of the most common and destructive issues in romantic relationships is rumination. Drawn from CBT, RFCBT, short-term psychodynamic and mindfulness therapies, Stop Overthinking Your Relationship offers a practical four-step approach to reduce rumination and change your negative thinking patterns so you can find joy, ease and connection with your partner.
Erotic vitality means feeling fully alive. You do this first and foremost for yourself. Feeling vibrant and empowered to live and speak ...
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