Alyssa Siegel, MS, LPC - Sex. Writing. Sex Writing.
So I helped write a book. It’s a good book. It’s a sex book. It’s a father-daughter, therapist-team sex book. What could be more fun than that?! The funny thing is, I never imagined that […]
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Alyssa Siegel, MS, LPC - My Aging Self, In 7 Year Multiples
For the most part, I feel largely disconnected from my past. I’ve heard it said before that each person is essentially ”reborn” ever 7 years, meaning I think, that we are essentially new, or at least different, then our […]
Alyssa Siegel, MS, LPC – Public Private Selves
Two of my clients released their secrets to me recently. Secrets that they had never told anyone prior. Secrets that they had been carrying like a overloaded backpack, stuffed with heavy supplies such as rusty […]
Alyssa K. Siegel, MS, LPC - Love and Haters: Negative Energy and Me
I stopped watching the news years ago. It took me a little while to catch on to the fact that every time I watched it the result was one (or all) of the following three […]
Alyssa Siegel, MS, LPC - You Are Beautiful: In Most Every Single Way
My father is gay and a gay New York male to the core. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this subset of person, gay New York males tend to be just a little […]
Colorful You: Tattoos and Psychotherapy
My clients are colorful. I don’t mean figuratively colorful, though I suppose they are that, too. I mean literally colorful. Their skin, by and large, is profoundly and profusely decorated with ink. Since drawing this […]
On the Corner of Desire and Gratitude, Looking for Balance Street
I went to church this last Sunday… ish. I can’t quite bring myself to say that I went to church because to me church has always has a negative connotation. I have, admittedly and historically, […]
Alyssa K. Siegel, MS, LPC - My Directions: A Guide to Maintaining a Happy Partner
At the tender age of 36, I seem to have found what feels like the right relationship for me. This process has been intentional at times, unintentional at others. Sometimes graceful and thoughtful and sometimes […]
Alyssa K. Siegel, MS, LPC - A Breast-Psychology Self-Exam
One evening, a couple of years ago, my partner at the time telephoned me to tell me that he was going to go out to a movie by himself and that he would not be […]
Alyssa K. Siegel, MS, LPC - Nature vs. Nurture
Prepare yourself, for I am about to talk about something heavy. If you’re in the market today for a light and funny post, this isn’t it. Gender role reversal. Yep. That’s it. The big daddy. […]