Libby Marx Therapy

07/09/2019

Very excited to have joined Parkdale Therapy Group this month, continuing in private practice and loving my work. I’m a little slow updating all the things to reflect this change because it’s the busy summer!! I feel so grateful to do what I do, walking with the brave resilient people who trust me to journey with them.
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03/05/2019

I'll be hosting a 12 week support group for transgender youth this summer, a very underserved group of young people. Ages 13-18. Please get in touch with me if you know youth that are interested. Looking for a few more members. Thanks!!

02/04/2019

All parents get to a breaking point. We yell, often after a power struggle, when our patience is worn thin and emotionally we've moved outside the window of what we can tolerate without losing it. When we realize we're there, we need stop as soon as possible. Separate, and when calm, repair with our kids. We all need to own our mistakes and outbursts as our responsibility. We expect our kids to own their behavior regardless of their emotional state right? Often we do. Even if they are overwhelmed, anxious, tired, pushed to their little limits. And we are adults! We do our kids a great disservice when we blame them for our failings. We also deserve compassion for how challenging parenting is. Our kids lift a mirror up to encourage us to see and face where we are also learning on this journey with them. Breathe. Every moment is one to start again.

It doesn’t make you look authoritative. It makes you look out of control to your kids. It makes you look weak.

11/01/2017

When working with clients in therapy from an Internal Family Systems perspective for the first time, I see the light turn on, and clarity arrive to confusion about the many aspects of self they experience. We are many parts contributing to the whole selves we and the people we encounter experience. We mindfully notice that push pull within, we recognize parts at work in strong reactions that seem illogical, and most importantly IFS offers us a way to move beyond mindfulness and learn to offer deep compassion to all of our complicated parts, allowing us to feel whole, less fragmented and at peace.

The first time I heard someone use the acronym IFS was while talking with a friend of mine who is a marriage and family therapist. I was in the process o...