Starting Therapy as a Neurodivergent Client: What to Expect
When you’re neurodivergent, the world can seem like it isn’t made for you. It can be overstimulating, unpredictable, and filled with social expectations that don’t quite make sense.
I’m here to tell you that therapy is made for the wonderful, authentic you.
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The Journeys of Our Lives
I have learned that everything leads back to grief and loss. If you are experiencing panic attacks, depression, anxiety, difficulty managing relationships, and (insert struggle), there is grief and loss underneath all those feelings and journeys.
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Feeling Too Much or Nothing at All? Let’s Talk About Your Window of Tolerance
Have you ever felt like your emotions are too much or that you don’t feel anything at all? You might feel your heart start pounding, your mind racing, or you go numb and disconnect emotionally. These are signs that you may be outside your Window of Tolerance.
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Healing Doesn’t Always Look Like Progress
Healing is not a destination you arrive at with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It is practice. A relationship. A courageous, ongoing conversation with yourself. Healing is messy. It’s brave. And it’s happening, even when it doesn’t feel like it.
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Rest
Why are we so resistant to letting ourselves rest? We live in a culture that makes us feel like we have to be doing something productive every hour that we are awake. We are expected to be busy little worker bees all the live long day. The problem with that is we’re not bees.
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Building Your Personal Fortification: A Guide to Healthy Boundaries
Have you ever felt overwhelmed, drained or just plain off after interacting with certain people or situations? The culprit of this feeling may be undefined or poorly maintained boundaries. Think of boundaries as the invisible lines that delineate your individual space, energy, and emotional well-being from others
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For Therapists: How to Cope When the World’s On Fire
Lately it feels like the world’s on fire. Whatever your political beliefs may be, there is something major happening, seemingly every day with very little time to process before the next big event happens. It can be very easy to feel like there is little hope or get swept away in the chaos of what's happening while also feeling like there’s nothing you can do.
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Healing from the Inside Out: Understanding Complex Trauma
When we hear the word “trauma” many of us think of a single painful event, like a natural disaster or an accident. But for many people, trauma isn’t just a single moment in time. It’s a series of ongoing relational wounds stemming from neglect, abuse, or emotional misattunement that happen in relationships we depended on as children and adolescents.
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What to Expect in Couples Therapy
Many couples seek out therapy not because their relationship is broken, but because they want to build something stronger, more connected, and more intentional. And building that relationship takes support and help; and that is normal and ok.
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