
Calming the back-to-school craziness
Are you heading back to school? Starting a new position or job? Struggling with getting back into a routine after summer break? It doesn’t have to be stressful or time consuming.
This isn’t fluff. These are real thoughts from real therapists—reflections on identity, grief, relationships, anxiety, and the daily work of being human. Our blog is a space to offer clarity, compassion, and occasional irreverence, just like our sessions.

Are you heading back to school? Starting a new position or job? Struggling with getting back into a routine after summer break? It doesn’t have to be stressful or time consuming.

Vervewell’s Casye LeRay (and her therapy dog Gumbeaux) offer Walk & Talk sessions: therapy and a walk on the Trinity Trail = a double healthy duo Vervewell’s Casye LeRay offers therapy

The Liberation in Awareness: How Therapy Expands Our Freedom to Choose Have you ever caught yourself repeating the same destructive pattern in relationships, wondering why you keep choosing partners who hurt

from Vervewell’s Blake Overstreet, LPC The Modern Paradox: Finding Meaning in the Age of Endless Comparison In our hyper-connected world, we face an unprecedented challenge to our psychological well-being. What I’d

Self-talk is just what it sounds like – talking to ourselves, either in our head or out loud. Most of the time we are more critical of ourselves than we would

Self-acceptance is the practice of fully embracing ourselves—our strengths, our weaknesses, and everything in between—without judgment. It’s recognizing that emotions like anger, sadness, anxiety or even laziness aren’t inherently “bad”; they’re