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.
The Narcissist You Need to Be. There is a word that has been so thoroughly poisoned by culture that most people flinch when they hear it applied to themselves. Narcissist. Say
Most relationship problems do not start with a big fight.They start with a small moment that gets missed. A comment about your day.A sigh from the other room.A look that says
As I turned 50, I found myself in very dark space. I was a new empty nester, in the depths of my fight against perimenopause, starting a brand-new career, and had
Vervewell’s very own Casye LeRay is trained in A.R.T. (accelerated resolution therapy). She came into studying this process somewhat naturally, organically, as she experienced her own heartache many years ago with
Our very own Blake Overstreet, LPC unlocks the paradox of routine and how structure sets us free. There’s a particular kind of morning anxiety that many people know well. You wake
The Cage We Choose: When Self-Blame Feels Safer Than Powerlessness Recently, while I was reading Robert Sapolsky’s Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, a striking experiment caught my attention: A rat is
