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.
I am here to tell you, it is a REAL thing. When daylight savings couples itself with winter days, we can sometimes find ourselves in the “winter blues.” This simply,
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
Vervewell’s David Hooper, LPC discusses some brainy trickery. The human brain is remarkably good at detecting patterns, especially things that go in circles or straight lines. We are constantly building, referencing,
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
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
When my clients take notes in our sessions, I know we are getting somewhere. My clients are some of the best humans I’ve had the honor to meet, let alone work
