
The cage that pretends to be control…
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
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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 Counseling’s Heather Chandler, LPC and Beth Clardy Lewis, LPC-S team up with our partners at Sky Women’s Health…THREE times: our podcast, their podcast and their upcoming Menopause event.

Pausing to notice your collection of small, significant steps… I know it can feel like your mind automatically scans for what’s wrong, what still hurts, what hasn’t changed yet, or where

Now that the “back to school” craziness is over and you are starting to get into a routine, are you finding yourself frustrated, aggravated or annoyed as it isn’t going as

Monthly Memberships Are Coming to Vervewell Counseling Why? Because therapy doesn’t always fit neatly into a 50-minute box. We’re creating more ways for you to connect, grow, and get what you

Founder of Vervewell Counseling, Beth Clardy Lewis, LPC-S encourages all to not only find a therapist, but to embrace therapy that breaks the mold! You don’t need another therapist who nods