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Orienting Toward The Good

What you appreciate, appreciates. When we experience chronic stress or trauma one of the things that happens in our body is that we orient toward

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The Secret to Finding a Therapist You Vibe With

It is so tough to find a therapist, especially when you’re in the thick of it. Here are some common concerns: Can I afford it?

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Your Anger is Welcome Here

Women are often sent the message that their anger is not welcome, unacceptable, “unbecoming of a lady.” It’s such an engrained part of our culture

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Explore Insecurity

Insecurity, like many difficult feelings, is one we often try to banish. However, the more we avoid it the stronger it tends to grow. ⠀

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Trauma Happens Across All Lived Experiences

Trauma happens across all lived experiences and you can’t tell who has experienced trauma or not just by looking at someone. Many trauma survivors get

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Hope & Attachment

We’ve all had moments of feeling let down when we “got our hopes up” about something. And, I get it. It hurts. We often feel

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Real Relationships Aren’t Always Pretty

Sometimes in our attempts to foster healthy relationships we can get a little avoidant of conflict. Or unforgiving of someone saying the wrong thing or

Overcoming the Shoulds

The shoulds show up a lot, don’t they? And they make us feel so disempowered. I see clients regularly get caught up in shoulds. I

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Your Life, Your Choices

I often hear clients talk about the not-so-subtle shoulds that loved ones sling their way. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “What does your therapist say?” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “You’re barking up

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Defiance Doesn’t Have to Be Bad

Defiance often gets a bad rap, but, like many things life, it can actually be a really useful quality. How many social justice movements have

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Internal VIPs

We all have people in our lives who we’ve internalized to some extent – like parents, mentors, parents of choice, partners, friends, etc. These are

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There’s No Such Thing as TMI in Therapy

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – there’s no such thing as tmi in therapy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I wanna know all about your

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