Mental Health Resources & Articles

Wondering what happens during an EMDR session? Learn the step-by-step process, what EMDR therapy feels like, and what to expect before and after treatment.

Learn how perfectionism, trauma, people pleasing, managing a partner, and hypervigilance affect relationships—and how couples therapy can help.

Learn how perfectionism, trauma, people pleasing, managing a partner, and hypervigilance affect relationships—and how couples therapy can help.

Learn how perfectionism, trauma, people pleasing, managing a partner, and hypervigilance affect relationships—and how couples therapy can help.

Solving problems isn’t always the same as providing emotional support. How couples therapy and relationship counseling can help strengthen communication and connection.

Learn what EMDR works for, how this trauma therapy helps process distressing experiences, and how it supports healing attachment wounds and improving relationships.

Supporting a loved one during EMDR or trauma therapy can be challenging. Learn how to provide patience, emotional support, and understanding throughout the healing process.

Learn the difference between relationship counseling and couples therapy, the benefits of each and which one might fit your needs.

Learn the 4 P’s of imposter syndrome and why high achievers struggle with self-doubt. How EMDR, trauma therapy, and counseling can help

Beyond StereotypesObsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is often misunderstood…

Somatic EMDR can help include the body in trauma therapy, healing not only the emotional and intellectual effects of trauma, but the physical symptoms and reactions as well.

Discover how trauma and CPTSD affects relationships, including trust issues, emotional triggers, communication struggles, and healing strategies for healthier connections. How Trauma therapy, Relationship…

There’s a particular kind of heartbreak that comes with a situationship. It can feel confusing because technically, maybe it was never fully defined. Maybe there was no official…

One of the most common experiences seen in couples therapy is the…

Chronic pain is often talked about in terms of tissue damage, inflammation, or structural issues. As if it’s something that should be identifiable through a scan or explainable through medical language. And sometimes it is. But for many people…

From years of working with individuals who have learned that it is safest to be a perfectionist, I’ve been able to…

Mental health medication is one of the most debated topics in modern healthcare. Many of the individuals I work with struggle with panic attacks, Anxiety, Perfectionism and Trauma and wonder, would medication help me?

Honoring Emotions in a “Stay Strong” CultureIn a culture that often tells us to “stay strong” or “just get over it,”

Body image isn’t an on/off switch. It lives on a spectrum, and understanding that spectrum can be the first step toward meaningful change. On one…

“If I’m not hard on myself, I’ll lose my edge.” This is something I hear from clients all the time. There’s a real fear underneath it: If I stop pushing myself the way I always have, I’ll lose a part of me that I actually like. The driven part. The disciplined part.

It’s that time of year where we see invitations to “start fresh”, optimize our habits, become a “better” version of ourselves. For some, the New Year feels inspiring, like a door opening to new possibilities. For others, it can be draining, disconnecting, stirring up…

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy that is very unique and differs from talk therapy rather dramatically. EMDR was originally designed in the 1980’s to help people recover from traumatic experiences…

In this article, “winning” a fight can be thought of as having a “productive argument” that leads to a deeper understanding of you and your partners position with one another. This article lists out some tips to aid in having a productive argument.

Making a “decision” or a “plan” can be overwhelming. Oftentimes it’s easy to feel frozen or paralyzed by all of the options and questions that need to be answered before making a decision. This step-by-step decision making…

Perfectionism can be sneaky and hard to identify. When we can identify it, we can work with it and gain a lot of insight around how and why it’s showing up in our life! This article explores different ways to conceptualize perfectionism…

If you struggle with an eating disorder, body-dysmorphia, anorexia, binge eating, or just struggle with mealtimes and food in general, these journaling prompts could be helpful in exploring your relationship with food and meals.

If you struggle with body-image, these journaling prompts could be helpful in exploring your relationship to body-image struggles. Body Dysmorphia is common and often goes un-explored due to how wide-spread the issue is.

Why do I binge eat and how do I change it? While there are many things that contribute to binge eating and how to “fix it”, this post describes how putting food on a pedestal or having a “scarcity mindset” around food can contribute to binge eating…