How To Handle Big Emotions in Therapy
Crying in therapy is common enough that therapists expect it. Feeling suddenly furious with your therapist, often called “transference” is common enough that researchers have studied what to do next for years. When intense emotional states arise during your therapy,...
AI Can Support Your Mental Health – But It Can’t Replace Your Therapist
Thanks to AI chatbots, it’s been incredibly easy to learn and access information, including insights about your mental health, 24/7. . In fact, AI has made access to psychological self-knowledge effortless. You can identify your attachment style, list your...
How Does Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Work?
Ketamine made history in 2019 as the first psychedelic drug approved by the FDA for treatment-resistant depression. For people who had tried several antidepressant medication ketamine is a new option that actually worked. Ketamine could lift severe depression within...
Why Do Emotions Hit So Hard with ADHD?
ADHD is most often described in terms of attention, focus, and energy. There is another feature of the picture that has been part of the science for years: emotional dysregulation. How strongly feelings land, how quickly they escalate, and how long they linger. It is...
A Gentle Guide to Navigating Life With Chronic Pain
Most of us were taught that pain is a signal: something is broken, it needs fixing, and the problem will go away. With chronic pain, that story is different. Even though the original injury is usually long gone, the discomfort persists, worsens, or quietly shifts to...
The Importance of Cultivating Awe
What was the last event, experience, interaction that made you feel quietly bigger than yourself? Was it live music that hits you in the chest or a sunset or view that held you still. A friend’s story that made you put your phone down and focus intensely on the...
Gut Feelings: How Nutrition Shapes Your Child’s Emotional Health
There’s a reason you feel sluggish after a heavy meal and sharper after a decent breakfast. It’s undeniable – what we eat changes how we feel. For children, that effect is amplified. Their brains are still forming, their nervous systems still...
What’s an iPad Kid – Warning Signs & Parenting Tips
Scroll through Instagram, TikTok, or Reddit for a couple of minutes, and you will probably stumble across the phrase: “iPad kid.” It became a meme, a criticism, even a casual insult all rolled into one. But behind the memes, there is a reality that is...
Meet Your Parts: Intro to IFS Therapy (Internal Family Systems)
Meet Your Parts: Intro to IFS Therapy (Internal Family Systems) Have you ever felt completely at odds with yourself? Like one part of you wants to set the boundary, speak up, or finally slow down – while another part keeps you small, silent, or spinning? You...
Achieving Mastery: Mindset Lessons from Alysa Liu and Eileen Gu
What if the secret to succeeding in life is not found in how hard you can grit your teeth, but how much joy you can actually find in the struggle? When we think about big challenges, we often imagine a single path to the top: relentless grind, constant pressure, and...Contact us
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