This article discusses domestic violence, coercive control, stalking, and abuse. Please read at your own pace and skip any sections that feel overwhelming. Any therapist in the business of working with the most personal, intimate, and difficult issues in a...
September is Perimenopause Awareness Month, which makes it a good time to talk about something that often gets left out of the conversation: perimenopause and mental health. We hear a lot about menopause’s hot flashes, night sweats, irregular periods, and trouble...
Politics can feel impossible to escape right now. Headlines on television, political conversations around the dinner table, notifications arriving on our phones, and videos appearing in our children's social media feeds: even if parents try to shield their children...
Have you ever noticed that even in those moments when life finally slows down, your body doesn't? You finish the work project, your children are asleep, the house is quiet, and yet your shoulders remain tense. Your mind keeps racing. Sleep doesn't come easily. Your...
Summertime means less covering up, swimsuits, beach time…and for a lot of folks, this is hard. Because I’m guessing no one needs to tell you that our culture is obsessed with health, wellness, and fitness. “Fit” is often code for thin or skinny. Body size has been an...
Belonging, connecting, and interacting are intrinsic to humans. We find not only meaning, but survival in our ability to connect. We belong to families, both chosen and inherited, in our friend groups, through our workplaces, in clubs, civic organizations, sports...
By Galena Vaysberg Grief – after the death of a loved one or pet – comes in many forms. Non death losses, like divorce and estrangement, break ups, job loss, miscarriage or medical diagnosis, count too. These are often referred to as ambiguous losses. ...
You left a relationship that, at some level, you knew wasn’t healthy for you. Maybe there was emotional manipulation. Maybe it was the constant instability. Or maybe it was the pattern of being pulled close and then pushed away. You spent hours questioning your own...
You meet your responsibilities. You show up for others. You are productive, reliable, and capable. From the outside, your life may look stable or even successful. And yet, internally, something feels off. You may feel constantly on edge, emotionally disconnected, or...