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Anxiety Explained: The False Alarm Model
Anxiety is a natural, biological response designed to protect us from danger. But for many people, anxiety seems to show up when it’s not needed—during a work meeting, while driving, or even when trying to relax at home. It can feel confusing, frustrating, and even...
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): What You Need to Know
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented mental health conditions. It affects a significant portion of the population but remains shrouded in stigma and misconceptions. While many people associate BPD with “dramatic”...
Beginning Therapy: A Helpful Guide for First-Timers
Starting therapy can feel like stepping into the unknown. You might be wondering: Will this actually help me? What if I don’t click with the therapist? What even happens in a therapy session? These are all valid questions—and the good news is, you don’t have to have...
“Everyone Has Anxiety”—So When Should I Go to Therapy for It?
Anxiety is one of the most common reasons people come to therapy. Sometimes it shows up in a big way—panic attacks, racing thoughts, difficulty sleeping. Other times, it’s more subtle. You might feel constantly on edge, overwhelmed, or just “off.” In both cases, it...
When ADHD Looks Like Laziness—but Isn’t
In relationships, few things create more misunderstanding than when one partner appears to be “doing nothing.” This is especially true for couples where one partner has ADHD. What might look like procrastination, forgetfulness, or even laziness to the neurotypical...
Understanding Internal Family Systems: A Path to Inner Healing in Today’s World
In today’s fast-paced, hyperconnected world, many of us are experiencing stress, anxiety, disconnection, and inner conflict at unprecedented levels. Despite having access to more information and resources than ever before, people still feel overwhelmed by their...
Healing Old Wounds: How EMDR Can Help You Reprocess Trauma and Feel Like Yourself Again
Have you ever felt like a part of you is stuck in the past? Maybe something happened—big or small—and even though time has passed, it still lingers. You might get triggered by things that don’t make sense, feel overwhelmed by emotions you can’t quite explain, or avoid...
When Sex Therapy Leads to ADHD: Why They Go Hand In Hand
If you’ve ever come to therapy thinking, “We just need help with our sex life…”—only to find yourself weeks later talking about executive functioning, emotional regulation, or impulsivity—you're not alone. And no, you didn’t wander into the wrong therapist’s office....
When You Can’t Find the Words: Understanding Alexithymia
Have you ever felt something deeply—frustration, sadness, anxiety—but struggled to put it into words? Maybe you’ve thought, “I feel off, but I don’t know why.” If so, you’re not alone. There’s actually a name for this experience: alexithymia. What Is Alexithymia?...
Understanding OCD: What It Isn’t—and What It Really Is
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is one of the most misunderstood mental health conditions. Pop culture references often reduce it to a personality quirk about neatness or order. But in reality, OCD is far more complex and serious. Understanding what OCD is not is...
Perfectly Hidden: The Silent Costs of Chasing an Unrealistic Ideal
The Perfection Dilemma You know that feeling when you're trying to get everything just right—and it starts to feel like a heavy weight on your shoulders, leaving you stuck? That’s perfectionism: the unrealistically high standards we place on ourselves and others that...
Not Tonight, I Forgot We Were Flirting: ADHD and Sexual Inattentiveness in Marriage
When you’re in a long-term relationship, intimacy isn’t just about what happens in the bedroom—it’s built in the little moments. I tell my clients all the time that foreplay is everything that happens between the end of one sexual interaction to the beginning of...