Navigating Divorce With Support
More Than Paperwork and Logistics Divorce is often described in terms of paperwork and logistics, which leaves out most of what actually makes it hard: grieving a future you’d planned on, and renegotiating your identity outside a marriage. Often, all of this happens while you’re still coordinating co-parenting or shared finances with the same person […]
Support While Trying to Conceive or Facing Infertility
A More Isolating Experience Than People Realize Trying to conceive can be one of the more isolating experiences a person goes through, partly because it’s often kept private, and partly because it can stretch on far longer than anyone expects going in. The emotional weight of infertility is often underestimated by people who haven’t lived […]
LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy, Explained
Not Having to Explain Yourself First Finding a therapist is hard enough without wondering whether you’ll need to explain or defend your identity before you can even get to what actually brought you in. LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy starts from acceptance, not tolerance. Your identity isn’t treated as a topic to work through or a factor […]
What Therapy Actually Helps With: Common Myths, Debunked
“You Have to Be in Crisis to Go” A lot of people put off therapy because of ideas about it that aren’t quite accurate. Here are a few of the most common ones, and what’s actually true. Myth: you have to be in crisis to go to therapy. Reality: most people who benefit from therapy […]
Grief Doesn’t Follow a Timeline: How a Death Doula and Therapist Can Both Help
There’s No Timeline You’re Supposed to Follow Grief has a way of showing up on its own schedule, long after everyone else has moved on and stopped asking how you’re doing. There’s no timeline you’re supposed to be following, whether you lost someone six weeks ago or six years ago. There’s also no “right” way […]
How to Get Started With Therapy: What to Expect in Your First Session
The Hardest Part Is Deciding to Start Deciding to try therapy is often the hardest part. After that, a lot of people just aren’t sure what actually happens next. Here’s what to expect. It starts with a contact form. New clients typically hear back from a therapist within 24 to 48 hours. Choosing How and […]
Caregiver Burnout Is Real — Here’s How to Start Prioritizing Yourself
“I Don’t Have Time to Fall Apart” If you’re caring for a parent, a partner, a child, or anyone else who depends on you, you’ve probably had that exact thought more than once. Caregivers are often the ones holding everyone else together. That makes it easy to push your own needs to the very bottom […]
Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy, Explained
A Common, Frustrating Experience If you’re neurodivergent, whether you have ADHD, are autistic, or were only recently diagnosed as an adult, you’ve probably had at least one experience of a provider treating your traits as problems to correct rather than simply part of how your brain works. That experience keeps a lot of people away […]
What Art Therapy Is and Who It Helps
When Words Aren’t Enough Talk therapy works well for a lot of people, but not everyone processes experiences most easily through words. Some experiences are genuinely hard to put into language at all. That’s where art therapy comes in. Art therapy uses creative expression, like drawing, painting, and collage, alongside a licensed therapist’s guidance to […]
Therapy for Older Adults: What to Expect When You’re Ready to Talk
Therapy Isn’t Just for Younger People There’s a common assumption that therapy is a younger person’s tool, something for figuring out your twenties, not something for later in life. That’s simply not true. Retirement, becoming a caregiver, losing a spouse or close friends, memory changes, or simply reflecting on a long life are all significant […]