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A Deeper Way to Start the New Year: Therapy Intensives Explained
Looking for deeper new year therapy support? Learn how therapy intensives and EMDR intensives support insight, regulation, and lasting change.
Therapist Networking & Connection Hour
Join us on January 16 from 1:00–2:30pm for an afternoon of connection with fellow therapists in private practice. Snacks and sodas will be provided, and the focus is on genuine conversation—not awkward icebreakers or forced networking.
The Real ROI of Therapy Intensives: Time, Healing, and Lasting Change
The real ROI of therapy intensives goes beyond cost. Learn how focused therapy support can save time, reduce burnout, and create deep healing by investing in mental health intentionally.
How to Set Realistic Mental Health Goals for the New Year
The start of a new year often comes with pressure to change everything at once—but mental health doesn’t work that way. If you’re feeling burned out or anxious, traditional New Year’s resolutions may be doing more harm than good. This post explores how to set realistic mental health goals rooted in compassion, emotional well-being, and sustainability, with examples of New Year intentions that prioritize progress over perfection and support long-term healing.
5 Tips for Managing Stress Around Christmas When You’re Healing From Trauma
If holiday stress feels overwhelming or you’re tired of white-knuckling your way through the holidays, you deserve more support. Read for 5 therapist-approved tips for caring for you during the holidays when you’re recovering from trauma. Therapy can help you create safer boundaries, regulate anxiety, and untangle the emotional weight of coping with family during holidays.
How to Navigate Grief During the Holidays
Your grief doesn’t disappear just because the calendar says it’s time to celebrate. Grief during the holidays can feel heavier because the absence of your loved one is felt more deeply. With the right holiday grief support, it’s possible to move through this season with more gentleness, intention, and care.
Taking Care of Yourself During the Holidays After Divorce: Tips for Coparenting, Healing, and Finding Peace
The holidays can feel especially heavy after divorce—filled with mixed emotions, shifting traditions, and coparenting logistics. You don’t have to navigate it alone. With mindful planning, self-compassion, and the right support, it’s possible to create a season that feels more peaceful, grounded, and true to you.
Why a Pre-Holiday Therapy Intensive Is the Best Gift You Can Give Yourself
A pre-holiday therapy intensive offers an emotional reset before the holidays—helping you feel calm, clear, and grounded amid seasonal stress.
The Link Between Perfectionism and Anxiety: How Therapy Can Help
Perfectionism and anxiety often go hand in hand, forming a cycle that’s difficult to break. Perfectionism sets impossible expectations. Therapy can help you keep your edge but gain more fulfillment and relief from anxiety.
The Hidden Benefits of Therapy Intensives You Might Not Know About
Discover the hidden benefits of therapy intensives beyond crisis care. Learn how intensives offer time efficiency, deeper breakthroughs, emotional reset, and flexible trauma treatment. Explore intensive therapy advantages for faster results and more meaningful healing. Schedule a consultation to learn more.
Therapy Intensives Are a Partnership: Here’s How We Work Together
Therapy intensives are a collaborative partnership between client and therapist, creating space for faster, deeper healing. Learn how working together in a therapy intensive supports your trauma recovery and emotional growth.
How to Recognize Burnout and Recover From It
When you’re juggling multiple roles, burnout can be easy to dismiss exhaustion as “normal” or to tell yourself you just need to push through. But burnout isn’t just about being tired—it’s a sign that your mind and body have been running on empty for too long. Recognizing it early and taking steps toward recovery can help you feel more grounded, capable, and at peace again.
5 Ways to Protect Your Emotional Health During the Holidays
Protecting your holiday mental health doesn’t mean withdrawing from the season—it means approaching it with care, intention, and compassion for yourself. Here are five emotional health tips to help you navigate the holidays with more peace and authenticity.
How to Set Boundaries for your Mental Health
Struggling with people-pleasing? Learn why setting healthy boundaries is essential for mental health, how to set and maintain them, and how therapy can help you practice boundary setting tips with support.
Understanding the impact of trauma on mental health
If you have experienced trauma and now struggle with your mental health, it is important to remember: this is not a flaw in your character. Developing PTSD or other trauma-related challenges is your brain and body’s natural response to overwhelming experiences. Trauma and mental health are deeply connected, and understanding that connection is the first step toward healing.
5 Strategies for Managing Fall Anxiety
Fall anxiety is common—shorter days, busier routines, and the pressure of closing out the year can feel overwhelming, especially for professionals already navigating burnout or high stress. With the right tools, you can manage seasonal stress and approach the end of the year feeling more grounded and resilient.
What to Expect in a Therapy Intensive Session with Me
If you’ve been considering a therapy intensive, you might be wondering what it will be like to step into such a deep-dive experience. Trying something new, especially in the realm of healing, can stir up uncertainty. My goal in this post is to walk you through what to expect in a therapy intensive session, so you can feel prepared, grounded, and supported every step of the way.
The Connection Between Sleep and Mental Health
Struggling with sleep is more common than many people realize—especially for those living with anxiety or recovering from trauma. Difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or feeling rested in the morning can affect your mood, focus, and ability to handle daily stress. For people carrying unresolved trauma, nights can be particularly hard, with racing thoughts, restlessness, or even nightmares making rest feel impossible. Sleep isn’t just about physical rest—it’s deeply tied to our emotional well-being.
Feeling Stuck? How Therapy Intensives Create Breakthroughs
Feeling stuck—whether in personal growth, relationships, or even in therapy—can be frustrating and isolating. You may be doing “all the right things” but still find yourself repeating the same patterns, struggling with anxiety, or unable to move forward in the ways you hoped. For high-achieving professionals especially, this can feel discouraging, as success in other areas of life doesn’t always translate into emotional ease or healthier connections.
Coping with Separation or Divorce
Separation and divorce are among life’s most challenging transitions. It’s common to feel a swirl of emotions—grief, anger, anxiety, relief, uncertainty—sometimes all in the same day. This is not just the ending of a relationship; it’s a shift that can touch every corner of your emotional well-being, identity, and relationships. If you’re moving through this, please know: you’re not broken, and you’re not alone.