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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.
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.
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.
Preparing for Back-to-School: Mental Health Tips for Parents
You don’t have to navigate this stressful season alone. Therapy can support parents in managing their own anxiety so they can show up more calmly and confidently for their kids. It’s not about being a perfect parent—it’s about feeling supported enough to parent with more intention and less overwhelm.
Navigating Social Anxiety During Summer Events
Summer often comes with a flood of invitations—weddings, backyard BBQs, family vacations, and community events. For many, these gatherings are a chance to connect and unwind. But if you live with social anxiety, these same invitations can stir up dread, self-doubt, and a desire to withdraw. Let’s talk about why this season can feel so intense—and what you can do to feel more grounded, including therapy for anxiety in Dallas or online therapy in Texas.
Feeling Anxious About Summer Dating? Here’s How to Stay Grounded
If the thought of dating this summer makes your stomach flip—and not in the butterflies way—you’re not alone.
Whether you're freshly divorced, slowly re-entering the dating world, or carrying the weight of past relationship wounds, the arrival of summer can stir up a mix of hope and anxiety. Learn a few grounding tools and mindset shifts that can help you navigate summer dating anxiety with more ease
No Time for Weekly Sessions? Try a Therapy Intensive Instead
Our culture rewards productivity, not pause. Especially for professional women, there’s a constant pressure to show up, perform well, and stay ahead. If you don’t have time to commit to weekly sessions for months (or even years), intensives offer a short-term therapy option that still allows for deep, transformational work. Taking time for yourself doesn’t mean you’re selfish—it means you’re investing in your capacity to keep going well.
How Therapy Can Help with Generalized Anxiety and Chronic Worry
If you’re a high-achieving adult who looks like they have it all together on the outside—but often feels stuck in a loop of overthinking, tension, or “what if” worries—you’re not alone. Anxiety can be incredibly isolating, especially when you’ve spent years managing it quietly, pushing through, and showing up for everyone else.
The good news? You don’t have to keep managing it alone. Therapy for anxiety—including EMDR therapy—can offer real, lasting relief.
How to find the right therapist for you
If you’re feeling stuck in old patterns, overwhelmed by anxiety, or trying to heal from the emotional weight of divorce or past relationships, you’re not alone. Many adults—especially professional women—reach a point where they realize it’s time to get support. But finding a therapist who truly understands your experience can feel like an overwhelming process in itself.
Whether you’re Googling “best therapist near me” or asking friends for recommendations, the sheer number of options can be confusing. How do you know who’s the right fit? Let’s break it down so you can feel more confident and empowered in your search.