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How to Prepare for Your Therapy Intensive: A Checklist
Michelle Spurgeon Michelle Spurgeon

How to Prepare for Your Therapy Intensive: A Checklist

Therapy intensives offer a powerful space for healing, but it’s also okay to feel unsure about how to get ready. You don’t need to have everything “figured out” to begin. This post is here to gently guide you through the process with a supportive, practical checklist so you can walk into your session (or log on) feeling grounded, informed, and cared for.

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Navigating Social Anxiety During Summer Events
Michelle Spurgeon Michelle Spurgeon

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.

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Feeling Anxious About Summer Dating? Here’s How to Stay Grounded
Michelle Spurgeon Michelle Spurgeon

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

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No Time for Weekly Sessions? Try a Therapy Intensive Instead
Michelle Spurgeon Michelle Spurgeon

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.

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How Therapy Can Help with Generalized Anxiety and Chronic Worry
Michelle Spurgeon Michelle Spurgeon

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.

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The Truth About Therapy Intensives: Why Seeking Support Is a Sign of Strength
Michelle Spurgeon Michelle Spurgeon

The Truth About Therapy Intensives: Why Seeking Support Is a Sign of Strength

If you're someone who pushes through, shows up for others, and gets things done—even when you're hurting—you’re not alone. Many high-performing adults recovering from relational trauma carry the weight of "just handling it" for far too long. But here’s the truth: seeking support doesn’t make you weak. In fact, choosing to invest in your healing is one of the strongest and most self-honoring things you can do. Mental health support like EMDR Therapy Intensives can help strengthen you and your relationships.

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How to find the right therapist for you
Michelle Spurgeon Michelle Spurgeon

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.

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What to Expect in Trauma Therapy: Common Fears & Honest Answers
Michelle Spurgeon Michelle Spurgeon

What to Expect in Trauma Therapy: Common Fears & Honest Answers

Not knowing what to expect can make starting therapy feel intimidating. Especially when you’re coming to talk about difficult experiences like unhealthy relationships, separation or divorce, pregnancy loss, car accidents, losing a loved one to suicide. These FAQs are here to ease some of that uncertainty and help you feel more prepared before your first session and empowered.

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Why Summer is the Perfect Time for a Therapy Intensive
Michelle Spurgeon Michelle Spurgeon

Why Summer is the Perfect Time for a Therapy Intensive

Summer isn’t just the time for vacations. It can also be the perfect window for personal growth and emotional healing with EMDR therapy intensives. As the days get longer and life slows down just a little, many people find themselves craving a reset. If you're feeling emotionally drained, stuck in patterns that no longer serve you, or carrying unresolved pain from past relationships, summer may be the perfect time to give yourself the space to heal with a therapy intensive.

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