Attachment Wounds: How Early Relationships Shape Us and How We Heal
Our earliest relationships shape how we love, trust, and protect ourselves. Learn how attachment wounds form, how they show up in adulthood, and how we begin to heal.
“Why Can’t I Just Focus?”: Understanding Adult ADHD Through a Compassionate Lens
Adult ADHD isn’t just about distractibility—it’s a reflection of parts of us trying to protect old wounds. This post explores ADHD through the lens of Gabor Maté and IFS, offering a compassionate path toward healing and understanding.
Understanding Sensory Needs: How Your Body Seeks Safety Through Sensation
Your sensory preferences aren't random—they're part of how your nervous system keeps you safe. Learn about proprioception, interoception, vestibular input, and how sensory seeking or avoiding affects emotional regulation.
Men & Mental Health: Breaking the Silence in Southern Culture
Men aren’t immune to pain, they’re just often taught to hide it. This post explores how Southern culture and masculine stereotypes impact men’s mental health and why therapy can be a powerful (and brave) next step.
Co-Regulation: Why We Heal Better Together
Self-regulation is important, but we weren’t meant to do it alone. Co-regulation helps our nervous system feel safe and grounded through connection. Learn how and why it works—and how it shows up in daily life.
Should I Use Insurance for Therapy?
Deciding whether to use health insurance for therapy can feel overwhelming—especially if you're starting the healing process after trauma, grief, or burnout. While insurance can make therapy more affordable, it can also come with trade-offs in privacy, flexibility, and provider choice. In this post, I break down the pros and cons to help you choose what’s best for your care. As always, I encourage you to do what’s best for you and you deserve to have all the information to make an informed decision.
Why Would Someone Choose to Pay Privately for Therapy Instead of Using Insurance?
While using insurance can be helpful, many clients choose to pay privately for more flexibility, privacy, and control over their care. In this post, I break down the benefits of private pay and why it might be the right choice for you or your loved one.
Understanding Your Nervous System: How Polyvagal Theory Can Help You Heal
Have you ever felt anxious, disconnected, or emotionally overwhelmed and didn’t understand why? Polyvagal Theory offers insight into how your nervous system responds to stress—and how healing begins with awareness. Learn how fight, flight, freeze responses, somatic symptoms, and the window of tolerance all play a role in your emotional wellbeing.
The Invisible Wounds of Trauma: You Are Not Broken
Trauma doesn’t always look like what people expect. It can live in the quiet spaces of your day-in the anxiety, the disconnection, the deep sense of being misunderstood. This post explores the invisible wounds of trauma and offers hope for healing, reminding us that while trauma may shape our experiences, it doesn't have to define who we are.
Who Is Counseling For? (Hint: It’s Not Just for ‘Crazy People’)
Therapy isn’t just for people in crisis. It’s for anyone navigating life, emotions, and relationships. This post explores the outdated myth that “counseling is only for crazy people” and why seeking support is actually a sign of strength, not weakness.
IFS Therapy: What It Means to Heal in Parts
Ever feel like you have conflicting parts of yourself- like part of you wants to go to the gym and the other part wants to stay home? IFS therapy helps you understand those different parts—offering a path toward deep self-compassion and healing from the inside out.
Top 5 Signs of Burnout in Women
If you’re feeling chronically exhausted, disconnected, or just not like yourself, burnout may be the reason. Learn the top signs of burnout in midlife and how therapy can help you reclaim your energy and sense of self.
How Grief Affects the Body: A Therapist’s Perspective
Grief can show up in the body as fatigue, tension, and even illness. In this post, I explore how loss impacts the nervous system and how therapy can help you heal emotionally and physically.
What is EMDR Therapy and How Can It Help?
Trauma doesn’t just live in the mind—it lives in the body. EMDR is a research-backed therapy that helps you reprocess painful memories in a safe, structured way. If talk therapy hasn’t worked, this might be the breakthrough you’ve been looking for.