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AI Is Not Therapy: Why Real Healing Requires a Real Therapist In today’s digital world, it’s tempting to turn to AI tools like ChatGPT for guidance, comfort, or advice. They can provide instant responses, ideas, or even a sense of support—but here’s the important truth: AI is not therapy. While AI can mimic conversation and […]

When Leaving Feels Like the Only Option: Understanding Relationship Accountability Relationship accountability and how to navigate a struggling relationship. When your partner says,“The only way this relationship will end is if you leave.”it can hit like a punch to the chest. At first, it might sound like devotion — a promise that they’ll never give

Understanding Somatic Therapy: Healing Through the Body Mental and emotional health often feel like they live solely in the mind. Yet, many of us experience stress, trauma, and anxiety physically—in our muscles, posture, breathing, and even our digestive system. Somatic therapy recognizes this deep connection between mind and body and offers a path to healing

Depression is often misunderstood as simply feeling sad or down—but for many people, it is a pervasive condition that affects every part of their lives, including their physical health. It can manifest as a heavy weight in the chest, chronic fatigue, bodily aches, or an overwhelming numbness that disconnects you from yourself and others. While

Narcissism & the Mirror Within: How Self-Awareness Can Heal What Ego Hides Narcissism is a word we hear a lot these days—used to describe everything from toxic relationships to social media habits. But what is narcissism, really? And more importantly, what role can self-awareness play in breaking its cycle? At its core, narcissism isn’t just

Coming Home to Your Body: An Introduction to Somatic Healing Somatic healing can help in a world that constantly pulls us outward — to perform, produce, and push through — many of us have learned to live from the neck up. We analyze, overthink, and ignore the quiet wisdom our bodies hold. Over time, this

Feeling Stuck? How EMDR Therapy Can Help You Move Forward Have you ever felt like no matter how hard you try, you just can’t move past something? Maybe it’s a memory that keeps replaying in your mind, an emotional trigger that hijacks your peace, or a pattern in your relationships you can’t seem to break.

A focused approach to healing patterns of overgiving, self-abandonment, and emotional enmeshment What is Codependency, Really? Codependency isn’t just about being in a “toxic” relationship. It’s a deeply ingrained pattern where your self-worth becomes entangled with the needs, emotions, or approval of others. You may struggle to set boundaries, feel responsible for other people’s happiness,

We’ve all felt it—that invisible wall between where we are and where we want to be. You might be going through the motions, feeling anxious, weighed down by past experiences, or just emotionally stuck. When talk therapy alone isn’t helping you break through, EMDR therapy and EMDR Intensives offer a powerful way to finally move

EMDR Therapy: Trauma and the Scale: Understanding Why Your Body Holds Onto Weight Have you ever felt like you’re doing everything “right” to lose weight—eating well, exercising regularly—but the numbers on the scale just won’t budge? It’s a frustrating and often demoralizing experience. While we’re often told that weight loss is a simple equation of