Therapy insights for trauma, attachment wounds, & people-pleasing
Trauma and Attachment Shape the Ways We Relate
This blog explores how chronic guilt and people-pleasing patterns show up—and offers tools, skills, and insights to help you navigate them.
6 Reasons Your Relationships Feel So Draining (and What Might Help)
Why do your relationships feel so exhausting? Explore six common patterns related to people-pleasing, boundaries, and self-trust—and how to improve them. (Image via Flaticon)
Building Self-Trust in Somatic Therapy: What “Go With That” Really Means
Why do I say "Go with that?" so much in somatic therapy and Brainspotting sessions? Learn how this phrase helps us get out of your nervous system's way so you can finally get unstuck from frustrating habits like people-pleasing. (Image via Flaticon)
8 Things You’ll Probably Hear in Therapy with Me
Therapy isn’t scripted, but certain phrases tend to show up again and again. Here are 8 things you’ll probably hear in sessions with me, and why they matter. (Image via Flaticon)
When Kindness Turns Into People Pleasing: how to stop abandoning yourself
Struggling with people-pleasing or putting others’ needs before your own? Learn how de-selfing shows up — and how to reclaim your needs without guilt. (Image via Flaticon)
Self-Trust Resource Roundup
In the three-part series on self-trust, so many resources were shared. I’ve consolidated them all in one place for easy access. Scroll to find your favorite skill and build better self-trust. (Image via Flaticon)
Building Better Self-Trust: Tangible Steps
Part 3 on Self-Trust: Tools you can use. Trauma undermines our sense of safety, peace, and of course our sense of self. Learn tangible tools you can use today to help deepen your sense of self-trust. (Image via Flaticon)
Sewing Seeds of Self-Mistrust: Beliefs that Keep Us Stuck
Part 2 on self-trust: working through thoughts that keep you from trusting yourself. Learn to recognize common thinking patterns getting in your way and what to do about them. (image via Piksart)
Trust Issues—Addressing the Hidden Root of Mistrust
You want to connect with others, but something always gets in the way. It’s time to address one root of mistrusting others: the ability to trust yourself. (image via Flowicon)
Doing Your "Best" is Holding You Back
Doing your best seems like a simple idea, but in the mind of a perfectionist, it's a fast-track to burnout. Sound familiar? This is for you. (image via Flaticon)
Berating Ourselves into Change: Why Doesn't it Work?
If I'm harder on myself, I'll be more motivated to change, right? Let's unpack this myth and find the steps to sustainable change. (image via Flaticon)
What's the Scariest Thing to Bring up in Therapy?
Tips and considerations for bringing up difficult topics in therapy. (image via Flaticon)
Video: Unpacking the Texas Social Work Code of Conduct
Let's unpack Texas' decision to make it so social workers can now discriminate against LGBTQIA and disabled individuals and what to do now. (image via Flaticon)
Post-Debate Coping Skills
A short list of coping skills to help you be in the moment and get out of your head after last night's debate. (image via Flaticon)
Toxic Productivity: Grappling with "Enough"
How to cope when doing "enough" always seems just out of reach. (image via Flaticon)
Video: Hone in on What You Want from Therapy
People seeking therapy for the first time may struggle to name exactly what they want to change. This video offers a question you can ask yourself to help you name what you want to get out of therapy. (image via Flaticon)