Grief and Loss
Grief can show up after any loss we face. It is a part of the human experience and often comes in waves and stages.
Couples Therapy for Emotional Healing
Relationships are often likened to a delicate dance, where partners navigate the intricate steps of love, trust, and understanding.
Are We Compatible? Navigating Relationship Differences
Do you and your partner keep fighting about the same thing over and over again? Most likely you’re dealing with a perpetual problem.
Unlock Healing: Releasing Trauma from the Body
The body doesn’t discriminate between a physical trauma and an emotional trauma. It will hold onto the pain regardless.
My Partner Has An Addiction… Now What?
If you are a partner of someone with an addiction, there’s no wonder so many emotions come up for you. This is about YOU and your decision for how you want to move forward.
Dry January - Choose Your Own Adventure Style!
Overtime, things like alcohol, substances, technology, or even shopping can leave us feeling out of control. Doing a sober month can help us feel better and recognize when we need extra support.
When Family Time Drives You Crazy
Dreading an upcoming family get-together? Here are some healthy ways to navigate and cope during inevitable family difficulties.
Together, but Alone. How Did My Relationship Get Here?
Feeling disconnected from your relationship is hard. Learn how distance forms in relationships and what you can do to reconnect with the person you love.
When Self-Soothing Turns to Self-Sabotaging
Have you ever thought, “Why can't I control myself?” What was once a way to calm your pain and emotions is no longer working.
Discussing Sex in Therapy: Why and How it’s Helpful
Why is it important to talk about sex in therapy? While it may be nerve-racking, there are a lot of reasons why bring up sex is important and how talking about it with your therapist can help in your healing.
Becoming Empowered: Moving from Reacting to Responding
What is the difference between reacting and responding? Although the two words have similarities, they are quite different. Knowing the difference can really help you feel empowered and better connect with those around you.
Trust: When to Extend and How to Rebuild
Deciding when to trust is hard, and finding the balance between when to or not to extend trust is essential to protecting your well-being, safety, and ability to fully thrive in your relationships.
Setting Boundaries in Early Addiction Recovery
Recovery takes effort and intentionality. With the right tools, support, and dedication in place, you can provide yourself with the safety net that is needed to find stability.
12 Layers of Betrayal Trauma
Infidelity within a relationship causes a ripple effect that impacts multiple facets of the betrayed partner's life and lived experiences. It impacts our mind, body, and spirit. This multi-layered betrayal results in a type of trauma that is referred to as betrayal trauma.
Befriending Your Nervous System: How to Help Yourself Regulate
Dysregulation occurs in varying levels of intensity and for many different reasons. When you can track and map your nervous system, you become more able to intervene with your own body and emotions.
Gray-Area Drinking: Is It Problematic?
If you have ever wondered why you can sometimes have one or two drinks and other times your drinking seems out of control, you may be considered what’s termed a gray-area drinker.
The Aftermath of Deception: A Roadmap for Partners Overcoming Betrayal Trauma
The trauma of betrayal is earth-shattering, penetrating nearly every corner of life. Although the journey to betrayal trauma recovery is long and painful, many betrayed partners walk through these 5 steps, and with the support of their therapeutic team, overcome debilitating pain and reconnect with an even stronger self.
Intent vs Impact: Which Matters Most in Repair?
Within your relationship, did the impact of your words or actions not match your intention? This happens all too often. Luckily, there are tools to use with your partner that are helpful no matter what the situation was that caused harm.
Gaining Clarity: Is My Relationship Worth Saving?
Do you find yourself wondering if your relationship is worth saving? Or do you feel emotionally flooded by your partner's ambivalence? This is not an easy place for either partner to find themselves. Learning about where we are in the dynamic and taking steps to get connected to ourselves first will support us in making a grounded decision.
Sobriety Versus Recovery: What is the difference?
Sobriety is about avoiding harmful coping strategies, while recovery is about healing so you don’t need them. In recovery, we don’t just avoid our medicators (ex: porn, sex, shopping, etc…). We heal our relationship with them. We discover the antidote to addiction: connection. We identify the underlying emotional and psychological needs we were attempting to meet, and we learn to get our needs met in new, healthy ways that feel good to us and to others.