The journal
Things worth saying out loud.
Plain-English writing on therapy, anxiety, raising kids, and the things that get heavy: no jargon, just what I’d tell you in the room.
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Autistic teens need a mirror, not a fix
Most support for autistic teens comes from adults who've never lived it. A small 2026 trial tested what changes when a mentor actually has.
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What EMDR actually is
The eye movements are the part everyone's skeptical of. New research suggests they might not even be the active ingredient, and that's good news.
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Burnout isn't a willpower problem
A weekend off didn't fix it, and that's not a discipline failure. Why burnout needs more than rest, and what actually closes the gap.
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How long is too long?
There's no universal deadline on grief, but there is a real difference between grief that's still moving and grief that's gotten stuck.
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It doesn't always look like sadness
No crying, no staying in bed, nothing dramatically wrong. Just everything a few degrees short of reaching you. That's still depression.
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When I'll tell you to come in instead
For most of what brings people to therapy, a screen holds up fine. Here's the honest, shorter list of when it doesn't.
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Over, but not finished
The event has an end date. Your body doesn't check the calendar before it reacts. What trauma actually means, and why one modality isn't a magic key.
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You can't argue your way out of a feeling
You've won the argument with the thought a hundred times and felt exactly the same after. Here's why, and what actually works instead.
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Not broken. Just tired of pretending.
You've been “high-functioning” your whole life. Nobody mentions what it costs to keep it up, or what changes when you finally stop.
For parents
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What play therapy actually is
From the doorway it just looks like playing. In one small 2025 trial, it came out ahead of CBT for one common childhood diagnosis.
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The problem is the pattern
Most families who call have already picked who's to blame. Usually what's actually broken isn't a person. It's the loop between them.