Curious about how attachment styles shape your relationships? Whether you're secure, anxious, avoidant, or somewhere in between, understanding your attachment style can help you build stronger connections. Learn how these patterns influence communication, intimacy, and conflict resolution—and discover ways to cultivate healthier relationships. Read more in our latest blog!
Relationships can be both fulfilling and challenging. When issues like communication problems, trust breaches, or emotional distance arise, weekly therapy might not always provide the quick resolution or in-depth work needed. That's where intensive couples therapy comes in.
This approach offers immersive, extended sessions, sometimes over a few days, allowing couples to make significant progress in a shorter time. It’s designed for those looking to dive deeper into their challenges, addressing issues more effectively than traditional therapy.
In this guide, we’ll explore what intensive couples therapy entails, how it differs from regular therapy, and how to know if it’s the right option for you and your partner. Ready to learn more? Click to read the full guide.
Arguments happen, but they don’t have to damage your connection. Learning how to recognize emotional triggers, pause before reacting, and communicate with understanding can turn conflicts into opportunities for growth. This step-by-step guide will help you navigate disagreements with empathy, active listening, and resolution-focused strategies—so you and your partner can build a healthier, stronger relationship.
Read more to learn how to de-escalate conflicts effectively!
Relationships are meant to be a source of connection, love, and support, but when emotional triggers are at play, they can lead to intense reactions and misunderstandings. This blog explores the nature of emotional triggers in relationships, their roots in past experiences, and how they impact communication. Learn how to recognize, manage, and communicate about your triggers to create healthier, more harmonious connections with your partner. If you're ready to foster deeper understanding and healing in your relationship, click to dive into strategies that can make a transformative difference.
Starting EMDR therapy is a brave step toward healing, but it’s important to feel supported throughout the process. One powerful way to do this is by creating an “Inner Resource Team”—a personalized mental toolkit that helps you stay grounded during challenging moments in therapy. This team can include imagined figures, symbols, or aspects of yourself that provide strength, safety, and comfort when you need it most.
Curious how an Inner Resource Team can support you during EMDR? Learn how to build your team and strengthen your emotional resilience for the journey ahead.
Ready to discover how an Inner Resource Team can guide you?
What if ‘the most wonderful time of year’ brings nothing but holiday anxiety? What if you feel overwhelmed and stressed during this season, rather than joyous like society tells us? And what if you don’t feel or want to be that cheerful this year? Well, I am here to tell you that this is completely natural.
Every culture has their own food likes and dislikes that have been heavily influenced by their ancestry. However, when we begin to restrict ourselves from our cultural foods because of diet culture and society's expectations, it can make us feel separated from a core piece of ourselves. And again, we often easily convince ourselves that we should restrict ourselves from that food because it is a smart nutritional decision.
Multicultural counseling is a term used to describe a type of counseling practice that acknowledges how a client’s cultural identity may have played a role in their mental health. When a therapist works from a multicultural approach, it means that a therapist will not only work to understand the difficulties you are experiencing from your perspective but work to acknowledge how various parts of your cultural identity have also played a role in your mental health.
Stress follows you everywhere! And as much as you want to avoid it, you cannot. Which is why it is important to take space to understand your own stress. Even though at times, it can feel extremely overwhelming, taking space to be curious about your own stress will not only help you but improve your everyday life.
Domestic Violence is an epidemic that spreads violence throughout communities and family units across the nation. Any individual can be subject to an abusive relationship, regardless of nationality, race, gender, sexuality, socio-economic status, age, or religion. The violence that an individual experiences within a relationship typically coexists with controlling behaviors and emotionally abusive patterns which exposes a pattern of dominance and control.
While we may be more equipped to manage our mental health at different times in our life, mental health problems can become overwhelming and all-encompassing. Individuals who struggle with mental health often feel alone or like a burden to individuals in their life. Which is why many will keep their mental health in the shadows. However, mental health is something that is becoming more normalized to discuss. Which is a big part in how and why we have and should celebrate World Mental Health Day!
