Beautiful overlook on Little Si in North Bend, WA Weekly therapy is the current standard of care, and that is for good reason. There are certain conditions, life events, and needs that are best addressed by long-term, consistent care. Ideally, intensives can support weekly therapy by working as an adjunct treatment. However, there are times when weekly therapy misses the mark. Here are five ways that intensives hold an advantage over weekly therapy sessions: They let you fo

Trigger Warning: Some discussion of war and abuse If there's one thing you'll gather from reading this blog long enough, it's that I love, LOVE music, and especially Musical Theater. My husband's joke is that I could be a Jeopardy-level history scholar if they Hamilton -ed most other major historical events. He's not wrong. Naturally, when I heard about Epic, the musical telling of The Odyssey by Jorge Rivera-Herrans, I knew I had to listen to it. And it delivers. The music

Overwhelmed? Understandable. Demands for our time, focus, and energy are constantly increasing, and it's easy to get pulled beneath the waves. Wanna know some of the culprits keeping you under? 🚫Hyperfocus on doing every task perfectly 🚫Shaming yourself for not doing the task sooner / better 🚫Questioning what's wrong with yourself for not being able to get started on things that need to get done 🚫Believing you're the only one struggling to get things done These are though

Recently, someone told me that Father’s Day was the most overlooked holiday in America. That statement got me thinking… is it? Are fathers really overlooked, either on their holiday or in general? Full disclosure: I have never been a father. I don’t see the content that is sent to male-identifying individuals with children, and I don’t clock a lot of conversations or jokes about dads. I have, however, worked with and spoken with many, as clients, friends, and, of course, fami

Our world has seen no shortage of trauma. Some estimates show that 70% of Americans will experience trauma in their lifetime. But what is “Trauma”? It may seem like a silly question, but many people experience trauma and either minimize it (“that wasn’t ‘trauma’...) or simply question whether it was (“does that count?”). The simplest definition of trauma is any deeply distressing or overwhelming event that devastates your sense of safety, impacting your physical, mental, and

Happy Monday! This is your weekly reminder to take a few moments to slow down and breathe. Watch a clock, inhale for 5 seconds, hold for 3 seconds, and exhale for 5 seconds. Repeat 3-5 times, and (this part is important!) remind yourself that you've got this. Now, go take on the week! 🙌 #mentalhealthmatters #breathe #lego #humor #feelgood #therapy #mentalhealthmemes #counselingrocks

In case you weren't sure, here's your reminder: you are a unique and important being. Sometimes, we hear this as a sing-song platitude: "You're such a beautiful, special flower in life's garden!" And that enables us to brush off the message. Real talk: You ARE a beautiful, special flower, and you have something real and meaningful to contribute to this world. Hold space for that today. 🌻🌺🪻 Bonus points if you read this in a Clone Trooper's voice #therapy #mentalhealthmatte

Do you ever feel like no one gets you? We are CONSTANTLY communicating with others via text, voice, email, X (formerly known as Twitter), Facebook, IG, Threads, TikTok, etc; yet we rarely feel seen, heard, understood. That looks a lot like smiling and telling the cashier we're "good," even if we were crying in the car before we hit the grocery store. That looks like telling our partner or family member we're "fine" even when they've hurt us. That looks like sending reels and