Our Relationship With Grief Is Complicated During the height of the pandemic, my supervisor at the large substance abuse/mental health agency I was working for at the time, invited the entire outpatient clinical staff to attend a virtual grief summit. I was overwhelmed with my large virtual caseload; but was mildly excited by the prospect.  […]

Can You Self-Soothe With Touch?  Self-soothing with touch is a necessary skill that we all deserve to use freely, but we don’t always have the experience, knowhow, or wherewithal to utilize this important piece of our toolkit. Whether you’re dealing with anxiety, trauma response, or depression, the right methods of self-soothing can make all the […]

For good or ill, every family has stories that have been passed down from parent to child. These can be literal stories recited from living memory, or even figurative stories that have been acted out by parent and child, sometimes for hundreds or even thousands of years. But it goes deeper than just the behavioral […]

Expansive therapies encompass a variety of therapeutic approaches that aim to address mental health concerns through innovative and often holistic methods. If you or a loved one haven’t experienced expansive therapies before, it’s natural to wonder how and why they work. Art therapy, somatic therapy, and ketamine assisted psychotherapy can and have changed the lives […]

Full body wellness is the often elusive state of having both mental and physical vitality. We may categorize these two distinct types of wellness as being independent of one another, but the truth is that they’re more intertwined than we realize. The connection between the mind and the body is a powerful thing, but to […]

Somatic Therapy uses the connection between the mind and body to heal the maladies of both. For many patients, it has proven helpful in treating PTSD, addiction, depression, and even chronic pain. Our mind and body are deeply symbiotic entities that coexist and work in tandem to regulate our thoughts, feelings, and actions. When you […]

Contrary to productivity and convenience, our life experiences can manifest in our bodies whether we want them to or not. Trauma can persist within our bodies well after our conscious minds decide to move on. After all, our minds might remember, but our body keeps the score. According to researchers, our traumatic experiences are stored […]

The divine feminine is the grand ideal of femininity. The concept of the divine feminine can be difficult to wrap your head around, and the prospect of embodying such a thing can seem overwhelming or out of reach. After all, nobody here in the material plane has a perfect understanding of the divine. What we […]

What happens when you make all your decisions from the mind and don’t listen to the signals your body sends you? You miss out on some incredibly important pieces of information about yourself. Your body’s intelligence is nothing to mess around with. Your body has awareness before your brain is able to logically process anything. […]

Are you feeling stuck, stagnant, fragmented, and disconnected from yourself? Do you feel like you’ve lost an essential part of who you are? Are you unsure of where to go next, and because of that, you feel worn out and out of balance, like you can’t get over your own head? Integration can help you […]