trauma
Sara Stanizai
Fighting Fascism with Mindfulness?

by Andrew Kravig, LMFT.

I find myself in quite a quandary these days, working as a psychotherapist during the age of the Tr*mp regime. I spend my days thinking about how to hold people together, the nature of healing, what it means to live authentically, and how to find an individual’s sense of meaning and direction. All of this while I (and the entire world along with me) am constantly on the verge of falling apart. Lives are being shattered, homes are being destroyed, the very notion of my existence is being censored. War, famine, greed. Straight-up fucking genocide…  

Fighting Fascism with Mindfulness?
anxiety
Sara Stanizai
Why Am I Feeling So Anxious? A tool to better ...

by Wanda Diep, LCSW. 

Let's talk about anxiety, stress and overwhelm. Sometimes, at the start of a session, a client will mention that they’ve been feeling upset, overwhelmed, and simply exhausted. And they're extra frustrated because they have no idea why they are feeling this way. It’s one thing to feel overwhelmed by the stress you have, and it can feel additionally frustrating to not know why.

And yes, it’s clear that there are a lot of reasons to feel stressed, even outside of our own bubble. Although our wellbeing is connected to others’, it can feel like your own stress is competing with the stresses of the world (and losing). Even taking those things into consideration, it’s not always clear what’s bugging us. 

Why Am I Feeling So Anxious? A tool to better understand what’s adding to the overwhelm.
trans affirming therapy
Sara Stanizai
My Partner Just Told Me They’re Questioning ...

by Tiffany Hooton, LMFT.

In a previous post (which you can find here), we discussed some  common reactions a person might experience when their significant other first comes out to them as trans or gender questioning as well as ways to begin unpacking some of those more complicated tangles of emotions. This, however, only scratches the surface when it comes to navigating transition in relationships.

My Partner Just Told Me They’re Questioning Their Gender: A Practical Guide for Cis Partners (pt. 2)
anxiety, depression
Sara Stanizai
You Do Not Have to Be Good: Mary Oliver and ...

by Andrew Kravig, LMFT.

How are you enjoying the new calendar year so far? Itt has been a bit wild, hasn’t it? If you’re anything like me, it’s been filled with too much doom scrolling, almost enough protesting in the streets, buckets of cortisol racing through my system, a handful of warm moments with friends, and nowhere near enough rest. And god knows what we need right now is some good rest. If your community demographics look anything like mine, it has probably been a very scary start to 2026. It’s hard to figure out where to fit something like rest or relaxation into my schedule… I mean, how do you nap when it feels like the world is burning?

You Do Not Have to Be Good: Mary Oliver and Intentional Rest
trans affirming therapy
Sara Stanizai
My Partner Just Told Me They’re Questioning ...

by Tiffany Hooton, LMFT.

Imagine you’re standing in a parking lot, just about to head into work, when you check your phone. There’s a message from your partner: They think they might be trans. They know a text isn’t ideal. That it might feel impersonal, but the words get stuck in their throat whenever they try to muster the courage to say something. Just writing that sentence took everything.

How might you feel in that situation? How do you imagine you would respond?

There is no playbook for when a partner comes out to you, especially in those critical moments when they need you most and, for some, this news can come as a shock.

My Partner Just Told Me They’re Questioning Their Gender: A Practical Guide for Cis Partners (pt. 1)

DBT

Fighting Fascism with Mindfulness?

Fighting Fascism with Mindfulness?

by Andrew Kravig, LMFT.

I find myself in quite a quandary these days, working as a psychotherapist during the age of the Tr*mp regime. I spend my days thinking about how to hold people together, the nature of healing, what it means to live authentically, and how to find an individual’s sense of meaning and direction. All of this while I (and the entire world along with me) am constantly on the verge of falling apart. Lives are being shattered, homes are being destroyed, the very notion of my existence is being censored. War, famine, greed. Straight-up fucking genocide…  

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