Many people wonder whether Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can be effective through online therapy. Both recent research and clinical experience suggest that EMDR can be successfully adapted for telehealth without compromising its core therapeutic...
(2-minute read) You Don’t Have to Relive It to Heal From It For many people, the biggest barrier to starting trauma therapy isn’t the work itself — it’s the fear of what that work will ask of them. The thought of sitting across from a stranger and...
Anxiety can be wily. It can begin in a very specific place : a single worry, a single bad experience and then it quietly expands outward, attaching itself to more and more parts of life. For instance, many people with IBS, that first spark looks like this: “What if I...
(1-minute read) Many people consider trying trauma therapy but hesitate because they worry it will be too intense or destabilizing. This makes sense. It can be scary addressing difficult things that have happened. And it’s a common fear that therapy will...
(1-minute read) You’ve done the work. You’ve read the books, you’ve analyzed the past, and you can pinpoint exactly why you feel the way you do. That kind of insight is incredibly valuable. It’s actually the map. But sometimes, having the map doesn’t mean you’re...
(2-minute read) Living with ADHD often feels like more than just a struggle to stay focused. For many of us, it’s the emotional side that hits the hardest. If you’ve ever felt like your feelings arrive with the volume turned all the way up, or if feelings linger long...
(1-minute read) I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 34 after years of anxiety, burnout, or feeling chronically overwhelmed. That’s not uncommon: many women are diagnosed with ADHD later in life. We tend to slip through the cracks when we’re younger...
(2-minute read) Many autistic adults seek therapy not because of autism itself, but because of the emotional toll of living for years in environments that were not designed for how their brain works. This is especially true for people with autistic features that are...
(1-minute read) If your stomach churns whenever stress hits, you’re not imagining it. The gut and the brain communicate constantly, and chronic anxiety can amplify gastrointestinal symptoms like bloating, cramps, and IBS-related urgency. These symptoms aren’t “all in...
(1-minute read) Many adults with ADHD or autism (including those with subtle or late-identified autistic features) know what it feels like to try therapy and still be overwhelmed by anxiety, self-doubt, or emotional triggers that don’t respond to insight alone....
