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What is Holisitic Therapy?

What is Holisitic Therapy?

The practice of holistic therapy includes looking at mental health not simply as our thoughts and our feelings. Your mental health is dynamic. It’s connected to physical health, the quality of relationships in your life, your environment, and your sense of identity...
The Power of 20

The Power of 20

Figuring out a way to care for ourselves might feel like another task, something we don’t have the time or capacity for.  We often feel overwhelmed or even frustrated at the idea of self care, so we don’t do anything.   What if we think of it as an opportunity, a way...
Why Feeling Your Emotions Is Part of Healing

Why Feeling Your Emotions Is Part of Healing

This week, as I’ve been sitting with clients, I’ve found myself thinking about something that often feels quietly present in the room: “Why is feeling this going to help me?” Why would turning toward sadness, grief, trauma, loneliness, anger, or pain possibly make...
Self Care

Self Care

What if self care is more about being than doing. An opportunity to invite in curiosity and care. A pause to notice how your body is feeling and what it might actually need. To notice your hands, what are they holding, maybe even gripping tightly, and what needs to be...
The Pain, Waiting and Rising

The Pain, Waiting and Rising

Glennon Doyle, author, activist and podcast host, describes the Friday–Saturday–Sunday rhythm of life. First the pain, then the waiting, then the rising. It follows the pattern of the crucifixion and resurrection of the Christ. Friday represents the pain. It is when...
An Integral Part of Child Therapy: Caregiver Coaching

An Integral Part of Child Therapy: Caregiver Coaching

Caregiver coaching is an essential part of the process of therapy for kids. It goes hand in hand with play therapy. Research demonstrates that children will experience the most healing and growth if caregivers are involved in their therapy.  In play therapy, the...