Elizabeth Seabolt-Esparza, LPC
Cooking Through Grief: An Argument for Emotional Eating
Anyone who follows me on social media knows that I love food and that I love to cook. As a female identifying person, being able to...
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Jackie Perin, LPC
- Jun 29
- 1 min
How to Talk to your Kids About School Shootings
With the recent school shooting in Uvalde, your child might be feeling anxious about their safety at school. Below are some helpful tips...
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birkhold3
- May 4
- 5 min
5 of the Most Common Cognitive Distortions I See in Therapy
Cognitive distortions are inaccurate thoughts that influence the ways we see ourselves, others, and the world around us, and ultimately...
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Catherine Comiskey, LCSW
- Feb 2
- 3 min
Rebuilding our Natural Therapeutic Supports
Natural therapeutic supports are the relationships and social activities that occur in our natural environments such as in the community,...
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birkhold3
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
Self Compassion 101
Have you ever been told you need to be easier on yourself? Or that you hold yourself to impossible standards? Many of us do! Our society...
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Dan Workman
- May 22, 2021
- 2 min
Therapy for Creatives, Part 10: Creative-Informed Therapy
Creative-informed therapy may lead to better and quicker therapeutic outcomes
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Dan Workman
- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
Therapy for Creatives, Part 9: Depression and Low Motivation
For the creative, low motivation may interrupt the flow of ideas that allow us to make a living or cause an unwanted block to progress.
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Katy Dimple Manning, LMSW
- Apr 30, 2021
- 1 min
Introvert's Guide to Managing Reentry Anxiety
Reentry fear is the dread of having to rejoin a noisy, social world that didn’t work well for introverts to begin with.
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Katy Dimple Manning, LMSW
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Doing Your "Best" Is Holding You Back
Doing your best seems like a simple idea, but in the mind of a perfectionist, it's a fast-track to burnout. Sound familiar? This is for you.
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Katy Dimple Manning, LMSW
- Jan 30, 2021
- 4 min
Managing Uncertainty in 2021 (Here We Go Again)
Between vaccine confusion, political unrest, and more, managing feelings of uncertainty may be 2021's most crucial skill.
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Dan Workman
- Jan 11, 2021
- 3 min
Therapy for Creatives, Part 7: Hacking Creativity
There are times when we just get stuck. In the creative world, the phenomena has many names: writer’s block, freezing up, stage fright, etc.
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Daniel Katz, Psy.D
- Nov 23, 2020
- 5 min
Conceptualizing AA Chips as Transitional Objects
This post is a heavily edited version of a paper I wrote in school. I think these concepts are helpful for many people so I hope I was...
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Katy Dimple Manning, LMSW
- Sep 30, 2020
- 5 min
Post-Debate Coping Skills
A short list of coping skills to help you be in the moment and get out of your head after last night's debate.
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Dan Workman
- Sep 6, 2020
- 3 min
Therapy for Creatives, Part 4: The Myth of the Broken Muse
Finding a creative flow does not require partnering with a broken Muse.
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Dan Workman
- Jul 18, 2020
- 2 min
Therapy for Creatives, Part 3: Isolation
It may be tempting to hide out in the creative space, which can lead to social and emotional isolation.
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Dan Workman
- Jun 4, 2020
- 3 min
How Structure and 'Small Rituals' Can Improve Mental Health
Navigating life during the pandemic has been challenging. Sudden changes to all aspects of my life have contributed to a softening of the...
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Daniel Katz, Psy.D
- May 28, 2020
- 5 min
How Mental Health Experts Cope in These Uncertain Times
As therapists, we are also people. We deal with fears, worry, uncertainty and doubt just like everyone else. So how do "the pros" handle it?
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- May 19, 2020
- 3 min
Regulating Emotions to Increase Wellbeing
This article is the first in a series aimed to promote understanding of helpful and unhelpful ways to manage emotions, with the overarching
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- May 18, 2020
- 3 min
Why Being a Therapist Doesn’t Make Me Any Less Indulgent Than Anyone Else
It’s funny to me to hear people’s responses when they hear that I work as a therapist. “Oh wow. You must really deal with a lot.” “That’s...
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