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Wearing Men's Boxers + My Worry Brain
I wear men’s boxers as pjs. When I got married, I confiscated Dan’s boxers. I’ve never been the cute matching pajama set kinda girl....
Oct 26, 20248 min read
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My Rage Meltdown + My Beet Juice Breakdown
Helpful tools from a therapist on dealing with rage. Mom rage. Marriage rage. God rage. Career rage. PMS Rage.
Oct 5, 202412 min read
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My Experience + Therapy Thoughts on Sleep Anxiety
Helpful tools from a therapist on overcoming sleep anxiety.
Aug 11, 20245 min read
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How Anger Helped Julie Overcome Anxiety
This is the final post in the series on anger. Read the first three posts here: When Anger is a Gift, Ways You Avoid Anger and Why, How...
Jul 23, 20236 min read
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How to Deal with Anger and Set Boundaries
Learn practical ways to from an experienced therapist on how set boundaries and stick with it! Including how to practice self-care.
Jul 9, 202315 min read
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Who's Your Fantasy Friend?
We’ve all been hurt and we’ve all experienced painful situations and relationships such as heartbreak, the loss of a dream or a loved...
Feb 21, 20237 min read
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5 Steps to Dealing with Toxic Relationships
So far in this series on toxic relationships, I created 10 questions designed to help you identify if you are in a toxic relationship. I...
Nov 20, 20228 min read
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7 Warning Signs of Your Partner’s Toxic Behavior in Therapy
In the previous post, I identified 13 warning signs of toxic therapy designed to help you know when a therapist is displaying harmful...
Nov 14, 20223 min read
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What is the Purpose of Therapy and Do You Need It?
The previous post, identified 13 warning signs of toxic therapy designed to help you know when a therapist is displaying harmful behavior...
Nov 7, 20225 min read
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What Makes a Therapist a Good Therapist?
In the previous post, we identified 13 warning signs of toxic therapy designed to help you know when a therapist is displaying harmful...
Oct 10, 20224 min read
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13 Warning Signs of Toxic Therapy
As a licensed therapist, with over fifteen years of clinical experience counseling people, it saddens my heart to state the reality that...
Oct 3, 20223 min read
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A Single Woman’s Story of Shame: The Defense of Projectizing, Part 2
Last week we discussed a common defense mechanism, projectizing, a deeper form of perfectionism, by making ourselves a project to be...
Jul 9, 20226 min read
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Are You Trying to Fix Yourself? The Defense of Projectizing, Part 1
Fix Me! Fix Me! Many of my clients seek counseling after having been in therapy for years and suffering without any significant symptom...
Jul 5, 20225 min read
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