It’s Time for Your Mental “Tax Season” to Be Over.
Black women have always known that work is a high-stakes environment for us, even when it is not an openly hostile place.
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The Hidden Friction of Trauma is Slowing Down Your Brain.
Once you no longer need to ask yourself questions like:
-Why can’t I follow through on my plans?
-Why do I feel so exhausted all the time?
-Why can’t I focus on work?
-How can I stop second-guessing myself?
…life gets a lot smoother.
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Therapy Isn’t Just for Emergencies, Therapy is for You, Now.
You’re successful, but still feel overwhelmed. Discover why waiting for a crisis to start therapy is a costly mistake. Learn how proactive therapy and EMDR can help you build resilience and thrive.
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2025: How to Use AI Without Breaking Your Brain (3 Suggestions + 1 Bonus Prompt)
This is Part 2 of my series on AI. Check out Part 1 HERE. If you’re using AI to help yourself between therapy sessions, here are 3 recommendations I have for you…PLUS a prompt you should totally steal today. 1. Keep an eye on your privacy. Oversharing with a chatbot is a significant privacy risk,
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3 Ways to Manage Complex PTSD Symptoms at Work
In my office, I treat different trauma-related conditions. One is a type of PTSD called complex PTSD aka cPTSD. In short, it’s a cluster of symptoms that develop after lots of repeated awful experiences. OR it’s the kind of PTSD that is worsened by additional family or social hurts. Symptoms of cPTSD can include the
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Tired of Being Your Own Worst Critic? 3 Therapist-Approved Books You’ll Love.
As a trauma therapist, one of the main battles I help clients fight is the battle with their own mind. Trauma can trick you into thinking that you’re not good enough, not doing enough, not worthy of good things. It will try to make you remember bad things and make you forget everything that’s great
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Asking the Big Questions
Lots of people are asking the big questions of themselves these days. Personally, I’ve just experienced a major, joyous life change, but even the happiest changes can come with incredible stress and BIG shifts in perspective. More broadly, the news remains full of terrible things happening to people who don’t seem to deserve it. This
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3 Ways to Get the Most from Intensive EMDR Therapy
One of the things I love most about my clients is how genuinely thoughtful they are. Now, thinking a lot is often a feature of PTSD, depression, or anxiety. But in this context, it’s also a sign that, deep inside, they value the time and effort they’re investing in themselves! This is a huge potential
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WHICH WORKAHOLIC ARE YOU? (AND HOW TO FIX IT.)
Why have you been working this hard? Let’s see if we can find an explanation for you, whether you’re the anxious, the unseen, the yes-person, the artist, or the procrastinator.
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Coaching or Personal Therapy? How do I know what I need?
We all benefit from advice to solve problems. But therapy is more than advice. It is a framework to help you understand why you do the things you do, and to help you connect with the wisdom of your emotions, without being controlled by your emotions.
Hardworking people, of all different backgrounds, ethnicities, and faiths, are more open than ever to doing their deep inner work, to reduce the self-sabotage and self-doubt they feel at every stage of their work.
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