Category: Mental Health Therapy
3 Keys to Unlocking Your Mental Health Goals
October 3, 2023
If you’re anything like me, you like to do things efficiently. Why should leveling up your mental health be any different? Route #1: Talk therapy ...
Psst: There’s no such thing as an emotion
September 22, 2023
Finally, make some meaning out of the sensations in your body Can you keep a secret? Emotions aren’t real. Even more mind-blowing: That’s actually good ...
Everything Your Therapist Says About the Nervous System is DEAD WRONG
June 14, 2023
Let’s ditch the myths in favor of some hard science. The other morning, I was scrolling on social media when I ran across a post ...
Is “Somatic Experiencing®” Psychotherapy…Or a Cult of Personality?
May 26, 2023
Is There a Place for Mysticism in Body-Based Therapy? Let’s unpack some utter nonsense I noticed in the New York Times article “Want to Fix ...
Mental Health, Made Simple
March 6, 2023
Mental health is less complicated than you think—and it’s all about energy Warning: This is a long post. Stick with it, though, and you’ll know ...
Sorry Poly (Vagal Theory), We’re Breaking Up
January 22, 2022
Breaking up with the polyvagal theory Have you ever spent a long time in what you thought was a pretty good relationship only to have ...
Stress and Cancer are Related
May 31, 2018
Recently, I read an article by Mark J. Doolittle, PhD. He wrote it for the Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine. And in it, he wrote ...
“Mental Health” Is Not The Problem, Failure to Manage Anger Is The Problem
February 26, 2018
“Mental health problems” do not lead to violence being perpetrated on society. A failure to manage anger does. We need to stop calling it a ...
You Don’t Need A Therapist
June 30, 2016
No, you don’t need a therapist. You’re not crazy and there’s nothing really wrong with you. But you’re not happy are you? Can you quit ...
Therapy Doesn’t Work
August 27, 2015
When therapy doesn’t work, it’s because you are talking about your feelings or talking about events that happened in the past, you aren’t feeling them. ...
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