Therapy for Therapists: Why the People Who Listen All Day Need Somewhere to Put It
I've sat on both sides of this. I've held a full caseload through weeks where my own life was coming apart quietly in the background, and I've been the clinician…
High-Functioning Burnout: Why You’re Still Delivering While Running on Empty
Most of the people I meet who are living with high-functioning burnout are not falling apart in any way a colleague would notice. They're running departments, seeing patients back to…
Signs You’re a People Pleaser and What It’s Costing You
You're the person everyone describes as so easy to get along with. You almost never say no. You smooth things over before they become conflicts. You anticipate what other people…
When You Love Each Other But Keep Hurting Each Other
You don't fight because you don't love each other. You fight because you do. There's something particular about the arguments that happen in close relationships, the ones that feel like…
What Happens in Your First Therapy Session? A Delray Beach Therapist Explains
If you have been thinking about therapy for a while but have not made the call yet, there is a good chance that not knowing what to expect is part…
Signs You Are Burned Out, Not Just Tired
There is a kind of exhaustion that sleep does not fix. You go to bed tired. You wake up tired. You push through the day on willpower and the knowledge…
How to Know If You’re Healing From Narcissistic Abuse or Still Stuck In It
You have left, or you are in the process of leaving, and on paper that should mean something has shifted. You have done the research, you can name what happened,…
What Is Trauma Bonding and Why Is It So Hard to Leave?
The Moment You Realize You Are Not Crazy You have probably told yourself a hundred different stories about why you stay. Most of them have something to do with love,…
How to Calm the Urge to Google Every Symptom
How to Calm the Urge to Google Every Symptom Let me guess.It starts small. A headache that feels different. A flutter in your chest. A random ache that was not…
How to Trust Again After Being in a Narcissistic Relationship
How to Trust Again After Being in a Narcissistic Relationship If you have ever been in a narcissistic relationship, you already know this truth in your bones. It does not…