The Jealousy That Masquerades as Devotion 💔 I remember Tristan sitting across from me on a Tuesday afternoon, his leg bouncing with restless energy. His partner, Sophie, sat beside him but not with him—there was a distance of about eighteen […]
Dating - Family Dynamics - In the Therapy Room - Lucian Blackwood
In the Therapy Room: When Social Scripts Collide with Personal Sovereignty on Your Birthday
🌧️ The Opening Ryder sat across from me on a Tuesday evening, rain hammering the office windows, and confessed they were afraid of ruining their birthday party by paying for it entirely by himself, even though his girlfriend and his […]
Authenticity - Friendships - In the Therapy Room - Lola Adams
In the Therapy Room: The Invisible Weight of Triangulation and the True Cost of Keeping Secrets
The Weight of Other People’s Secrets 🤫 It’s 4:47 p.m. on a Thursday, and Sasha is sitting on my couch with the particular posture of someone who’s been holding their breath for months—not literally, but spiritually. There’s a guitar-string tension […]
Identity - In the Therapy Room - Monica Dean - Social Anxiety - Trauma
In the Therapy Room: The Architecture of Self-Protection and the Invisible Costs of Solitude
We start to believe that our trauma has revealed something true about us, rather than something true about what we endured.
Anxiety - In the Therapy Room - Melanie Doss - Relationships
In the Therapy Room: The Power of Rumination and Emotional Bytes in Relationships
“The words don’t have power. Your story about the words does. And unlike his comment, that’s actually something you control.”
Authenticity - codependency - In the Therapy Room - Jas Mendola
In the Therapy Room: The Invisible Structures of Toxic Relationships
The Setup 🍸 The bar was nearly empty when he walked in, rain still wet on his shoulders. He ordered a drink he didn’t want and sat where the light wouldn’t hit his face directly. That’s how I knew it […]
Authenticity - Breakups - In the Therapy Room - Lola Adams
In the Therapy Room: Toxic Relationships
When a Relationship Becomes Geography 🗺️ I still remember how Zephyrine entered my office that first day. Designer bag clutched like a shield, cashmere coat that probably cost more than my monthly rent, and eyes that hadn’t known proper sleep […]
Anxiety - In the Therapy Room - Relationships - Sex and Intimacy - Sophia Rivera
In the Therapy Room: It’s too big! When Physical Intimacy and Emotional Connection Collide
🛋️ The Problem Behind the Problem You know those moments when someone says something so earnestly that you have to mentally count to three before responding? That was me when Tessa, a bright-eyed 19-year-old psychology major, finally blurted out what […]
Breakups - codependency - Dating - Family Dynamics - healing - In the Therapy Room - Samuel Hartwell
In the Therapy Room: The Complex Dance of Loyalty, Self-Erasure, and the Quest for Emotional Autonomy
A Brief Reflection Before We Begin 🪟 I remember the Tuesday afternoon Tabitha first walked into my office—the kind of gray February day when the world looks like it’s been drained of color. She moved carefully, as if navigating invisible […]
Divorce - Families - In the Therapy Room - Lucian Blackwood
In the Therapy Room: Custody, Fatherhood, and the Math of Emotional Presence
The Emotional Architecture Behind Custody Disputes 🏛️ Custody disputes rarely concern custody at all. They’re about control—who decides the shape of a child’s week, the geography of belonging, the mathematics of presence. Tristan sat in my office on a Tuesday […]