Bridget sat in my office for the third session and said something that stopped me cold: “I’m just not the kind of person other people want around.” Not sad. Not angry. Just factual, like she was telling me her shoe […]
Anxiety - BPD - Breakups - Depression - healing - Heartbreak - Identity - In the Therapy Room - Monica Dean
In the Therapy Room: Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder
I met Thayer on a Tuesday evening in late autumn, the sort of evening when Manchester’s grey sky feels personal rather than meteorological. “I don’t know how to explain this without sounding pathetic,” Thayer said within the first five minutes. […]
Anxiety - Depression - healing - In the Therapy Room - Jas Mendola - Self Care - Self-Actualisation
In the Therapy Room: The Invisible Frames That Shape Our Mental Health
The Weight of Everything Unsaid đź’” Austynn sat across from me, stirring coffee that had gone cold an hour ago, eyes fixed on the table. This was the third session. Outside, rain fell with indifference. Inside, a young person was […]
Anxiety - Identity - In the Therapy Room - Lola Adams
In the Therapy Room: Career Anxiety and the Paralysis of Self-Doubt
The Paralysis of Proximity đź”’ He sits across from me on a Tuesday evening in late October, laptop bag still slung across his chest like he might need to flee at any moment. Lyndon tells me he’s been staring at […]
Anxiety - In the Therapy Room - Jas Mendola - Personal Development - Stalking
In the Therapy Room: Living with Stalking and Harassment
The man sat in my office in Solvang on a Tuesday morning, and the fear was written on him like a scar. Not a fresh wound—something older, something that had started sharp and turned into a constant hum he’d learned […]
Anxiety - Authenticity - Friendships - Identity - In the Therapy Room - Sophia Rivera
In the Therapy Room: When a Friendship Becomes Toxic
You’re not a bad person for wanting to hurt him back. You’re just a person whose emotional system is trying to solve a problem it doesn’t have the right tools for.
Anxiety - Authenticity - Dating - In the Therapy Room - infidelity - Relationships - Samuel Hartwell
In the Therapy Room: When Love Becomes a Cage
The Jealousy That Masquerades as Devotion đź’” 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 […]
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.”
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 […]
Anxiety - In the Therapy Room - Intimacy - Marriage - Relationships - Sex and Intimacy - Sophia Rivera
In the Therapy Room: Asymmetrical Desire
The Intimacy Paradox đź’” Trevor sat across from me, hands fidgeting with the edge of his jacket. The weight of two decades of marriage seemed to hang from his shoulders. “It’s not that I don’t love her,” he said, his […]