🤥 The Anatomy of a Lie That Wasn’t Really About Lying Bryson sat across from me looking like someone had just told him his life savings were in cryptocurrency that had tanked overnight. His girlfriend had caught him in a […]
Authenticity - Breakups - codependency - Heartbreak - Identity - In the Therapy Room - Monica Dean - Relationships
In the Therapy Room: Understanding Attachment Styles and the Pitfalls of Codependency
A Tuesday Afternoon in the Therapy Room 🪑 Bramwyn arrived on a Tuesday afternoon with the particular exhaustion of someone trying to solve a puzzle using pieces from someone else’s box. He wanted to understand his ex-partner—specifically whether she had […]
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.
In the Therapy Room - Monica Dean - Relationships
In the Therapy Room: Navigating Avoidant Attachment and Intimacy in Relationships
The Dance of Distance and Desire đź’” I met Brynhild on a Tuesday afternoon in a Manchester café—not my office, but somewhere they felt safer. They ordered a flat white and immediately began explaining their relationship with the precision of […]
Anxiety - Depression - Identity - In the Therapy Room - Lucian Blackwood
In the Therapy Room: Overcoming Paralyzing Indecision
By Lucian Blackwood The rain slashed against my office window like a knife across flesh, creating a staccato rhythm that matched the nervous tapping of Tristan’s foot. He sat across from me, a man in his mid-thirties, professionally dressed but […]
In the Therapy Room - Melanie Doss
In the Therapy Room: When Love Feels Like Hunger
Tabitha came to me the way many of us arrive at uncomfortable truths—sideways, circling the thing we know but don’t want to name. She was 33, sitting in that chair with the kind of exhausted awareness that only comes from […]
Friendships - Relationships - Sophia Rivera
Therapy Confessions: Understanding and Navigating Relationships with Borderline Personality Disorder
When people find out I’m a therapist, they typically picture me sagely nodding while clients sob on a couch. In reality, half the time I’m fighting the urge to say what everyone actually needs to hear: “Your emotional patterns are […]
Relationships - Sophia Rivera
Text Message Anxiety? It’s Not About the Texts, It’s About Attachment
Have you ever stared at your phone, wondering if three dots are too many or if you’re responding too quickly? Or maybe you’ve been on the other side – wondering why your partner takes forever to text back when they’re […]