The Presenting Problem 🪑 Brooke walked into my office carrying the kind of emotional weight that makes your shoulders curve inward. Her boyfriend had cheated during their long-distance relationship and confessed while experiencing a psychotic break in a psychiatric ward. […]
Anxiety - Dating - Identity - Lola Adams
Therapy Confessions: The Anatomy of Self-Doubt and the Power of Emotional Granularity
I remember Kaeden like it was yesterday, though it’s been nearly five years. He walked into my office, his eyes darting everywhere except at me. In our first session, he took seventeen minutes—yes, I counted—before making eye contact. When I […]
Heartbreak - Sophia Rivera
Therapy Confessions: Friendship Breakups and Shame Spirals
đź’” The Emotional Mathematics of Friendship Loss Let me tell you about the emotional mathematics of friendship breakups: they hit with approximately 3.7 times the force of romantic ones, yet receive about 0.02% of the cultural sympathy. Everyone prepares you […]
Dating - Sophia Rivera
Therapy Confessions: The Dating Skills Nobody Taught You
🧠The Emotional Regulation Nobody Talks About Emily P. was fascinating to work with – brilliant at her job as a pediatric surgeon, capable of extraordinary focus during 12-hour operations, yet completely undone by a Tinder match who took more […]