Therapy Blog
Thoughts from a therapist on anxiety, trauma, embodied living, and mental health
When Being Highly Sensitive Means You Learned to Read Everyone But Yourself
Do you feel like you have always been good at reading people? You notice the pause before someone answers. The subtle shift in someone's tone. The change in energy when a room suddenly feels...
Vicarious Trauma, Burnout, and the Weight of Caring: How Therapy Supports Helpers
Most of the time you love the work you do... But there are days when what you see, hear, or experience can be crushing. The most painful, brutal, or frightening parts of being human are laid out before you. You are surrounded by it every day at work and after a...
Perfect on the Outside, ADHD on the Inside
Ever catch yourself trying to get everything just right and wonder why it matters so much? What if it’s not really about being perfect, but about holding things together when life feels like too much? Many of my clients at Embodied Living Therapy describe...
Beyond the Instagram Aesthetic: Pasadena Therapist Thoughts on Reclaiming Self-Care
There’s a quote from Nietzsche that I often return to in my work as a therapist: “There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy”. We live in a culture that tells us to look outward for guidance. Social media is filled with images of “self-care”...
When the Dots Haven’t Connected Yet: Trusting the Process in Trauma Therapy
If you’ve ever walked out of a trauma therapy session thinking: “I’m not sure if anything is coming together… I just feel like I’m all over the place.” You are not alone. In fact, this is both a common and important phase of deep healing work, especially in trauma and...