Therapy Blog
Thoughts from a therapist on anxiety, trauma, embodied living, and mental health
Echo Park Therapist’s Guide to Overthinking
A somatic and embodied approach to getting out of your head Most people I work with at Embodied Living Therapy don’t come in saying, “I overthink.” They say, “I’m exhausted,” or “I can’t shut...
Why Do I Feel Like Something Is Wrong With Me?
Shame is not who you are. It is what you learned. Shame often feels deeply personal. It shows up as a quiet but persistent sense that something is wrong with us at our core. Not just that we made a mistake, but that we are the mistake. Because shame lives in...
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...
Perfectionism and Procrastination: Two Sides of the Same Coin
We often treat perfectionism and procrastination as opposing traits. One is about overachieving, the other about avoiding. One gets praised, the other judged. But in truth, these two patterns are not opposites at all. They are deeply interconnected and often emerge...
What Is the Fawn Response? Understanding People-Pleasing as a Trauma Response
Most of us have heard of the body’s stress responses: fight, flight, or freeze. These are the ways our nervous system reacts to danger or overwhelm, either by confronting it, escaping it, or shutting down. But there’s one more response that’s often misunderstood or...