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From Numb to Alive: How Cannabis and Trauma Affect the Brain — and How Ketamine Therapy Can Help
Discover how cannabis and trauma affect the brain, and how ketamine-assisted psychotherapy may restore motivation, joy, and emotional balance.
Feeling Stuck in Therapy? How Ketamine Might Help
Discover how ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) can help when traditional therapy stalls. Learn the neuroscience behind ketamine, its mental health benefits, and how it supports emotional breakthroughs and neuroplasticity.
“Is it Bad That I use ChatGPT as my Therapist?”
When used outside its intended domain, AI—even one as advanced as ChatGPT—can unintentionally aggravate mental‑health challenges, blur reality, and fuel delusions.
EMDR Therapy: A Gentle Path to Healing
Certain triggers—like a sound, a smell, or a thought—might snap you back to the original event, bringing with it intense fear, sadness, panic. Living on this edge, bracing for possible triggers, wondering when the past might come crashing back into the present is not only painful but also exhausting and disruptive to daily life.
CBT-I: A Powerful Treatment for Chronic Insomnia
Chronic insomnia, characterized by persistent difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep, affects approximately 10% to 15% of the U.S. population. Beyond just feeling tired, insomnia can negatively impact mental health, cognitive function, and physical well-being.
Enhancing Focus and Productivity: The Pomodoro Technique
In a world saturated with distractions, maintaining focus and productivity can be particularly challenging, especially for individuals living with ADHD. The Pomodoro Technique offers a simple yet powerful method to improve concentration and manage time effectively.
Treating Anxiety with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Anxiety consists of the interplay of two co-occurring beliefs-that something bad will happen and that, when that thing happens, we will be ill-equipped to cope. The weight of this cognitive coupling can be debilitating. We may engage in avoidant behaviors and in frantic attempts to control our environment.
The Fundamentals of Behavioral Change
People often come to therapy with insight into the patterns of their life while also feeling stuck in those same patterns. Pairing insight with behavioral change is key to sustainable progress towards our goals. So let’s talk about the basics of behavioral change!
Finding a Therapist 101
Finding a therapist is hard. Here some suggestions to get you started!
The Science of Sleep Hygiene
Understanding the science behind sleep hygiene, including the role of cortisol levels, light exposure, and chemical releases during the sleep cycle, is crucial for optimizing our sleep habits and improving our health, both physical and mental.
Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
It can be difficult to know the difference between living with ADHD and living with inattention in an overstimulating environment. So let’s talk about it!
Harnessing the Power of Breath: Techniques to Manage Stress
Breathing exercises can profoundly impact our mental and physical health, offering a simple, accessible way to alleviate stress.