High Sensitivity Is Not a Trauma Response

Last week, someone I’ve been working with for over a year – let’s call her “Liz” – entered the therapy room looking absolutely defeated. Before I could ask a single question, Liz broke down into full-body sobs, “Maybe if I’d never met him, I wouldn’t be so damn fragile.” Together, we began to explore this […]

Navigating a Nation on Edge: Resilience Amid High Stress

Even in what might seem a “mild” season of forest fires, the air feels charged, as though we’re walking on smoldering embers. Tensions are high—both within us and in the world around us. Fuses are short, demands pressing, tempers flaring, and even the sincerest apologies often seem to fall flat. We are living through a […]

Parental Stress at an All-Time High

Co-authored by Sarah MacLaughlin, LSW You’ve probably heard about the recent U.S. Surgeon General Advisory on parental stress. Parents and caregivers feeling stressed is not a new phenomenon. However, today’s levels of stress have parents at a breaking point, with 41 percent of parents saying that most days they feel so stressed they can’t even […]