How Therapy Shifted from a Burden to a Lifeline
Therapy saves lives. What once felt like a burden has now transformed into a lifeline.
Topic: counseling
Barriers to Help: Q&A With a Mental Health Counselor
Sometimes guidance from a trusted individual is necessary when trying to navigate your journey toward help and healing, so we asked a Licensed Mental Health Counselor to respond to some of your questions and concerns.
An Invitation to White Therapists
To achieve liberation, we all have to be willing to sacrifice for the collective gain.
A Letter From a Therapist: I Struggle Too
In a way, it’s a good thing—you don’t want a therapist who hasn’t been on the other side of the couch themselves.
Unashamed
I’m afraid of being seen, of being heard.
Finding Help When You Need It the Most
We are literally seeing people connect to the help that exists.
3 Reasons That Depression is Like a Tunnel
Depression is like a tunnel, not a cave.
I Was a Suicidal Therapist
I sat in an office all day telling clients all of the reasons to live, all of the ways to get out of depression, all of the things that made them important and why the world needed them. And I felt like a hypocrite each day, never believing a word I said when it came to myself.
When Therapy Doesn’t Work At First
My first therapy appointment wasn’t great. I don’t know if the first session is ever good—it’s hard to be comfortable with the level of vulnerability therapy requires.
Standing with LoVe: Our Visit to Las Vegas
We can’t change what happened, but we can respond. We can love. We can listen. We can help. It won’t fix everything but damn it, we’re going to try.
Considering Therapy for the First Time
Considering therapy for the first time can be a daunting prospect—filled with emotions ranging from fear and anxiety to anticipation and eagerness.
Safe Among the Misfits
i wish i could say that my week away was all the surgery i needed, but that would not be true. Perhaps my "aha" moment is to come. Perhaps there is no moment, just the slow and difficult journey through our stories, and those million dollar questions, "What do I do with my pain?" and "How do I let go?"
