EMDR Intensives for Clients Across North Carolina
If you have been researching EMDR intensives from Charlotte, Asheville, Wilmington, Winston-Salem, or anywhere else in North Carolina, you may have run into a specific problem.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss: When Grief Needs More Than Time
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. On October 15, people around the world light candles at 7 pm local time in a wave of remembrance that moves across time zones.
ADHD Awareness Month 2026: What's New, What Helps, and Where to Find Support in the Triangle
October is ADHD Awareness Month, and this year's international theme, led by CHADD and partner organizations, is Awareness is Key. The idea is simple
Not Sick Enough
A therapist on the "not sick enough" thought that keeps people from seeking eating disorder support, and why that goalpost always moves.
Body Image, Food, and When It Becomes More
Most of us have a complicated relationship with our bodies. That is not, by itself, a sign that something is wrong. Body image concerns exist along a wide spectrum, and moving in and out of a difficult relationship with your body is part of a lot of ordinary lives.
How to Choose a Therapist in Raleigh and Apex
There are a lot of therapists in the Triangle. If you have started looking, you already know this. Searching for a therapist in Raleigh or Apex can bring back dozens of directories, hundreds of profiles, and a strong sense of being no closer to a decision than when you started.
When Your Teenager Is Struggling: A Parent's Guide to Knowing the Difference
Something has felt off with your teenager for a while now, and you have been trying to figure out whether to worry.
The Quiet Cost of High-Functioning Anxiety
You show up. You meet the deadline. You answer the email before it becomes urgent. You do not miss the school pickup. You are, by most measures anyone else can see, doing well.
Trying to Keep Up with a Body that Keeps Changing
A therapist reflects on our ever-changing bodies, the line between self-care and control, and how to relate to your body as a friend rather than an opponent.
Does Couples Counseling Work?
Ever felt like you're stuck in the anxious loop of not knowing what the right answer is? There's a particular kind of paralysis that comes from believing every choice has a correct answer, and that your job is to find it before you act.
The Myth of the Right Decision
Learn why the need to make the “right” decision can fuel anxiety, and discover practical ways to trust yourself, tolerate uncertainty, and move forward.
What EMDR Therapy Is Really Like
If you've been researching EMDR, you've probably found the clinical description: eight phases, bilateral stimulation, Adaptive Information Processing. That language tells you almost nothing about what it actually feels like to sit in the chair and do it.
Grief After Miscarriage: You Are Not Overreacting
Grief after miscarriage tends to arrive with a second, quieter injury attached to it: the sense that you are not entitled to feel it this much. There is no such threshold. Grieving what you lost is not an overreaction.
Therapy for Burnout: When Rest Is Not Enough
Here is the test that usually brings people to therapy for burnout. You took the vacation. You slept in, you left your laptop closed, you did the thing everyone told you to do. And you came back and felt exactly as empty as when you left. Maybe emptier, because now you used up the one solution you thought would help. And it didn't.
The Mother Who Is "Just a Girl" Inside: Understanding the Mother Wound
I've been reading The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, and one line stopped me completely:
“I know you think of me as your mother only, but please remember, inside I am also just a girl.”
The Weight of Waiting: Coping With Infertility
A licensed therapist shares her personal infertility and IVF journey, plus therapeutic strategies (ACT and CBT) for coping with the emotional weight of trying to conceive.
The Wounds That Wonder Heals
If you've been around a young child at some point, you've likely heard them ask "why?" and then, usually, "why?" again…and again…and again.
How Does EMDR Therapy Work? Understanding the Process Behind Healing
If you've heard about EMDR therapy, your first reaction may have been a mix of curiosity and confusion. Move my eyes back and forth to heal trauma?
What to Talk About in Therapy (When You're Not Sure Where to Start)
You've started therapy, maybe your first session, maybe not, and wonder what to say. If you've ever sat in a therapy waiting room or before a laptop for a virtual session and felt blank, you're not alone