The holidays are among us. For many folks, the holidays can be a special and magical time to celebrate with family and friends. However, for some of us, the holidays can also bring about great stress or anxiety. If you find yourself in the latter category, fret not!...
By Katie Hockenberry, MFT-Associate Admittedly, I am a huge fan of Friends, the 90’s to early 2000’s sitcom. While the show definitely had its flaws there are many plot lines and stories they wrote well. One of those was the character Phoebe. Often perceived as the...
Self-care has become a hot topic in mental health, helping professions and the media within the past several years. The intention initially was to help people begin to understand the importance of refueling and indulging in practices that help them to maintain balance...
Anybody can look at you. It’s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.” – John Green, Turtles All The Way Down Deciding to go to a therapist, no matter the reason, is an act of courage. You have made the choice to be vulnerable about your...
Therapy can be a great place to process and work through traumatic experiences. However, clients often report that this process can feel scary and/or uncomfortable. Clients report that thinking about these memories can feel so painful that it often feels easier just...
I’m in conversation with many therapists around Louisville, and lately we have been getting more and more presentations of anxiety. These may appear differently— at times it is health or medical anxiety, panic attacks, sensory overload that leads to anxious feelings,...
Often times when doing work with a client, we are focusing a lot on processing events from the past or thinking about how to realistically anticipate the future. In order to make this real, we may focus on details about what they remember about the past or what they...
Life is full of moments where we find ourselves discussing a topic with a hushed voice or shoving a thought into the quietest and darkest place in our minds. When we think of these thoughts, sometimes we may find ourselves saying, “Not here. Not right now.” In some...
It’s hard to know exactly what you should expect from therapy. This answer will vary from office to office— so I will speak for my own, because I know it best! Before you begin therapy, it is so important to understand what the research says about what makes therapy...
