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Schizotypal vs. Avoidant Personality Disorder: A Helpful Guide
Some people avoid social situations because they’re terrified of rejection. Others avoid social situations because they think other people might be robots. These are different things. This is the world of personality disorders. Specifically, schizotypal and avoidant....
Signs that Therapy is Working
Starting mental health therapy can feel like taking a jump into the unknown, and it’s totally normal to wonder if it’s actually helping. The changes you may experience since starting therapy are not usually dramatic or immediate, but rather a gradual shift that begin...
A Therapist’s Experience with Self-Compassion
When I first began my education as a clinical social worker, I was assigned The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff. At the time, I was unfamiliar with the concept of self-compassion and deeply self-critical. That workbook laid the foundation for a kind...
How Your Therapist Avoids Burnout
Therapists are trained to hold space for the pain, stress, and growth of others but that doesn’t make us immune to emotional fatigue. Like anyone in a helping profession, therapists are vulnerable to burnout. “Burnout” refers to the gradual depletion of emotional,...
Yes, I’m Your Therapist Who Makes TikToks
Let’s just go ahead and say it.. therapists are not robots. We cry, we binge reality TV, we have group chats full of chaotic memes, and some of us make content.. Reels, TikToks, even a good old therapy meme here and there. I’m one of those therapists. And before you...
Being a Therapist with OCD
Growing up I had constant anxiety. My anxiety would interfere with my sleeping, eating, and school. As a child I would not sleep at night out of fear that I would stop breathing in my sleep. I also would only eat certain foods or eat very slowly out of fear I would...