What is somatic experiencing
Somatic Experiencing is a gentle, body-based trauma therapy that works with your nervous system. This pos is about what it looks like in session, and who it helps.
what makes couples therapy work (part 2)
Inside two couples therapy sessions: what a therapist does when one partner floods with anger and the other shuts down completely. A look at the actual work.
What Makes Couples Therapy Work? (Part 1)
Ever wonder why the same relationship dynamics keep showing up no matter who you're with? It starts before you could talk. Part one of a two-part look at attachment and couples therapy.
Where Psychoanalysis and Somatic Experiencing Meet: The Brain's Threat Predictions
How psychoanalysis and Somatic Experiencing approach the same nervous system threat response through different doors, one relational, one somatic.
Jumping in the Shower: Dad jokes, dead words, and a different kind of attention
"I'm just gonna jump in the shower real quick." Probably best if you just stand there and let the water fall on you. Dad jokes work by re-opening something closed, and for a second dead language is alive again without changing a word. That small event turns out to open onto metaphor, the two hemispheres of the brain, Lacan's symbolic order, and a skill that comes before all the others.
why panic isn’t just fear: the attachment message behind it
Panic often works like a guard dog for buried feelings, but it's also a call for connection. Psychotherapist, Aaron Mitchum explains what panic is really protecting.
The Boundaries Debate Is Missing Something
Cutting off toxic people and staying no matter what both miss the nuance. A therapist's take on boundaries, attachment, power, and repair in family relationships.
attachment Fireworks: Why holiday Gatherings can Turn Into Anger You Didn't See Coming
Holiday anger often isn't about anger. It's panic and grief in disguise. A look at attachment, RAGE, and how to work through it when tempers flare.
Why Panic Can Feel Like It Comes From Nowhere
A companion piece to "Panic Attacks Aren't About Fear." Why panic so often hits without warning, and what the divided brain has to do with it.
Panic Attacks Aren't About Fear. They're About Being Left.
Most panic treatment targets fear. But panic and fear run on separate systems in the brain, with different chemistry, different circuitry, and different jobs. Understanding which one is actually firing changes what kind of help works.