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Preparing For Hard Conversations

When Your Emotions Are “Too Hot”: Preparing For Hard Conversations

anxiety therapy, coping patterns, depression therapy, relationship challenges, , trauma therapy
Sometimes things come up in our relationships that we have to confront. This can be really heavy and scary, especially since most of us don’t enjoy conflict. Oftentimes, we either avoid it, perhaps indefinitely (like ghosting someone over text message) or, since we’re frightened of it, we try to get it over with as quickly as possible (like putting a wall up immediately, saying something…
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Celebrating Our Wins

Ending the Year with Confetti: Celebrating Our Wins

anxiety counseling, coping patterns, depression therapy, poor self-esteem, self-image,
I like to plan things and solve problems. These are great for a resume, but sometimes these attributes are surprisingly unhelpful. For example: recently, our team at Take Root Therapy put together holiday care packages for homeless folks in our neighborhood. Though the process of gathering supplies for care packages should be relatively simple, it became complicated in my mind very quickly. I didn’t want…
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No, You’re Weird: What if We Embrace Our Weirdness? An Exploration on Being Different

coping patterns, gender identity, poor self-esteem, self-image,
Feel weird? Out of place? Different? Well, you’re not alone. So many of us feel like we don’t belong, or like we’re outsiders looking in on a world where others seamlessly fit in. Does this sound familiar? Perhaps you’re at an event or a party and you look around and think, “I don’t belong here.” Or you’re meeting a group of people for the first…
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Reaching Out

The Power of Reaching Out: Showing Up for Others

depression therapy, , trauma therapy
With the recent sudden and shocking suicides of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade, there is a lot of talk around the power of reaching out to others and how it relates to mental health. These examples are extreme, as there’s nothing more grave than suicide, but I’ve noticed on television and in print the larger conversation around these two tragic deaths often conclude with advice…
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