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What It Means to Be a Man-Loving Feminist Therapist: Supporting Men and Women Toward Emotional Freedom Jun 09, 2025

 

When people hear the word feminist, they often assume it’s anti-men or only about women’s rights. But the truth is, feminist therapy is for everyone — women, men, and couples — because the goal is ...

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Mental Health and Emotional Labor: Why Women Are So Tired Jun 04, 2025

 

 

Mental Health and Emotional Labor: Why Women Are So Tired

It’s not just in your head. You’re carrying too much—and the world is used to letting you.

Let’s name something we don’t talk about en...

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What a Patriarchal Marriage Has in Common With a Frog in Boiling Water May 28, 2025

What a Patriarchal Marriage Has in Common With a Frog in Boiling Water

How slow emotional erosion can cost you your voice—and how clarity comes after the leap

There’s a famous metaphor therapists lo...

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How to Set Boundaries Without Guilt May 21, 2025

How to Set Boundaries Without Guilt

You know you need better boundaries—but every time you try, guilt floods your body like a betrayal.

Sound familiar?

You’re not alone. As a therapist and feminist...

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How to Practice Empathy Without Losing Yourself May 18, 2025

For years, I’ve found myself in deep conversations with women—clients, friends, even fellow therapists—about the same core tension: How do I stay supportive, considerate, and nurturing… without taking...

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Top 5 Mistakes Newly Divorced Moms Make—And How to Avoid Them May 17, 2025

Top 5 Mistakes Newly Divorced Moms Make—And How to Avoid Them

Divorce doesn’t come with a handbook—especially when you’re a mom trying to hold it all together. In the wake of heartbreak, legal stress...

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Be Gentle- With Yourself May 16, 2025

Be Gentle—With Yourself, Too (Originally posted 2018)

As a licensed therapist with decades of training in trauma work, family systems, conflict resolution, EMDR, CBT, narrative therapy—you name it—I ...

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How to Reclaim Your Voice After Divorce May 14, 2025

How to Reclaim Your Voice After Divorce

Divorce isn’t just a legal or emotional rupture—it’s often the first time a woman begins to fully hear herself again. For many of the women I work with as a th...

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