Medical trauma can cause a person to feel helpless and often hopeless. These emotions are certainly understandable. Taking care of your mental health and learning to advocate for yourself in the medical system can be empowering.

Young people need to understand anxiety is our brain's way of checking to see if we are okay, not to tell us that we aren’t okay.

Therapists expect clients to have questions about therapy when they come to a session, especially if this is their first time in therapy.

Parenting well can feel like trying to hit a moving target. Parental involvement and responsiveness have been linked to child success, yet too much of either can have detrimental effects to children. So how do you know how much involvement and responsiveness is too much?

Finding the right therapist can be difficult. For neurodivergent clients, finding a therapist who truly understands their needs is often even harder. Neurodivergent clients often spend years being misunderstood, having their experiences invalidated, or told they are “too much” or “not trying hard enough.” Working with a neurodivergent therapist can feel noticeably different in ways that matter.

Shared lived experience can create understanding that does not require constant explanation. For many neurodivergent clients, that difference alone can change how safe therapy feels.