Opening the Black Box: Can therapy be dark?
“Am I doing this right, or am I too dark?” It’s challenging to know how to “do” therapy. Frequently, clients worry that their thinking is almost too dark to say out loud. The answer though, to “can therapy be dark,” is yes. In...
When healing requires humanity
Why AI can’t offer mutuality (and why mutuality is essential to therapy) The beauty of therapy isn’t in perfection—it’s in mutuality. AI can simulate care, but it can’t be your therapist, because healing requires another beating heart. Listening to the morning...
Holding complexity and compassion
Comparative suffering is an easy trap to fall into—especially when we care deeply about others. In a culture shaped by capitalism and individualism, many of us have learned that pain must be justified, scaled, or performed to be taken seriously. Comparative suffering...
Is CBT the best choice?
Healing comes from integrating the thinking, the sensations, the experience, the emotions, the belonging, all held in a growth-fostering relationship.